Bob Beemer was born on February 8, 1955, at
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in
Hollywood, California. Graduating from
Loyola High School, Los Angeles in 1973, he studied Communication Arts and English at
Loyola Marymount University in
Los Angeles,
California, earning a bachelor's degree in 1977 with a double major in those two fields. Always fascinated by sound, he became an expert in remixing for movies. His first professionally recorded sound was on
Roots (1977). ==Academy Awards==