Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Nominations

Los Angeles, Tuesday, January 14 2014 — The Cinema Audio Society announces the nominees for the 50th Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2013 in six categories.

“It is exciting that, as we celebrate 50 years of the CAS, there has been an abundance of outstanding sound mixing in film and television this past year,” said CAS President David E. Fluhr. “These nominations reflect the best sound mixing of 2013 as determined by the voting members of the Cinema Audio Society and I congratulate each of the nominees.”

A Blue Ribbon panel of CAS Members determined the nominees for the 10th Annual Cinema Audio Society Technical Achievement Awards. The Awards will be presented at a sealed envelope dinner on February 22nd in the Crystal Ballroom of the historic Millennium Biltmore Hotel. During this Awards Dinner the highest honor of the CAS – the CAS Career Achievement Award will be presented to Rerecording Mixer Andy Nelson. The CAS Filmmaker Award Honoree will be announced later this week.

Here is the full list of CAS Awards nominations:
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Captain Phillips
Production Mixer –Chris Munro, CAS
Re-recording Mixer –- Michael Prestwood Smith
Re-recording Mixer — Chris Burdon
Re-recording Mixer — Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer — Al Clay
ADR Mixer — Howard London, CAS
Foley Mixer — Glen Gathard

Gravity
Production Mixer –Chris Munro, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Skip Lievsay, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Niv Adiri
Re-recording Mixer — Christopher Benstead
Scoring Mixer — Gareth Cousins
ADR Mixer — Thomas J. O’Connell
Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez

Inside Llewyn Davis
Production Mixer — Peter F. Kurland, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Skip Lievsay, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Greg Orloff, CAS
ADR Mixer — Bobby Johanson, CAS
Foley Mixer — George A. Lara

Iron Man 3
Production Mixer — Jose Antonio Garcia
Re-recording Mixer — Michael Prestwood Smith
Re-recording Mixer — Michael Keller, CAS
Scoring Mixer — Joel Iwataki
ADR Mixer — Gregory Steele, CAS
Foley Mixer — James Ashwill

Lone Survivor
Production Mixer — David Brownlow
Re-recording Mixer — Andrew Koyama, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Beau Borders, CAS
Scoring Mixer — Satoshi Mark Noguchi
ADR Mixer — Gregory Steele, CAS
Foley Mixer — Nerses Gezalyan

Now, while this guild can give us an outline of what the eventual Sound Mixing Oscar nominees will be they’ve only gone 5/5 twice in the last 15 years (2000 and 2003), we can probably toss out Iron Man 3 right now. Rush missing yet another guild, especially this one, is surprising and the appearance of Lone Survivor bodes well for its chances although it seems more like a Sound Editing nominee. Inside Llewyn Davis, Gravity and Captain Phillips are all but assured a nomination, especially with the last two being probably Best Picture nominees. But what of 12 Years a Slave and/or American Hustle? Is there room for both or just one come Thursday? A good bet would be for 12YAS but Hustle isn’t far behind. Animated films have done well in the Sound categories in the past (albeit more in Sound Editing) so look for Frozen or Monsters University to possibly crack Oscar’s top five.