Tomlinson Holman, B.S.

Professor

213.740.3976
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Tomlinson Holman teaches sound and performs research in the School of Cinematic Arts and the Viterbi School of Engineering. His developments include the collection of technologies called THX, named for him and for George Lucas' first movie THX1138 for which he won a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2002.  He named the 5.1-channel sound system now used widely in cinemas and on DVDs, and is developing a 10.2-channel one.  

Holman is an Honorary Member of the Cinema Audio Society and the Motion Picture Sound Editors, and has received lifetime achievement awards from CAS and the Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association.  He is a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society, the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and the World Technology Network.  He won the Silver Medal of AES and the 2007 Masaru Ikuba Award from IEEE "for engineering contributions and innovative developments in audio and cinema multichannel playback systems."  

The holder of six U.S. patents, he is the author of three books published by Focal Press: Sound for Film and Television; Surround Sound: Up and Running; and Sound for Digital Video.