# Bob Beemer

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{{short description|American sound mixer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{For|the former American football player|Bob Beemer (American football)}}
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| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|2|8}}
| birth_place  = [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California) United States
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| occupation   = [Sound engineer](/source/audio_engineering)
| years_active = 1989 – present 
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'''Robert Joseph Beemer''' (born February 8, 1955) is an American [sound mixer](/source/Audio_mixing_(film_and_television)) who has won four [Oscars](/source/Academy_Awards).

==Biography==
Bob Beemer was born on February 8, 1955, at [Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center](/source/Hollywood_Presbyterian_Medical_Center) in [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California). Graduating from [Loyola High School](/source/Loyola_High_School_(Los_Angeles)), Los Angeles in 1973, he studied Communication Arts and English at [Loyola Marymount University](/source/Loyola_Marymount_University) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), earning a bachelor's degree in 1977 with a double major in those two fields. Always fascinated by sound, he became an expert in remixing for movies.  His first professionally recorded sound was on ''[Roots](/source/Roots_(1977_miniseries))'' (1977).

==Academy Awards==
Beemer has won four Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for another three:

;Won
* ''[Speed](/source/Speed_(1994_film))'' (1994)<ref name="Oscars1995">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-23|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* ''[Gladiator](/source/Gladiator_(2000_film))'' (2000)<ref name="Oscars2001">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001 |title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-19|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* ''[Ray](/source/Ray_(film))'' (2004)<ref name="Oscars2005">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2005 |title=The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-20|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* ''[Dreamgirls](/source/Dreamgirls_(film))'' (2006)<ref name="Oscars2007">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2007 |title=The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-20|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

;Nominated
* ''[Cliffhanger](/source/Cliffhanger_(1993_film))'' (1993)<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-22|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* ''[Independence Day](/source/Independence_Day_(1996_film))'' (1996)<ref name="Oscars1997">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997 |title=The 69th Academy Awards (1997) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-23|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* ''[Road to Perdition](/source/Road_to_Perdition)'' (2002)<ref name="Oscars2003">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2003 |title=The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-11-20|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0066446}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927185005/http://www.lmu.edu/Page34159.aspx Bob Beemer's profile at LMU website]

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