Daniel J. Bloomberg

Daniel J. Bloomberg
Born	July 4, 1905(1905-07-04) Massachusetts, United States
Died	August 14, 1984(1984-08-14) (aged 79) Ventura, California, United States
Occupation	Sound engineer
Years active	1934 – 1952

Daniel J. Bloomberg (July 4, 1905 – August 14, 1984) was an Academy award-winning audio engineer. Bloomberg's first Hollywood credit was in 1934, his last his Oscar-nominated work on John Ford’s The Quiet Man 18 years later. In the intervening time, he worked on several films in the Dick Tracy and Zorro series.

Although his work was mainly confined to B pictures, Bloomberg did enjoy the distinction of winning five technical awards from the Academy, as well as eight Academy Award nominations. He also won an Honorary Award in 1945 for designing and building a musical scoring auditorium with state-of-the-art acoustics.

Selected filmography

Bloomberg was nominated for eight Academy Awards:

• Flying Tigers (1942) - Two categories (Best Sound and Best Effects)^[1]
• In Old Oklahoma (1943)^[2]
• Brazil (1944)^[3]
• Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)^[4]
• Moonrise (1948)^[5]
• Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)^[6]
• The Quiet Man (1952)^[7]

References

1. ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/15th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-13. 
2. ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/16th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
3. ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/17th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
4. ^ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/18th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-16. 
5. ^ "The 21st Academy Awards (1949) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/21st-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
6. ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-18. 
7. ^ "The 25th Academy Awards (1953) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/25th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 

External links

• Daniel J. Bloomberg at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Bloomberg, Daniel J.
Alternative names
Short description	Sound engineer
Date of birth	1905-7-4
Place of birth	Massachusetts, United States
Date of death	1984-8-14
Place of death	Ventura, California, United States