Foley

[ foh-lee ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to motion-picture sound effects produced manually: a Foley artist.

Origin of Foley

1
After Jack Foley, sound-effect pioneer at Universal Pictures in the 1930s

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British Dictionary definitions for foley

foley

foley artist

/ (ˈfəʊlɪ) /


noun
  1. films the US name for footsteps editor

Origin of foley

1
C20: named after J.D. Foley (1891-1967), US sound editor

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