John Williams and Andy Nelson
Los Angeles, CA (February 24, 2014)—The Cinema Audio Society handed out the 50th Annual CAS Awards on February 22, also honoring re-recording mixer Andy Nelson with the CAS Career Achievement Award and paying tribute to the late Ray Dolby.
Gravity won Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action. The sound mixing team comprised production mixer Chris Munro, CAS; re-recording mixers Skip Lievsay, CAS, Niv Adiri and Christopher Benstead; scoring mixer Gareth Cousins; ADR mixers Chris Navarro, CAS and Thomas J. O’Connell; and Foley mixer Adam Fil Mendez.
Taking the top honors in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated was Frozen and the sound mixing team of original dialogue mixer Gabriel Guy; re-recording mixers David E. Fluhr, CAS and Gabriel Guy; scoring mixer Casey Stone and Foley mixer Mary Jo Lang.
Held in the Millennium Biltmore Hotel’s famed Crystal Ballroom and hosted by Doug McIntyre, the program also celebrated the career achievements of re-recording mixer Andy Nelson. A two-time CAS and Academy Award-winner for Les Misérables and Saving Private Ryan, Nelson was feted by Academy Award-winning composer John Williams, Twentieth Century Fox president of feature post production Ted Gagliano and CAS president, David Fluhr.
“Receiving this award from the CAS is such an honor because it’s from my peers,” said Nelson, “people who love this craft as much as I do, and I am humbled by their generosity and commitment to excellence.”
Among other highlights, Academy Award-winning producer Edward Zwick was presented with the CAS Filmmaker Award. Zwick and Nelson collaborated on Zwick’s CAS- and Oscar-nominated Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai, as well as Love and Other Drugs, Defiance and Courage Under Fire. Presenting his award were Anna Behlmer and Jeffrey S. Wexler, CAS
During the evening, there was a poignant tribute to Ray Dolby, inventor and founder of Dolby Laboratories. Dolby exec David W. Gray presented the tribute that included archival footage of Ray Dolby accepting the CAS Life Achievement Award at the 1989 CAS Awards.
Celebrating their 50th year, the CAS chose to have eight past presidents of the CAS present awards in the various categories: James A. Corbett, Michael Minkler, Gary Bourgeois, Edwin J. Somers, Robert Deschaine, Steve Hawk, Melissa Hofmann and Edward L. Moskowitz.
Other winners included:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movie or Mini-Series:
Behind the Candelabra
Production mixer Dennis Towns, re-recording mixer Larry Blake, scoring mixer Thomas Vicari and Foley mixer Scott Curtis.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – One Hour:
Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”
Production mixers Ronan Hill, CAS and Richard Dyer, re-recording mixers Onnalee
Blank, CAS and Matthew Waters, CAS and Foley mixer Brett Voss.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour:
Modern Family: “Goodnight Gracie”
Production mixer Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS and re-recording mixers Dean Okrand and Brian R. Harman, CAS.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Non Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials:
History of the Eagles: “Part One”
Re-recording mixers Tom Fleischman, CAS and Elliot Scheiner.
The winners of the 10th CAS Technical Achievement Awards:
Production: Sound Devices, LLC – 633 Mixer/Recorder
Post Production: iZotope – RX 3 Advanced
The Cinema Audio Society also had Richard Grieco, Bethany Joy Lenz, Michael O’Neill and Penny Peyser on hand to present awards to the evening’s winners.
Cinema Audio Society
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