{{short description|American sound engineer}} {{other people||Frank Hansen (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Franklin Hansen | birth_name = Franklin Hansen | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|5|2}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|1|13|1897|5|2}} | death_place = | occupation = Sound engineer | years_active = 1928-1961 }}

'''Franklin Hansen''' (May 2, 1897 &ndash; January 13, 1982) was an American sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category of Sound Recording for 1932's ''A Farewell to Arms''<ref name="Oscars1934">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1934 |title=The 6th Academy Awards (1934) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 5, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> and was nominated for four more in the same category.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000mcge/mode/2up?q=%22Hansen%2C+Franklin%22|title=Encyclopedia of Motion Picture Sound|chapter=Hansen, Franklin|year=2001|last=McGee|first= Marty|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9780786410231|page=116}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Hansen won an Academy Award and was nominated for four more in the category Best Sound: ;Won * ''A Farewell to Arms'' (1932)

;Nominated * ''The Love Parade'' (1930)<ref name="Oscars1929">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1931 |title=The 3rd Academy Awards (1929/30) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 5, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''Cleopatra'' (1934)<ref name="Oscars1935">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935 |title=The 7th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 7, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935)<ref name="Oscars1936">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 |title=The 8th Academy Awards (1935) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 7, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref> * ''The Texas Rangers'' (1936)<ref name="Oscars1937">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 |title=The 9th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 9, 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>

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