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Nathan Levinson

[aka: Colonel Nathan Levinson]

{d. Oct 18, 1952}

see also: Warner Bros.-First National Studio Sound Dept., Nathan Levinson, Sound Director; Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Nathan Levinson, Sound Director

1935 (8th)

SCIENTIFIC OR TECHNICAL AWARD (Class III)

To NATHAN LEVINSON, Director of Sound Recording for Warner Bros.-First National Studio, for the method of intercutting variable density and variable area sound tracks to secure an increase in the effective volume range of sound recorded for motion pictures.

[honorable mention in report of Board of Judges]

1939 (12th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

[Byron Haskin, Nathan Levinson]

1940 (13th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Sea Hawk

[Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson]

SPECIAL AWARD

To Colonel Nathan Levinson for his outstanding service to the industry and the Army during the past nine years, which has made possible the present efficient mobilization of the motion picture industry facilities for the production of Army Training Films.

[statuette]

1941 (14th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Sea Wolf

[Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson]

[NOTE: Not originally one of the nominees announced on February 9, 1942. Dive Bomber, another Warner Bros. production, was on the list, but sometime between the 10th and 19th of February, the Dive Bomber nomination was replaced by The Sea Wolf, with the same people credited for the achievement. There is no explanation in the files as to why the replacement was made.]

1942 (15th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Desperate Journey

[Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson]

1943 (16th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Air Force

[Photographic Effects by Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson]

1944 (17th)

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Adventures of Mark Twain

[Photographic Effects by Paul Detlefsen, John Crouse; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson]