Louis Mesenkop (February 6, 1903 – February 19, 1974) was an American sound engineer. He won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for another in the same category. Mesenkop was part of the production team who received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts on the Paramount film Spawn of the North.

Selected filmography

Mesenkop won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for another:

Louis Mesenkop

Won

I Wanted Wings (1941) Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Louis Mesenkop

Nominated

Aloma of the South Seas (1941)

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1903 births

1953 deaths

American audio engineers

Academy Honorary Award recipients

Best Visual Effects Academy Award winners

Engineers from Illinois

20th-century American engineers