Tomlinson Holman

Tomlinson Miles Holman II^[1] (born 1946) is an American film theorist, audio engineer, and inventor of film technologies, notably the Lucasfilm's THX sound system. He developed the world's first 10.2 sound system.^[2]

Career

Early in his career, Holman developed what was known as the Holman Preamplifier for the APT Corporation, a former Massachusetts entity founded by Holman. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (1968).^[3]

In 2002 he received the Academy Award for Technical Achievement.^[4]^{[failed verification]} Specifically, for "the research and system integration resulting in the improvement of motion picture loudspeaker systems".

In 2007 he received the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Award.^[5]

Holman taught film and television sound at the School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California from 1987 to 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 - 2021, Softpedia reported that Apple Inc. had employed Holman, and speculated that this was to work on audio projects.^[2]

Books

Sound for Film and Television (2001)
Surround Sound: Up and Running (2008)

References

^ DGNHS Alumni Award of Excellence; accessed 15 July 2009 Archived 21 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Truta, Filip Truta (May 5, 2011). "Apple Hires Sound Systems Inventor Tomlinson Holman". Softpedia.
^ "Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering: Full-Time Faculty". USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
^ "Sci-Tech Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "IEEE IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award". IEEE. Archived from the original on April 6, 2010. Retrieved 2018-02-12.

External links

Holman's current entertainment technology company
Association for Computing Machinery Video Interviews with Tomlinson Holman
Tomlinson Holman interviewed on the TV show Home Theatre Geeks on the TWiT.tv network