Edward Bernds

Edward Bernds

director, sound department, writer

Edward Bernds was born on Jul 12, 1905 in USA. Edward Bernds's big-screen debut came with Submarine directed by Frank Capra in 1928. Edward Bernds is known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington directed by Frank Capra, Jean Arthur stars as Saunders and James Stewart as Jefferson Smith. Edward Bernds has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Edward Bernds achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Edward Bernds plays is Reform School Girl which will be released on Sep 23, 1994.

Edward Bernds was born in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. While in his junior year in Lake View High School, he and several friends formed a small radio club and obtained amateur licenses. In the early '20s there was considerable prestige for an amateur operator (a "ham") to have commercial radio licenses, and Bernds was in a good position to get into broadcasting when he graduated in 1923, a year when radio stations began popping up all over Chicago. He found employment--at age 20--as chief operator at Chicago's WENR. When talking pictures burst onto the scene in the late '20s, Bernds and broadcast operators like him relocated to Hollywood to work as sound technicians in "the talkies". After a brief stint at United Artists, Bernds quit and went to work at Columbia, where he worked as sound man on many of Frank Capra's '30s classics. He later graduated to directing two-reel shorts and then features.

  • Birthday

    Jul 12, 1905
  • Place of Birth

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 1 nominations

National Board of Review, USA
1997
For lifetime achievement in film technology.
Winner - Special Citation

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