The Cinema Audio Society announces the nominees for the 567h Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2020 in seven categories, as well as the Outstanding Product Nominations.

 “2020 was wrought with unprecedented challenges, yet the nominees of the 57th Annual CAS Awards display a stellar example of quality and creativity that rivals any of our previous years. This year’s celebration is a testament to the outstanding technical ingenuity and creative prowess of our sound mixing community,” said CAS President Karol Urban. “ It is with immense admiration and pride that we announce our nominees for the 57th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing.”

Nominations for the 57th CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2020

MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION

Greyhound

  • Production Mixer - David Wyman CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Michael Minkler CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Christian Minkler CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Richard Kitting
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Beau Borders CAS
  • Scoring Mixer - Greg Hayes
  • Foley Mixer - George A. Lara CAS

Mank

  • Production Mixer - Drew Kunin
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Ren Klyce
  • Re-Recording Mixer - David Parker
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Nathan Nance
  • Scoring Mixer - Alan Meyerson CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Charleen Richards-Steeves
  • Foley Mixer - Scott Curtis

News of the World

  • Production Mixer - John Patrick Pritchett CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Mike Prestwood Smith
  • Re-Recording Mixer - William Miller
  • Scoring Mixer - Shawn Murphy
  • ADR Mixer - Mark DeSimone CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Adam Fil Méndez CAS

Sound of Metal

  • Production Mixer - Phillip Bladh CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Nicolas Becker
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Jaime Baksht
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Michelle Couttolenc
  • ADR Mixer - Carlos Cortez Navarrette
  • Foley Mixer - Kari Vähäkuopus

The Trial of the Chicago 7

  • Production Mixer - Thomas Varga CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Julian Slater CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Michael Babcock CAS
  • Scoring Mixer - Daniel Pemberton
  • ADR Mixer - Justin W. Walker
  • Foley Mixer - Ken Schultz

MOTION PICTURES - ANIMATED

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

  • Dialogue & ADR Mixer - Dom Boucher
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Chris Burdon
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Gilbert Lake
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Adrian Rhodes
  • Scoring Mixer - Alan Meyerson CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Ant Bayman

Onward

  • Original Dialogue Mixer - Vincent Caro CAS
  • Original Dialogue Mixer - Doc Kane CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Michael Semanick CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Juan Peralta
  • Scoring Mixer - Brad Haehnel
  • Foley Mixer - Scott Curtis

Soul

  • Original Dialogue Mixer - Vincent Caro CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Ren Klyce
  • Re-Recording Mixer - David Parker
  • Scoring Mixer - Atticus Ross
  • Scoring Mixer - David Boucher CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Bobby Johanson CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Scott Curtis

The Croods: A New Age

  • Original Dialogue Mixer - Tighe Sheldon
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Christopher Scarabosio CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Leff Lefferts
  • Scoring Mixer - Alan Meyerson CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Richard Duarte
  • Foley Mixer - Scott Curtis

Trolls World Tour

  • Original Dialogue Mixer - Tighe Sheldon
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Scott Millan CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Paul Hackner
  • Scoring Mixer - Christopher Fogel CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Randy K. Singer CAS

MOTION PICTURES - DOCUMENTARY

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

  • Re-Recording Mixer - Graham Wild
  • Scoring Mixer - Gareth Cousins CAS

My Octopus Teacher

  • Re-Recording Mixer - Barry Donnelly
  • Foley Mixer - Charl Mostert

The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

  • Re-Recording Mixer - Gary A. Rizzo CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Jeff King

The Social Dilemma

  • Production Mixer - Mark A. Crawford
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Scott R. Lewis
  • Scoring Mixer - Mark Venezia
  • Foley Mixer - Jason Butler

Zappa

  • Production Mixer - Monty Buckles
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Marty Zub CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Lon Bender

NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE OR LIMITED SERIES

American Horror Story: 1984 Ep. 9 Final Girl

  • Production Mixer - Alex Altman
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Joe Earle CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Doug Andham CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Judah Getz CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Jacob McNaughton

Fargo: Ep. 7 East/West

  • Production Mixer - J.T. Mueller CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Jeffrey Perkins
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Josh Eckberg
  • Scoring Mixer - Michael Perfitt
  • ADR Mixer - Matt Hovland
  • Foley Mixer - Randy Wilson

Lovecraft Country: Ep. 1 Sundown

  • Production Mixer – Amanda Beggs CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer – Marc Fishman CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Mathew Waters CAS
  • Scoring Mixer - Brad Hacknell
  • ADR Mixer - Miguel Araujo
  • Foley Mixer - Brett Voss CAS

The Queen's Gambit: Ep. 4 Middle Game

  • Production Mixer - Roland Winke
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Eric Hoehn CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Eric Hirsch
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Leo Marcil
  • Scoring Mixer - Lawrence Manchester

Watchmen: Ep. 6 This Extraordinary Being

  • Production Mixer - Doug Axtell
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Joseph DeAngelis CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Chris Carpenter
  • Scoring Mixer - Atticus Ross
  • ADR Mixer - Judah Getz CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Antony Zeller CAS

TELEVISION SERIES - 1 HOUR

Better Call Saul: Ep. 8 Bagman

  • Production Mixer - Phillip W. Palmer CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Larry B. Benjamin CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Kevin Valentine
  • ADR Mixer - Chris Navarro CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Stacey Michaels CAS

Ozark: Ep. 10 All In

  • Production Mixer - Filipe Borrero CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Larry B. Benjamin CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Kevin Valentine
  • Scoring Mixer - Phil McGowan CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Chris Navarro CAS
  • Foley Mixer - Amy Barber

The Crown: S4, Ep. 1 Gold Stick

  • Production Mixer - Chris Ashworth
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Lee Walpole
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Stuart Hilliker CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Martin Jensen
  • ADR Mixer - Gibran Farrah
  • Foley Mixer - Catherine Thomas

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: S3, Ep. 8 A Jewish Girl Walks Into 17 the Apollo…     

  • Production Mixer - Mathew Price CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Ron Bochar CAS
  • Scoring Mixer - Stewart Lerman
  • ADR Mixer - David Boulton
  • Foley Mixer - George A. Lara CAS

Westworld: S3, Ep. 4 The Mother of Exiles

  • Production Mixer - Geoffrey Patterson CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Keith A. Rogers CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Benjamin L. Cook
  • Scoring Mixer - Ramin Djawadi

TELEVISION SERIES 1/2 HOUR

Dead to Me: Ep. 201 You Know What You Did

  • Production Mixer - Steven Michael Morantz CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Brad Sherman CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Alexander Gruzdev
  • ADR Mixer - Jason Oliver

Modern Family: Ep.1118 Finale Part 1

  • Production Mixer - Stephen A. Tibbo CAS
  • Production Mixer - Srdjan Popovic
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Dean Okrand CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Brian Harman CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Peter Bawiec
  • ADR MIXER - Matt Hovland
  • Foley Mixer - David Michael Torres CAS

Ted Lasso: Ep. 110 The Hope that Kills You

  • Production Mixer - David Lascelles AMPS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Ryan Kennedy
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Sean Byrne
  • ADR Mixer - Brent Findley
  • ADR Mixer - Marilyn Morris
  • Scoring Mixer - George Murphy
  • Foley Mixer - Jordan McClain

The Mandalorian: Ep. 102 Chapter 2: The Child

  • Production Mixer - Shawn Holden CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Bonnie Wild
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Stephen Urata
  • Scoring Mixer - Christopher Fogel CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Matthew Wood
  • Foley Mixer - Blake Collins CAS

The Mandalorian: Ep. 205 Chapter 13: The Jedi

  • Production Mixer - Shawn Holden CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Stephen Urata
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Bonnie Wild
  • Scoring Mixer - Christopher Fogel CAS
  • ADR Mixer - Matthew Wood
  • Foley Mixer - Jason Butler

TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC - SERIES or SPECIALS

Beastie Boys Story

  • Production Mixer - Jacob Feinberg
  • Production Mixer - William Tzouris
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Martyn Zub CAS

Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You

  • Production Mixer - Brad Bergbom
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Kevin O'Connell CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Kyle Arzt
  • Music Mixer - Bob Clearmountain

Hamilton

  • Production Mixer - Justin Rathbun
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Tony Volante
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Rob Fernandez
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Tim Latham

Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time Ep. 1

  • Re-Recording Mixer - Gary A. Rizzo CAS
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Stephen Urata
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Danielle Dupre
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Tony Villaflor
  • Scoring Mixer - Dave Lynch

NASA & SpaceX: Journey to The Future

  • Production Mixer – Erik Clabeaux
  • Re-Recording Mixer - Michael Keeley CAS

OUTSTANDING PRODUCT PRODUCTION

  • DPA Microphones, Inc.: DPA 4097 CORE Micro Shotgun Mic
  • Lectrosonics, Inc.:  DCR822 Dual Channel Digital Audio receiver
  • Shure Incorporated:  Axient AD3
  • Sound Devices, LLC:  CL-16 Linear Fader Control Surface for 8-Series
  • Sound Devices, LLC: Sound Devices Noise Assist

OUTSTANDING PRODUCT POST PRODUCTION

  • Evercast, LLC.: Evercast
  • Focusrite PLC:                         RedNet R1
  • iZotope, Inc.:  RX8
  • The Cargo Cult: Matchbox
  • Todd-AO:  Actors Mobile ADR 

Previously announced honorees are George Clooney as CAS Filmmaker and Production  Sound Mixer William B. Kaplan CAS as  CAS Career Achievement Honoree. The Student Recognition Award winner will also be named.  

The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope virtual event on April 17.  On the evening of the Awards the Cinema Audio Society website will be updated in real time as the winners are announced.

About the Cinema Audio Society
 The Cinema Audio Society was formed in 1964 for the purpose of sharing information with Sound Professionals in the Motion Picture and Television Industry.

 The objectives of the CAS are: to educate and inform the general public and the motion picture & television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic and technical blending of diverse sound elements; to provide the motion picture & television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording; to advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information; to advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing; to institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members; to aid the motion picture & television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording and to achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture & television entertainment.