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Roger Heman Sr. was born on 27 February, 1898 in North Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, is a sound_department,assistant_director,miscellaneous. Discover Roger Heman Sr.'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation sound_department,assistant_director,miscellaneous
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 27 February 1898
Birthday 27 February
Birthplace North Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Date of death 14 March, 1969
Died Place Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Roger Heman Sr. Net Worth

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Timeline

1898

Roger Heman, born in the hills of Kentucky in 1898, made his way west to LA at a very early age, arriving in 1915. Since he knew how to drive he got a job delivering furniture. One of these deliveries was to the Metro Studios in Boyle Heights. Impressed with his appearance and the fact he could read and write they gave him a job as a prop boy and gopher. He worked for director John H.

1918

Collins and his wife actress Viola Dana and even appeared in The Winding Trail (1918) as a cowboy.

1919

He worked with 'Jack Gilbert' the following year on Should a Woman Tell? (1919) and with 'Rex Ingram' and Rudolph Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) of which he appeared in a bit part as a gaucho. With the formation of the new United Artists Studio, Roger left Metro and worked on many of the Pickford films of both Mary and Jack. He did much travel and acted as location manager too.

1925

In 1925 with Goldwyn becoming the dominant force on the lot he became an Asst.

Director starting with Stella Dallas (1925) where he befriended a younger Douglas Fairbanks Jr..

1926

, who he would take to the movies while the rest of the crew went south of the border to party and continue with The Bat (1926) as well as working under Lubitch on Eternal Love (1929) with John Barrymore and with Brenon on The Rescue (1929) which was Goldwyn's last silent picture.

1929

United Artists was the last studio to convert to sound but when they did they chose Roger to lead the way by sending him to the new AMPAS School of Sound Recording where he graduated in Class 2 on December 16, 1929. It was the end of an era for Roger as well as the silent period and the 54 films he worked on during it.

1931

During the beginning of the sound period at UA, he distinguished himself with Vidor's Street Scene (1931) and Milestone's Rain (1932) with Joan Crawford.

1934

At this same time a new company, 20th Century, not having a lot of its own, having been founded by a young Daryl Zanuck, newly fired from WB, was using the UA Sound Department for some of its first motion pictures The House of Rothschild (1934) and _Misérables, Les (1935)_ and Roger was recruited. He spent the rest of his working life with 20th Century Fox, becoming the head of their Sound Re-Recording Department and a trusted Zanuck confidant often working directly with Zanuck from rushes as well as in post production. He was put in charge of the studio's 'A' pictures and handled special effects with Fred Sersen, dubbing and re-recording and musical scoring with Al Newman and Cyril J. Mockridge.

1939

He shared the first Special Effects Oscar, given for The Rains Came (1939) and winning again for Crash Dive (1943).

1949

He was nominated individually numerous times and won for the studio Sound Oscars for Twelve O'Clock High (1949) and All About Eve (1950). He was credited by Zanuck for his help in developing Cinemascope ("you were a mountain of strength. . .

1951

") as well as for his efforts in using surround sound like effects for Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) for scenes where the spaceship comes and goes and for Gort's death ray. He married the love of his life, Jesse, a prominent banker's daughter he courted for five years and had a son Roger Heman Jr.

1960

Roger worked until the 1960's when he had a devastating stroke.

1975

, who, having been brought into the business by his father at a young age, spent 37 years with Universal and spent many years with Spielberg as he was starting out (he won an Academy Award for Jaws (1975)).