Edmund Reek (19 March 1897 – 28 October 1971[1]) was a producer of newsreels in the United States.[2] Several of his films were nominated for best short film Academy Awards and some won. He arranged for a newsreel to capture images of Pearl Harbor.[2]
A letter to him from Bill Burch survives.[3]
Academy Awards
Won
Day won one Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and One for Best Documentary Short Subject:
- Best Live Action Short Film - Symphony of a City (1948)
- Best Documentary (Short Subject) - Why Korea? (1950)
- Best Live Action Short Film - Survival City (1955)
Nominated
He was nominated in the same category for a further 4 films:
- Best Live Action Short Film - Champions Carry On (1943)
- Best Live Action Short Film -Blue Grass Gentleman (1944)
- Best Live Action Short Film - Along The Rainbow Trails (1945)
- Best Live Action Short Film - Golden Horsed (1946)
Filmography
- Champions Carry On (1943)
- Symphony of a City (1949), about Stockholm, Sweden. Won an Oscar
- Why Korea? (1950), Oscar Documentary winner
- Survival City (1955), Oscar winner
References
- ↑ Edmund Reek dies at 73
- 1 2 "Edmund Reek Dies at 73; Newsreels Won 3 Oscars". The New York Times. October 28, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Letter; 22 Sept. 1942, Bill Birch (Chicago, Ill.) to Mr. Edmund Reek (New York, N.Y.)". digital.tcl.sc.edu.
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