Awards & Winners

John O. Aalberg

Date of Birth 03-April-1897
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John Aalberg
Profession Audio Engineer
John O. Aalberg was a Hollywood sound technician who worked on films including Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life. Aalberg was a ten-time Oscar nominee, and received 3 technical awards from the Academy. He was also married to Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. They had one child named Fredric W. Aalborg.

Awards by John O. Aalberg

Check all the awards nominated and won by John O. Aalberg.

1979


John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation
(In appreciation for outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.)

1954


Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Susan Slept Here
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Two Tickets to Broadway
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1946


Nominations 1946 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing It's a Wonderful Life
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1941


Nominations 1941 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Citizen Kane
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1940


Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Swiss Family Robinson

1939


Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing The Hunchback of Notre Dame
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1938


Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement
(for the application of compression to variable area recording in motion picture production. [Sound])

Nominations 1938 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Vivacious Lady
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1937


Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing Hitting a New High
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

1936


Nominations 1936 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing That Girl from Paris
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department