Oscar-winning Sound Mixer Skip Lievsay to Receive 2026 Career Achievement Award from Cinema Audio Society
The Cinema Audio Society today announced that it will honor Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay CAS with its esteemed 2026 Career Achievement Award. The award will be presented during the 62nd Annual CAS Awards on Saturday, March 7, 2026.
“The Career Achievement Award is the Society’s highest honor, and Skip’s work represents the pinnacle of our craft,” says CAS President Peter Kurland. “His artistry and creativity have shaped the sound of some of the most celebrated films of our time. Skip’s collaborations with visionary directors and his extraordinary ear for storytelling have left an indelible mark on the industry. It’s been my honor to have worked with Skip for several decades, including sharing previous CAS awards with him. I’m thrilled that the CAS Board has chosen him as the recipient.”
“I’m deeply honored to receive this recognition from the Cinema Audio Society,” says Lievsay. “Sound mixing is an intensely collaborative art, and I’ve had the great fortune to work with incredibly talented filmmakers, mixers, and editors over my career. To be recognized by my peers, people whose work I deeply admire, means the world to me.”
Skip Lievsay CAS is one of the most acclaimed re-recording mixers in film history, with a career spanning more than four decades. He is an Academy Award winner for Gravity and has received multiple Oscar nominations for No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Roma, among others. A frequent collaborator of the Coen brothers, Alfonso Cuarón, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee, Lievsay has helped define the sonic worlds of modern cinema. His credits include Barton Fink, Goodfellas, The Big Lebowski, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Known for his nuanced, story-driven approach, Lievsay has continually pushed the boundaries of what film sound can achieve. Whether mixing the near-silence of No Country for Old Men, the immersive chaos of Gravity, or the musical intimacy of Inside Llewyn Davis, his work demonstrates a rare balance of technical mastery and emotional depth. Beyond the mixing stage, Lievsay is a mentor and advocate for sound professionals, inspiring generations through his dedication to the craft.
Lievsay joins past CAS Career Achievement Honorees that include Tod A. Maitland, Joe Earle, Anna Behlmer, Willie Burton, Peter J. Devlin, Tom Fleischman, Les Fresholtz, Ed Greene, Tomlinson Holman, Doc Kane, William B. Kaplan, David MacMillan, Paul Massey, Scott Millan, Mike Minkler, Walter Murch, Andy Nelson, Chris Newman, Lee Orloff, Richard Portman, John Pritchett, Don Rogers, Gary Rydstrom, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom, Jim Webb, Jeffrey S. Wexler and Charles Wilborn.
As previously announced, the CAS Awards will honor Academy Award–winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the prestigious Filmmaker Award at the ceremony.
The 62nd CAS Awards will honor Outstanding Achievements in Sound Mixing in seven categories: Motion Pictures – Live Action, Motion Pictures – Animated, Motion Pictures – Documentary, Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures or Limited Series, Television Series – One Hour, Television Series – Half Hour and Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials. The CAS Student Recognition Award, Career Achievement Award, and Filmmaker Awards will also be presented.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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