[Names in BOLD are Local 695 members]
CAS Awards Nominees
The 51st Annual CAS Awards Final Five nominees were announced on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, and the awards ceremony will be held on February 14 at the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel – Los Angeles, California.
Retired Local 695 member David Macmillan CAS will be honored with this year’s CAS Career Achievement Award.
Motion Pictures – Live Action
American Sniper
Walt Martin CAS, Gregg Rudloff, John Reitz, Robert Fernandez, Thomas J. O’Connell, James Ashwell
Production Sound Team:
Randy Johnson, Gail Carroll-Coe, Nourdine Zaoui, Mustapha Elatouni
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Thomas Varga, Jon Taylor CAS, Frank A. Montaño, Gustavo Borner, Jason Oliver, John Sanacore CAS
Production Sound Team:
Brendan O’Brien, Adam Sanchez, Teferra Mckenzie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Simon Hayes CAS, Lora Hirschberg, Christopher Boyes, Gustavo Borner, Doc Kane, Chris Manning
Production Sound Team:
Arthur Fenn, Robin Johnson, James Gibb
Interstellar
Mark Weingarten CAS, Gary A. Rizzo CAS, Gregg Landaker, Alan Meyerson CAS, Thomas J. O’Connell, Mary Jo Lang CAS
Production Sound Team:
Michael Primmer, David Raymond, Zach Wrobel, Drew Kunin, Murray Head, Benedikt Amason
Unbroken
David Lee, Jon Taylor CAS, Frank A. Montaño, Jonathan Allen, Paul Drenning CAS, John Guentner
Production Sound Team:
Mark Van Kool, Steven Harris, Dean Morcom
Motion Pictures – Animated
Big Hero 6
Gabriel Guy CAS, David E. Fluhr CAS, Alan Meyerson CAS, Mary Jo Lang CAS
The Boxtrolls
Carlos Sotolongo, Tom Myers, Ren Klyce, Nathan Nance, Nick Wollage, Mary Jo Lang CAS
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Tighe Sheldon, Randy Thom CAS, Shawn Murphy, Brandon Proctor, Corey Tyler
The Lego Movie
Thomas J. O’Connell, Michael Semanick CAS, Gregg Rudloff, Wayne Pashley, Brad Haehnel, John Simpson
Penguins of Madagascar
Tighe Sheldon, Paul N.J. Ottosson CAS, Dennis Sands CAS, Randy K. Singer CAS
Television Movies and Mini-Series
American Horror Story: “Monsters Among Us”
Bruce Litecky CAS, Joe Earle CAS, Doug Andham CAS, Evan Daum, Kyle Billingsley
Production Sound Team:
Steve Huerstel, Jack Bigelow, Eric Heigle, Wade Summerford
Fargo: Part 2 “The Rooster Prince”
Michael Playfair CAS, David Raines CAS, Mark Server, Andrew Morgado
Production Sound Team:
Robert “Arjay” Joly, Val Siu, Mike Markiw, David Brown
Houdini: Part 1
Tamas Csaba CAS, Onnalee Blank CAS, Ken Burton CAS, Chris Navarro CAS
Production Sound Team:
Mate Gabor, Tuska Milan, Csaki Janos, Csaki Janos Jr.
The Normal Heart
Drew Kunin, Joe Earle CAS, Doug Andham CAS, Beauxregard Neylon, Scott Curtis
Production Sound Team:
Mark Goodermote, Paul Korenkiewitz, Igor Panchenko, Billy Sarokin, George Leong, Schavaria Reeves
Sherlock: “His Last Vow”
John Mooney, Howard Bargroff, Nick Wollage, Peter Gleaves, William Everett
Production Sound Team:
Stuart McCutcheon, Abdulqader Amoud
Television Series – One Hour
Boardwalk Empire: “Friendless Child”
Franklin D. Stettner CAS, Tom Fleischman CAS, Mark DeSimone CAS, George Lara CAS
Production Sound Team:
Sam Perry, Laurel Bridges, Toussaint Kotright, Igor Panchenko, Larry Provost
Game of Thrones: “The Children”
Ronan Hill CAS, Richard Dyer CAS, Onnalee Blank CAS, Mathew Waters CAS, Brett Voss CAS
Production Sound Team:
Simon Kerr, Jonny Waite, Daniel McCabe, Richard Dye, Bradley Kendrick, Luke McGinley
Homeland: “Redux”
Diethard Keck, Nello Torri CAS, Alan M. Decker CAS, Stephen Webster, Shawn Kennelly
Production Sound Team:
Bert Roets, Clair Hesom
True Detective: “Who Goes There”
Geoffrey Patterson, CAS, Martin Czembor
Production Sound Team:
Jeffrey Humphreys, Scotty Jacobs, Chris Cooper
The Walking Dead: “No Sanctuary”
Michael P. Clark CAS, Gary D. Rogers CAS, Daniel J. Hiland CAS
Production Sound Team:
Robert Maxfield, Dennis Sanborn
Television Series – Half-Hour
Family Guy: “The Simpsons Guy ”
Patrick Clark, James Fitzpatrick CAS, Arman Steiner
Modern Family “Australia”
Stephen A. Tibbo CAS, Dean Okrand CAS, Brian Harman CAS
Production Sound Team:
Srdjan “Serge” Popovic, Dan Lipe, Peter Hansen, Mark Van Kool
Nurse Jackie “The Lady With the Lamp”
Jan McLaughlin CAS, Peter Waggoner
Production Sound Team:
Brendan O’Brien, Joe Savastano
Parks and Recreation: “Moving Up”
Steven Michael Morantz CAS, John W. Cook II CAS, Robert Carr CAS
Production Sound Team:
Craig Dollinger, Mitch Cohn, Mark Agostino
Veep: “Detroit”
William Macpherson, Richard Davey
Production Sound Team:
Steve Saada, Travis Groves
Television Non-Fictions, Variety, Music Series or Specials
Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey “Standing Up in the Milky Way”
Darryl L. Frank CAS, Mark Hensley, Joel D. Catalan, Paul Aronoff, David Torres
Production Sound Team:
Brian Copenhagen, Alex Usatine, Tom Williams
Deadliest Catch “Lost at Sea”
Bob Bronow CAS
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways: “Los Angeles”
Eddie Kim, Jeff Fuller
2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Brian Riordan CAS, Jamie Ledner, Jay Vicari, Bob Clearmountain
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History – Part 3 “The Fire of Life”
Dominick Tavella CAS, Lou Verrico
Production Sound Team:
John Osborne
Oscar Nominees
The Oscar nominees for “Best Sound Mixing” were announced on Thursday, January 15, 2015. The 87th Academy Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, February 22, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood California. The ceremony will be broadcast on ABC Television, and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Walt Martin CAS, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff
Production Second Team:
Randy Johnson, Gail Carroll-Coe, Nourdine Zaoui, Mustapha Elatouni
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Thomas Varga, Jon Taylor CAS, Frank A. Montaño
Production Sound Team:
Brendan O’Brien, Adam Sanchez, Teferra Mckenzie
Interstellar
Mark Weingarten CAS, Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker
Production Sound Team:
Michael Primmer, David Raymond, Zach Wrobel, Drew Kunin, Murray Head, Benedikt Amason
Unbroken
David Lee, Jon Taylor CAS, Frank A. Montaño
Production Sound Team:
Mark Van Kool, Steven Harris, Dean Morcom
Whiplash
Thomas Curley CAS, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins
Production Sound Team:
David Stark, Michael O’Heney
BAFTA Nominees
Best Sound
American Sniper
Walt Martin CAS, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman
Production Sound Team:
Randy Johnson, Gail Carroll-Coe, Nourdine Zaoui, Mustapha Elatouni
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pawel Wdowczak CAS, Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio
Production Sound Team:
St. Clair Davis, Howard Bevan
Whiplash
Thomas Curley CAS, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
Production Sound Team:
David Stark, Michael O’Heney
The Imitation Game
John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen, Andy Kennedy
Production Sound Team:
Howard Bevan, Charlotte Gray, Martin Seeley
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Thomas Varga, Martin Herándes, Aaron Glascock, Jon Taylor CAS, Frank A. Montaño
Production Sound Team:
Brendan O’Brien, Adam Sanchez, Teferra Mckenzie
AMPS Nominees
The London-based Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS), announced their 2nd annual Award for Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film in early January. Whiplash was deemed the winner, and the award will be presented at a ceremony in the summer.
Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pawel Wdowczak, Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio
Production Sound Team:
St. Clair Davis, Howard Bevan
Into the Woods
John Casali, Mike Prestwood-Smith, Renee Tondelli
Production Sound Team:
Chris Murphy, Alan MacFeely, Dash Mason-Malik, Peter Clarke, Jerome McCann, Jeremy Brown, Jon Olive
Whiplash
Thomas Curley CAS, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins
Production Sound Team:
David Stark, Michael O’Heney
The Imitation Game
John Midgley, Stuart Hilliker, Lee Walpole
Production Sound Team:
Howard Bevan, Charlotte Gray, Martin Seeley
Exodus: Gods and Kings
David Stephenson, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney
Production Sound Team:
Gary Dodkin, Lloyd Dudley, Alayn Crespo Calvo, Jorge Adrados, Jaime Lianos, Francisco Burguillo