About John O. Aalberg
Lived 1897 – 1984 (aged 87). John O. Aalberg was an American audio engineer, engineer and audio engineering.
John O. Aalberg (April 3, 1897 – August 30, 1984) was a Hollywood sound technician. He was the head of the sound department at RKO Pictures from the early 1930s until the 1950s. Some of the film he worked on included Citizen Kane and It's a Wonderful Life. He was a ten-time Oscar nominee, and received three technical awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Aalberg was also married to Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. They had one child named Fredric W. Aalborg.
Filmography Aalberg was nominated for ten Academy Awards: That Girl from Paris (1936) Hitting a New High (1937) Vivacious Lady (1938) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940) Swiss Family Robinson (1940) It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) Susan Slept Here (1954)
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Who was John O. Aalberg?
American audio engineer (1897–1984)
When was John O. Aalberg born?
John O. Aalberg was born on 3 April 1897 in Chicago.
When did John O. Aalberg die?
John O. Aalberg died on 30 August 1984 in Los Angeles.
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John O. Aalberg was an audio engineer, engineer and audio engineering.
What nationality was John O. Aalberg?
John O. Aalberg was American.
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