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John Douglas Smith

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John Douglas Smith (born 4 August 1966 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian sound editor.

In 1988, he graduated with a degree in Media Arts from Sheridan College.[1] He was a sound designer for the 1993 Genie Award winning film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.[2] Smith has twice won the Genie Award for "Best Achievement in Sound Editing". At the 17th Genie Awards in Toronto in 1996, he won the award for the film Crash.[3] In 2003, he won at the 24th Genie Awards for his sound editing work in The Statement.[4]

Smith won the 2003 Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special" for his work as Supervising Sound Editor in the CBS special, Hitler: The Rise of Evil.[5][6] He was also nominated for an Emmy in 2012 in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special" as sound editor for the History Channel miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.[7] He was also won an Daytime Emmy in 2020 in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action Program" as sound editor for the PBS series Odd Squad.[8]

  1. ^ Susan Atkinson (January 29, 2016). "Thirty six Sheridan graduates nominated for Canadian Screen Award". Sheridan College News. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Melissa U. D. Goldsmith, Paige A. Willson, Anthony J. Fonseca (7 October 2016). The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 300. ISBN 9781442269873.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Armstrong, Mary Ellen (2 December 1996). "Crash, Lilies top Genies". Playback. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ Brendan Kelley (March 16, 2004). "Laffer seduces Genies: Oscar winner 'Barbarian,' 'Snow Walker' nab nine noms". Variety.
  5. ^ "55th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2003. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  6. ^ "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2003". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "64th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  8. ^ "Dundas man to walk red carpet with neighbours after 'shock' Emmy win for Odd Squad". CBC News. 2020.
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