John Douglas Smith

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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