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"Dolby's work changed the way movies were made, because sound became a powerful artistic element, and you could do things with sound that had never been done before," said Philip Kaufman, director of 13 films, including "The Right Stuff," which won four Academy Awards in 1984. "Before there was Silicon Valley, there was Dolby, who was marketing a d...
Ray Milton Dolby was born in January 1933 in Portland, Ore. His family moved to the Peninsula, where he attended public schools. He graduated in 1951 from Sequoia High Schoolin Redwood City - he was the student projectionist - and later was inducted into the school's hall of fame. He worked after school at Ampex Corp., where he started his war agai...
After serving two years as a United Nations adviser in India, Mr. Dolby returned to England in 1965, and founded Dolby Laboratories in London. In 1976, he moved the entire operation to San Francisco - headquarters, laboratories and manufacturing facilities. When Kaufman was filming "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978), he was able to use Dolby t...
Mr. Dolby accumulated more than 50 patents, and liked to accumulate gadgets, too. He sailed out of the St. Francis Yacht Club, flew his own airplane and liked to drive around town in a bus like the ones rock bands tour in. He traced the Lincoln Highway route over Donner Pass in a vintage Jeep. At the Symphony, he brought in his own chairs, placed a...
In May, in perhaps his final public appearance, Mr. Dolby was honored with the inaugural George Gund III Award for lifetime achievement in cinema at the San Francisco International Film Festival. "When I think of movies, the Dolby logo comes up in front of my face," said Ted Hope, executive director of the festival. "But what is unique about him is...
Oct 21, 2015 · Melani passed away unexpectedly on October 7, 2015. She had been undergoing treatment for a heart condition. Melani's vivacious personality and boundless capacity for loving have drawn people to...
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Jul 30, 2013 · Ioan Allen, Senior VP at Dolby Labs, talks about how cinema has changed since he joined the company in 1969, how Dolby's professional technologies find their way into consumer applications (such as Dolby A professional noise reduction morphing into Dolby B and C for cassettes and Dolby Stereo for commercial cinemas transforming into Dolby ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Ioan Achiriloaie of Dallas, Texas, passed away on January 16, 2024 at the age of 82. He will be deeply missed by his loving family, his devoted friends, and all the wonderful individuals who...
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