John Douglas Smith

{{short description|Canadian sound editor (born 1966)}}

John Douglas Smith (born 4 August 1966 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian sound editor.

In 1988, he graduated with a degree in Media Arts from Sheridan College.{{cite web|url=https://www.sheridancollege.ca/news-and-events/news/thirty-six-sheridan-graduates-nominated-for-canadian-screen-awards|title=Thirty six Sheridan graduates nominated for Canadian Screen Award|date=January 29, 2016|author=Susan Atkinson|work=Sheridan College News|accessdate=September 30, 2019}} He was a sound designer for the 1993 Genie Award winning film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TP3DAAAQBAJ&dq=%22John+Douglas+Smith%22+sound+editor&pg=PA300|title=The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film|author=Melissa U. D. Goldsmith, Paige A. Willson, Anthony J. Fonseca|date=7 October 2016|page=300|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442269873}} Smith has twice won the Genie Award for "Best Achievement in Sound Editing". At the 17th Genie Awards in Toronto in 1996, he won the award for the film Crash.{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1996/12/02/18483-19961202/ |title=Crash, Lilies top Genies |last=Armstrong |first=Mary Ellen |date=2 December 1996 |accessdate=2 October 2019 |work=Playback}} In 2003, he won at the 24th Genie Awards for his sound editing work in The Statement.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/news/laffer-seduces-genies-1117901789/|title=Laffer seduces Genies: Oscar winner 'Barbarian,' 'Snow Walker' nab nine noms|author=Brendan Kelley|work=Variety|date=March 16, 2004}}

Smith won the 2003 Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special" for his work as Supervising Sound Editor in the CBS special, Hitler: The Rise of Evil.{{cite web|title=55th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners|publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=2003|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/hitler-rise-evil#awards|access-date=October 2, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=john+douglas+smith&program=&start_year=2003&end_year=2003&network=All&web_category=405&winner=All|title= Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001090558/http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=john+douglas+smith&program=&start_year=2003&end_year=2003&network=All&web_category=405&winner=All|archivedate=1 October 2012|accessdate=October 2, 2019}} He was also nominated for an Emmy in 2012 in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special" as sound editor for the History Channel miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.{{cite web|title=64th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners|publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|date=2012|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-sound-editing-for-a-miniseries-movie-or-a-special|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

He was also won a Daytime Emmy in 2020 in the category "Outstanding Sound Editing For Outstanding Sound Editing for a Live Action Program" as sound editor for the PBS series Odd Squad.{{cite web|title=Dundas man to walk red carpet with neighbours after 'shock' Emmy win for Odd Squad|publisher=CBC News|date=2020|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/john-smith-sound-editing-daytime-emmy-1.5670387}}