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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Sound
Weekly Commentary: In the highly competitive sound category, “Oppenheimer” production sound mixer Willie D. Burton could become the first Black person to win three Oscars in the category, an historic achievement. A victory for “Oppenheimer” would also grant Universal Pictures its 10th statue,...
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Sound
Weekly Commentary: In the highly competitive sound category, “Oppenheimer” production sound mixer Willie D. Burton could become the first Black person to win three Oscars in the category, an historic achievement. A victory for “Oppenheimer” would also grant Universal Pictures its 10th statue,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The films vying for the 2024 Best Sound Oscar are “The Creator,” “Maestro,” “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Oppenheimer,” and “The Zone of Interest.” Our current odds indicate that “Oppenheimer” (31/10) will prevail, followed in order of likelihood by “The Zone of Interest” (37/10), “Maestro” (9/2), “Mission: Impossible” (9/2), and “The Creator” (9/2).
This year’s Best Sound award will be the fourth handed out since the former Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing categories were consolidated ahead of the 93rd Oscars. The 17 craftspeople involved in this race have collectively amassed 70 previous nominations and 16 wins for their audio work, with the largest share of those bids (30%) belonging to Kevin O’Connell (“Oppenheimer”). With an Oscars resume dating back to 1984, he stands as one of this lineup’s nine returning champions, having memorably broken his unprecedented losing streak on his 21st bid for “Hacksaw Ridge” (2017).
O’Connell shares his new nomination with fellow former winners Richard King,...
This year’s Best Sound award will be the fourth handed out since the former Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing categories were consolidated ahead of the 93rd Oscars. The 17 craftspeople involved in this race have collectively amassed 70 previous nominations and 16 wins for their audio work, with the largest share of those bids (30%) belonging to Kevin O’Connell (“Oppenheimer”). With an Oscars resume dating back to 1984, he stands as one of this lineup’s nine returning champions, having memorably broken his unprecedented losing streak on his 21st bid for “Hacksaw Ridge” (2017).
O’Connell shares his new nomination with fellow former winners Richard King,...
- 3/7/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Nominations voting was from January 11–16, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23. Final voting is February 22–27. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.
The State of the Race
After grabbing two out of three prizes at the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards and the top sound mixing prize at the 60th Cas Awards, Christopher Nolan’s explosive “Oppenheimer” is now in the driver’s seat for the sound Oscar. The other nominees are “The Zone of Interest,” “The Creator.” “Maestro,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”
“The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama about the banality of evil and the international feature film Oscar favorite, poses the most serious threat,...
The State of the Race
After grabbing two out of three prizes at the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards and the top sound mixing prize at the 60th Cas Awards, Christopher Nolan’s explosive “Oppenheimer” is now in the driver’s seat for the sound Oscar. The other nominees are “The Zone of Interest,” “The Creator.” “Maestro,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”
“The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama about the banality of evil and the international feature film Oscar favorite, poses the most serious threat,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The 2024 Bafta Film Awards ceremony is taking place today (February 18) at London’s Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank.
The show started at around 4:45pm UK time and finishes at approximately 8pm, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 7pm. Unlike last year’s ceremony, the final categories will not be broadcast live. David Tennant is on hosting duties.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods.
The show started at around 4:45pm UK time and finishes at approximately 8pm, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 7pm. Unlike last year’s ceremony, the final categories will not be broadcast live. David Tennant is on hosting duties.
Screen will be posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony (refresh the page for latest updates).
Christopher Nolan’s historical drama Oppenheimer leads the nominations with 13 nods.
- 2/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
The UK and Irish film industries are well represented in the Oscar nominations this year with Poor Things and The Zone Of Interest scoring a respective 11 and five nominations.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things bagged the second-highest number of nominations, behind only Oppenheimer. These included best picture for the UK-us-Ireland co-production between Element Pictures and Searchlight Pictures, with backing from Film4.
Also scoring nods was Poor Things’ Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan; UK production designers Shona Heath and James Price; musician Jerskin Fendrix in score; costume designer Holly Waddington; and the make-up and hairstyling team of Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things bagged the second-highest number of nominations, behind only Oppenheimer. These included best picture for the UK-us-Ireland co-production between Element Pictures and Searchlight Pictures, with backing from Film4.
Also scoring nods was Poor Things’ Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan; UK production designers Shona Heath and James Price; musician Jerskin Fendrix in score; costume designer Holly Waddington; and the make-up and hairstyling team of Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston.
- 1/23/2024
- ScreenDaily
The 2024 Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday, January 23 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Scroll down for the complete list of Academy Award nominees in all 23 categories.
This year’s nominations event was emceed by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid and aired live (beginning at 8:30 a.m. Et/5:30 a.m. Pt) on ABC during “Good Morning America” while simultaneously streaming globally on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, and the academy’s Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook accounts.
The final voting period for the 96th Oscars will run from February 22-27. The winners will then be revealed during a live ABC ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing Sunday, March 10 at 8:00 p.m. Et/5:00 p.m. Pt.
Best Picture
“American Fiction”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“The Holdovers” (Mark Johnson)
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest...
This year’s nominations event was emceed by actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid and aired live (beginning at 8:30 a.m. Et/5:30 a.m. Pt) on ABC during “Good Morning America” while simultaneously streaming globally on Oscar.com, Oscars.org, and the academy’s Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook accounts.
The final voting period for the 96th Oscars will run from February 22-27. The winners will then be revealed during a live ABC ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and airing Sunday, March 10 at 8:00 p.m. Et/5:00 p.m. Pt.
Best Picture
“American Fiction”
“Anatomy of a Fall”
“Barbie”
“The Holdovers” (Mark Johnson)
“Killers of the Flower Moon”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Past Lives”
“Poor Things”
“The Zone of Interest...
- 1/23/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” takes the spy franchise to a new level of high-octane action with the global threat of AI domination — and Tom Cruise wanted a visceral sound to the film while starring as legendary rogue agent Ethan Hunt.
“Tom wants to feel it, as only he can, having rehearsed it and filmed it many different ways as an actor and stuntman,” supervising sound editor James Mather told IndieWire. This is part of the “synaptic” philosophy of sound design that Cruse, Mather and the rest of the sound team have embraced, including last year’s Oscar-winning “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Take the brutal alley fight in Venice between Hunt and Pom Klementieff’s French assassin, Paris. The physicality of it becomes uncomfortable.
“You are in it so close to them, it feels like you’re trying to pull ’em apart,” Mather said. “And we went to town with that.
“Tom wants to feel it, as only he can, having rehearsed it and filmed it many different ways as an actor and stuntman,” supervising sound editor James Mather told IndieWire. This is part of the “synaptic” philosophy of sound design that Cruse, Mather and the rest of the sound team have embraced, including last year’s Oscar-winning “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Take the brutal alley fight in Venice between Hunt and Pom Klementieff’s French assassin, Paris. The physicality of it becomes uncomfortable.
“You are in it so close to them, it feels like you’re trying to pull ’em apart,” Mather said. “And we went to town with that.
- 7/26/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The thrilling work of the Top Gun: Maverick sound team, which placed audiences into Naval aircrafts amid high-flying action, won the Oscar for best sound on Sunday, delivering Academy Awards to the team of Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor. Despite the happy moment for the team, others who worked on sound for Maverick did not have a triumphant moment at the Dolby Theatre, as they were not on the ballot.
In January, The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that the Academy’s sound executive branch found itself in a contentious situation when vetting the names that would appear on the Maverick ballot. Sources say this stemmed from the fact that there were two teams that worked on the movie at different times. One was a team at Skywalker Sound in northern California and the other from Twickenham Film Studios and Soundbyte Studios in London.
In January, The Hollywood Reporter broke the story that the Academy’s sound executive branch found itself in a contentious situation when vetting the names that would appear on the Maverick ballot. Sources say this stemmed from the fact that there were two teams that worked on the movie at different times. One was a team at Skywalker Sound in northern California and the other from Twickenham Film Studios and Soundbyte Studios in London.
- 3/13/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party took place Sunday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. I have all the details from inside the event, which as usual attracted the most elite of the Hollywood set who poured in after watching Everything Everywhere All at Once score seven Oscar trophies including Best Picture.
We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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- 3/13/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
From the electric performances of the nominated songs to all the big stars, The 95th Academy Awards went off without a slap hitch.
The performance of Rrr's hit song Naatu Naatu brought the entire house to their feet, as did the wins for Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh.
So who came out on top?
Everything Everywhere All At Once led the nominations with 11 and led the winners with seven total trophies!
Find out the rest of the winners here!
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once *Winner*
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once *Winner*
Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser -...
The performance of Rrr's hit song Naatu Naatu brought the entire house to their feet, as did the wins for Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh.
So who came out on top?
Everything Everywhere All At Once led the nominations with 11 and led the winners with seven total trophies!
Find out the rest of the winners here!
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once *Winner*
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
The Fabelmans
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking
Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once *Winner*
Cate Blanchett - Tár
Ana de Armas - Blonde
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Michelle Williams - The Fabelmans
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser -...
- 3/13/2023
- by Michael T. Stack
- TVfanatic
Oscars 2023In a big moment for India, Naatu Naatu from Rrr won the award for best original song, and The Elephant Whisperers directed by Kartiki Gonsalves won the best documentary short award.Twitter/RRRMovieThe 95th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Television host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosted the ceremony for the third time. Naatu Naatu from Rrr won the award for best original song. The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and co-produced by Guneet Monga, won the best documentary short award. Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, a film about two brothers in Delhi who care for injured black kites, was nominated for best documentary feature but lost to Navalny. Here’s the full list of Oscar nominees and winners: Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, producers - Winner All Quiet on the Western Front...
- 3/13/2023
- by AzeefaF
- The News Minute
In its first win of the evening, Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick scooped the Oscar for Sound with the prize going to the team of Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor.
Weingarten spoke for the group, thanking collaborators and producers including Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and Jerry Bruckheimer. The juggernaut was the No. 1 movie of the 2022 calendar year, and has grossed nearly $1.5B globally. It had six nominations coming into the evening, including for Best Picture which is still to be revealed. The Oscars have already had a halo effect on Tgm, with the film the most viewed in domestic streaming since nominations were announced.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the movie had a phenomenal run and brought Cruise his biggest box office in a career that has spanned 40 years. It’s also Paramount’s highest-grossing film ever globally.
As Deadline’s Pete Hammond predicted,...
Weingarten spoke for the group, thanking collaborators and producers including Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie and Jerry Bruckheimer. The juggernaut was the No. 1 movie of the 2022 calendar year, and has grossed nearly $1.5B globally. It had six nominations coming into the evening, including for Best Picture which is still to be revealed. The Oscars have already had a halo effect on Tgm, with the film the most viewed in domestic streaming since nominations were announced.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the movie had a phenomenal run and brought Cruise his biggest box office in a career that has spanned 40 years. It’s also Paramount’s highest-grossing film ever globally.
As Deadline’s Pete Hammond predicted,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
As Gold Derby predicted, “Top Gun: Maverick” won the Best Sound Oscar on March 12 over co-nominees “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman” and “Elvis.” This victory was 36 years in the making, as the original “Top Gun” (1986) was nominated in both sound races at the 1987 Oscars and lost to “Aliens” (Best Sound Effects Editing) and “Platoon” (Best Sound). Note that the two sound categories were combined into a single one beginning with the 2021 ceremony.
Accepting the Oscars win for “Top Gun: Maverick” were Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor. Prior to tonight, only Weingarten and Taylor already had trophies on their mantels, for “Dunkirk” and “1917”, respectively.
SEE2023 Oscar winners list: Complete results in all 23 categories [Updating Live]
“Top Gun: Maverick” was a bonafide box office hit for Paramount Pictures, earning $718 million domestically and becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time.
Accepting the Oscars win for “Top Gun: Maverick” were Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor. Prior to tonight, only Weingarten and Taylor already had trophies on their mantels, for “Dunkirk” and “1917”, respectively.
SEE2023 Oscar winners list: Complete results in all 23 categories [Updating Live]
“Top Gun: Maverick” was a bonafide box office hit for Paramount Pictures, earning $718 million domestically and becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time.
- 3/13/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Ahead of the 2021 Oscars, the academy combined their Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing categories into one. The films vying for the third annual Best Sound prize are “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman,” “Elvis,” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” Our current odds indicate that “Top Gun: Maverick” (16/5) will be victorious, followed in order of likelihood by “All Quiet on the Western Front” (19/5), “Avatar: The Way of Water” (9/2), “Elvis” (9/2), and “The Batman” (9/2).
The 23 craftspeople included in the current lineup have collectively amassed a whopping 72 previous nominations and 16 wins for their sound work. The one responsible for the largest chunk is Andy Nelson, whose dual bids for “The Batman” and “Elvis” bring him to a record-fortifying career total of 24. He is now the third person to receive two nominations at once in this consolidated category, after “Mank” and “Soul” sound engineers Ren Klyce and...
The 23 craftspeople included in the current lineup have collectively amassed a whopping 72 previous nominations and 16 wins for their sound work. The one responsible for the largest chunk is Andy Nelson, whose dual bids for “The Batman” and “Elvis” bring him to a record-fortifying career total of 24. He is now the third person to receive two nominations at once in this consolidated category, after “Mank” and “Soul” sound engineers Ren Klyce and...
- 3/12/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
We will update all our Oscar predictions throughout the season, so keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2023 Oscar race. The nomination round of voting will take place from January 12 to January 17, 2023, with the official Oscar nominations announced on January 24, 2023. The final voting is between March 2 and 7, 2023. Finally, the 95th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 12 and air live on ABC at 8:00 p.m. Et/ 5:00 p.m. Pt.
See our initial thoughts for what to expect at the 95th Academy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Oscar front-runner “Top Gun: Maverick” solidified its lead by beating rivals “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Elvis,” and “The Batman” at the 59th Cas Awards (March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). This followed the film’s Feature Effects-Foley win February 26 at the 70th Mpse Golden Reel Awards (at the Wilshire...
See our initial thoughts for what to expect at the 95th Academy Awards here.
The State of the Race
Oscar front-runner “Top Gun: Maverick” solidified its lead by beating rivals “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Elvis,” and “The Batman” at the 59th Cas Awards (March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). This followed the film’s Feature Effects-Foley win February 26 at the 70th Mpse Golden Reel Awards (at the Wilshire...
- 3/7/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Top Gun: Maverick” won the live-action feature film award at the Cinema Audio Society’s Cas Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
It won in a category whose nominees were identical to the lineup in the Oscars’ Best Sound category: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman,” “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” During the time when the Oscars gave out separate sound awards for mixing and editing, the Cas winner went on to take the Oscar for sound mixing a little less than half the time – but in the first two years after the Academy combined its two categories into one, the guild and Oscar winners have matched both times.
Other feature-film winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for animation and “Moonage Daydream” for documentary.
Television winners included “Better Call Saul,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” and “Only Murders in the Building.
It won in a category whose nominees were identical to the lineup in the Oscars’ Best Sound category: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman,” “Elvis” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” During the time when the Oscars gave out separate sound awards for mixing and editing, the Cas winner went on to take the Oscar for sound mixing a little less than half the time – but in the first two years after the Academy combined its two categories into one, the guild and Oscar winners have matched both times.
Other feature-film winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for animation and “Moonage Daydream” for documentary.
Television winners included “Better Call Saul,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” and “Only Murders in the Building.
- 3/5/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The winners of the 59th Cinema Audio Society Awards were announced March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Oscar nominees “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman,” “Elvis,” and “Top Gun: Maverick” were all nominated here as well, with “Top Gun: Maverick” proving the victor.
Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Only Murders in the Building.”
Hosted by comedian Ben Gleib, the evening also included previously announced honorary awards. Alejandro González Iñárritu accepted Cas’ Filmmaker of the Year honor, while five-time Oscar nominee Peter J. Devlin accepted the Career Achievement Award.
See the full list of winners, marked in bold, below.
Motion Pictures: Live Action
Winner “Top Gun: Maverick”
Production Mixer: Mark Weingarten
Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon
Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer: Al Clay
Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson
Foley Mixer: Blake Collins Cas
“All Quiet on the Western Front...
Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Only Murders in the Building.”
Hosted by comedian Ben Gleib, the evening also included previously announced honorary awards. Alejandro González Iñárritu accepted Cas’ Filmmaker of the Year honor, while five-time Oscar nominee Peter J. Devlin accepted the Career Achievement Award.
See the full list of winners, marked in bold, below.
Motion Pictures: Live Action
Winner “Top Gun: Maverick”
Production Mixer: Mark Weingarten
Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon
Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer: Al Clay
Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson
Foley Mixer: Blake Collins Cas
“All Quiet on the Western Front...
- 3/5/2023
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick and took the marquee film prize at the Cinema Audio Society’s 59th annual Cas Awards, which were handed out Saturday night at the Intercontinental Downtown Los Angeles.
The race for the Cas’ marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette saw the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water — against All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman. All five also are up for the Best Sound Oscar.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio continued its string of awards-season wins by taking the Cas Award for Animated Motion Picture. The first film award of the night, for Documentary, went to the sound team behind Neon’s David Bowie pic Moonage Daydream.
The TV prizes went to Only Murders in the Building (half-hour), the now-wrapped AMC drama Better Call Saul (one hour), Disney+ drama Obi–Wan...
The race for the Cas’ marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette saw the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water — against All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman. All five also are up for the Best Sound Oscar.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio continued its string of awards-season wins by taking the Cas Award for Animated Motion Picture. The first film award of the night, for Documentary, went to the sound team behind Neon’s David Bowie pic Moonage Daydream.
The TV prizes went to Only Murders in the Building (half-hour), the now-wrapped AMC drama Better Call Saul (one hour), Disney+ drama Obi–Wan...
- 3/5/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Top Gun: Maverick” topped the winners at the 58th Cinema Audio Society Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing.
Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Better Call Saul,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin, whose credits include “Black Panther,” “Bullet Train” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” was honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2023 career achievement award.
Alejandro González Iñárritu who directed this year’s Oscar-nominated “Bardo” received the Cas Filmmaker of the Year. He said, “There is a reason why cinema is called an audio-visual medium. Audio is first, before visuals. Sound hits our bodies sensorially. Without intellectualization, we are just hit primally and it strikes our imagination and it’s boundless and it’s first.”
Karol Urban, the society’s president recognized the importance of sound mixing and honored its members. She said, “There...
Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Moonage Daydream,” “Better Call Saul,” “Only Murders in the Building” and “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”
Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin, whose credits include “Black Panther,” “Bullet Train” and “Gone in 60 Seconds,” was honored with the Cinema Audio Society’s 2023 career achievement award.
Alejandro González Iñárritu who directed this year’s Oscar-nominated “Bardo” received the Cas Filmmaker of the Year. He said, “There is a reason why cinema is called an audio-visual medium. Audio is first, before visuals. Sound hits our bodies sensorially. Without intellectualization, we are just hit primally and it strikes our imagination and it’s boundless and it’s first.”
Karol Urban, the society’s president recognized the importance of sound mixing and honored its members. She said, “There...
- 3/5/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The sound mixing team from Top Gun: Maverick won the live-action feature competition at the 59th Cinema Audio Society Awards, Saturday night at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The award went to production mixer Mark Weingarten, rerecording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, scoring mixers Al Clay and Stephen Lipson, and Foley mixer Blake Collins.
Maverick topped a field that included the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis — a field that mirrors the Oscar nominations in sound, an award that combines sound editing and mixing.
Last weekend, the Motion Picture Sound Editors honored a trio of Oscar nominees in its live action feature categories At the org’s 70th Golden Reel Awards, Top Gun: Maverick won the prize for effect/Foley, Elvis claimed the trophy for music editing, and All Quiet on the Western Front picked up...
Maverick topped a field that included the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis — a field that mirrors the Oscar nominations in sound, an award that combines sound editing and mixing.
Last weekend, the Motion Picture Sound Editors honored a trio of Oscar nominees in its live action feature categories At the org’s 70th Golden Reel Awards, Top Gun: Maverick won the prize for effect/Foley, Elvis claimed the trophy for music editing, and All Quiet on the Western Front picked up...
- 3/5/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (Leja) has handed out its awards for the year, with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” scooping up 10 wins including best picture, director for the Daniels and actress for Michelle Yeoh.
The sci-fi comedy led the nominations with 16, the most in the history of the organization.
Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” scored the second-most wins with three for best cinematography going to Claudio Miranda, sound and stunt design.
“I am incredibly excited by the selections of our distinguished group of Latino critics, journalists and writers from all over the country,” said Clayton Davis, Leja founder and president. “I applaud our tiny but mighty organization for selecting a respectable group of films from artists we all love and admire.”
“Wakanda Forever” won prizes for costume design (Ruth E. Carter) and original song.
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won two prizes for animated film and adapted screenplay. In addition,...
The sci-fi comedy led the nominations with 16, the most in the history of the organization.
Paramount’s “Top Gun: Maverick” scored the second-most wins with three for best cinematography going to Claudio Miranda, sound and stunt design.
“I am incredibly excited by the selections of our distinguished group of Latino critics, journalists and writers from all over the country,” said Clayton Davis, Leja founder and president. “I applaud our tiny but mighty organization for selecting a respectable group of films from artists we all love and admire.”
“Wakanda Forever” won prizes for costume design (Ruth E. Carter) and original song.
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” won two prizes for animated film and adapted screenplay. In addition,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
All Quiet on the Western Front made good on its record number of BAFTA nominations with a major haul of wins at the film awards ceremony on Sunday night.
At London’s Royal Festival Hall, Netflix’s German anti-war epic took the BAFTAs for best film, alongside best adapted screenplay and best director, and hoovered up most of the craft honors for a total of seven gongs (a BAFTA record for a film not in the English language).
Away from the Western Front, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin won four awards, including half the performance honors, with Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan landing supporting wins. Elsewhere, Austin Butler won leading actor for Elvis, and Cate Blanchett leading actress for Tar.
As had largely been expected, Richard E. Grant was a delightfully upbeat and uncontroversial host, with no political jokes or any jibes aimed at the guests (although he did reference Will Smith,...
At London’s Royal Festival Hall, Netflix’s German anti-war epic took the BAFTAs for best film, alongside best adapted screenplay and best director, and hoovered up most of the craft honors for a total of seven gongs (a BAFTA record for a film not in the English language).
Away from the Western Front, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin won four awards, including half the performance honors, with Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan landing supporting wins. Elsewhere, Austin Butler won leading actor for Elvis, and Cate Blanchett leading actress for Tar.
As had largely been expected, Richard E. Grant was a delightfully upbeat and uncontroversial host, with no political jokes or any jibes aimed at the guests (although he did reference Will Smith,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman and Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Banshees’ duo, ’Navalny’, ’Aftersun’ among early winners.
The 2023 Bafta Film Awards show is taking place today (February 19) from London’s Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank this year (it was previously at the Royal Albert Hall).
The show started at around 18:00 UK time, finishing at approximately 21:00, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 19:00, with the final four awards broadcast live for the first time.
Richard E. Grant is hosting the ceremony, with presenter Alison Hammond providing backstage and winners access through a new Bafta studio.
Screen is posting all the winners...
The 2023 Bafta Film Awards show is taking place today (February 19) from London’s Royal Festival Hall on the Southbank this year (it was previously at the Royal Albert Hall).
The show started at around 18:00 UK time, finishing at approximately 21:00, and will be broadcast with a time delay on BBC One starting at 19:00, with the final four awards broadcast live for the first time.
Richard E. Grant is hosting the ceremony, with presenter Alison Hammond providing backstage and winners access through a new Bafta studio.
Screen is posting all the winners...
- 2/19/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The key to the “Top Gun: Maverick” sound design — and why it’s the favorite to win the Best Sound Oscar — is its effective creation of the “synaptic” experience, which carried over from Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” films. It’s a hyper-real soundscape that guides the audience’s attention to important elements with dynamics rather than pummeling them with a wall of sound.
In the “Top Gun” sequel, the synaptic sound of being inside the jet fighter cockpits with Cruise’s Maverick emphasized breathing and the manipulation of the joystick, while strategically layering in the jet noises. These included the sound of air whooshing over the wings and the sonic reflection of the aerobatics. This was definitely a contributing factor to the film’s global success in bringing audiences back to theaters.
“We use the word [‘synaptic’] a lot when we get the opportunity,” said supervising sound editor James Mather...
In the “Top Gun” sequel, the synaptic sound of being inside the jet fighter cockpits with Cruise’s Maverick emphasized breathing and the manipulation of the joystick, while strategically layering in the jet noises. These included the sound of air whooshing over the wings and the sonic reflection of the aerobatics. This was definitely a contributing factor to the film’s global success in bringing audiences back to theaters.
“We use the word [‘synaptic’] a lot when we get the opportunity,” said supervising sound editor James Mather...
- 2/17/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The busiest week in Los Angeles’ art world takes place this coming week as collectors from around the world descend upon the city. No less than five art fairs will unspool across L.A. this coming week, with the two biggest being, Frieze Los Angeles (now in Santa Monica) and the LA Art Show (now coinciding with Frieze). A host of art gallery openings, museum events, artist talks and parties will be happening too. Read on for the ultimate guide to what’s happening around town.
The Art Fairs
Frieze Los Angeles
The Frieze Los Angeles — which has moved to a new location at Santa Monica Airport — runs Feb. 16 to 19, inside the Barker Hanger as well as in a massive tent specially designed by Why Architecture. The airport spot, says Christine Messineo, fair director of Frieze, Americas, “allows us to expand both our physical imprint but also our ambition.” This year,...
The Art Fairs
Frieze Los Angeles
The Frieze Los Angeles — which has moved to a new location at Santa Monica Airport — runs Feb. 16 to 19, inside the Barker Hanger as well as in a massive tent specially designed by Why Architecture. The airport spot, says Christine Messineo, fair director of Frieze, Americas, “allows us to expand both our physical imprint but also our ambition.” This year,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The motion picture academy made it a little easier in 2021 to predict the winners by combining Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing into one category: Best Sound. Both sound mixers and sound editors are recognized in the combined category. Up to six statuettes will be awarded to one production sound mixer, two supervising sound editors and three re-recording mixers. The inaugural winner of Best Sound was, appropriately enough “Sound of Metal.” Last year, this prize went to “Dune.”
The sound branch determines the nominees in two stages. First, members of the branch cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters, announced on December 21, moving on to the second stage. Members who attend screenings of excerpts from these 10 semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are nominated.
It can be difficult to differentiate the sound mixing of a film from the sound editing.
The sound branch determines the nominees in two stages. First, members of the branch cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters, announced on December 21, moving on to the second stage. Members who attend screenings of excerpts from these 10 semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are nominated.
It can be difficult to differentiate the sound mixing of a film from the sound editing.
- 2/6/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The nominations for the upcoming 95th edition of Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday by hosts Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams, with ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ leading the pack with as many as nine nominations.
The Colin Farrell-starrer film got nominated in the following categories — Best Supporting Actor (two nominations), Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
India too received three nominations for Best Original Song (‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘Rrr’), Best Documentary Feature Film (‘All That Breathes’), and Best Documentary Short Film (‘The Elephant Whisperers’).
‘The Fabelmans’ received seven nominations followed by ‘Tar’ and ‘TopGun: Maverick’ (six each), ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ (five), ‘Avatar’ (four), and ‘The Whale’ (three).
Competing for the best picture are ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans...
The Colin Farrell-starrer film got nominated in the following categories — Best Supporting Actor (two nominations), Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Picture, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay.
India too received three nominations for Best Original Song (‘Naatu Naatu’ from ‘Rrr’), Best Documentary Feature Film (‘All That Breathes’), and Best Documentary Short Film (‘The Elephant Whisperers’).
‘The Fabelmans’ received seven nominations followed by ‘Tar’ and ‘TopGun: Maverick’ (six each), ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ (five), ‘Avatar’ (four), and ‘The Whale’ (three).
Competing for the best picture are ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans...
- 1/24/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominees for the 95th Academy Awards.
The film scored 11 noms, including best picture, where it will compete along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
Following Everything Everywhere with the most noms are All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine each, Elvis with eight, The Fabelmans with seven, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick with six each and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with five.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams revealed the nominees for the 2023 Oscars in 23 categories, including best picture, best director, best original and adapted screenplay, the awards for actor and actress in lead and supporting roles, best song and score and crafts categories like cinematography, production design, sound, film editing and visual effects.
The...
The film scored 11 noms, including best picture, where it will compete along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
Following Everything Everywhere with the most noms are All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine each, Elvis with eight, The Fabelmans with seven, Tár and Top Gun: Maverick with six each and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with five.
Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams revealed the nominees for the 2023 Oscars in 23 categories, including best picture, best director, best original and adapted screenplay, the awards for actor and actress in lead and supporting roles, best song and score and crafts categories like cinematography, production design, sound, film editing and visual effects.
The...
- 1/24/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Top: Gun Maverick is approaching a different kind of danger zone. With nomination voting underway, Maverick still doesn’t have its potential sound nominees locked up, in what has become a contentious process, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
As of Thursday afternoon, members of the Academy’s sound executive branch, which annually holds a meeting in December to vet the names submitted as contenders, was still investigating which names should appear on the ballot for Maverick, should the movie make the final five.
Sources say the impasse stems from the fact that there were two teams that worked on the movie at different times. One was a team at Skywalker Sound in northern California and the other is a team that worked at De Lane Lea in London. THR could not get clarity on specifics of the impasse at press time. But this does offer a glimpse into what...
As of Thursday afternoon, members of the Academy’s sound executive branch, which annually holds a meeting in December to vet the names submitted as contenders, was still investigating which names should appear on the ballot for Maverick, should the movie make the final five.
Sources say the impasse stems from the fact that there were two teams that worked on the movie at different times. One was a team at Skywalker Sound in northern California and the other is a team that worked at De Lane Lea in London. THR could not get clarity on specifics of the impasse at press time. But this does offer a glimpse into what...
- 1/13/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Elvis,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” were among the top nominees for live action film at the 59th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Prey” found support in the non-theatrical motion picture/limited series category, while “Barry” and “Stranger Things” found support in TV categories.
The Cas had previously announced that Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would receive the Cas Career Achievement Award this year. Alejandro González Iñárritu (“Bardo”) will also be honored as the 2023 Cas Filmmaker of the Year.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Below, the full list of nominees for the 59th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.
Motion Pictures: Live Action
All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Mixer: Viktor Prášil
Re-Recording...
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Prey” found support in the non-theatrical motion picture/limited series category, while “Barry” and “Stranger Things” found support in TV categories.
The Cas had previously announced that Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would receive the Cas Career Achievement Award this year. Alejandro González Iñárritu (“Bardo”) will also be honored as the 2023 Cas Filmmaker of the Year.
The ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Below, the full list of nominees for the 59th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.
Motion Pictures: Live Action
All Quiet on the Western Front
Production Mixer: Viktor Prášil
Re-Recording...
- 1/10/2023
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
The Cinema Audio Society, whose annual Cas Awards recognizes outstanding work in sound mixing, released it nominations on Tuesday.
In the live-action motion picture category, the society nominated the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick.
In the animated feature competition, the nominees are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. And in feature docs, the society selected Good Night Oppy; Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song; Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues; Moonage Daydream and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.
All five movies nominated in the Cas live-action category along with Pinocchio, which is nominated in Cas’ animated feature category, and Moonage Daydream, nominated in the feature documentary category, are all shortlisted for the Oscar in sound. The sound shortlist is rounded out by Babylon,...
In the live-action motion picture category, the society nominated the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick.
In the animated feature competition, the nominees are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. And in feature docs, the society selected Good Night Oppy; Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song; Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues; Moonage Daydream and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.
All five movies nominated in the Cas live-action category along with Pinocchio, which is nominated in Cas’ animated feature category, and Moonage Daydream, nominated in the feature documentary category, are all shortlisted for the Oscar in sound. The sound shortlist is rounded out by Babylon,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hear that? It’s the Cinema Audio Society’s nominations for its 2023 Cas Awards, which celebrate excellence in sound mixing for film and TV. See the list below.
Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Avatar: The Way of Water, and Top Gun: Maverick — along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman.
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In the mix for the toon feature trophy are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. The documentary race will feature Good Night Oppy, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen,...
Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Avatar: The Way of Water, and Top Gun: Maverick — along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman.
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In the mix for the toon feature trophy are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. The documentary race will feature Good Night Oppy, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen,...
- 1/10/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
With so much emphasis on Best Picture and acting races this Oscar season, get ready for some special attention to the crafts and artisans who made these movies possible.
American Cinematheque announced Monday its honorees for its second edition of Tribute to the Crafts, taking place on Thursday, February 9 at the Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Among the achievements being celebrated are such blockbuster films Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in addition to indie sensations like Everything Everywhere All at Once and Rrr.
After a successful inaugural ceremony last year, once again it is the key goal of Tribute to the Crafts to honor those at the heart of filmmaking, and have exhibited extraordinary work behind the camera over the past year, according to the Cinematheque. The evening will celebrate individuals in 15 categories covering all aspects of filmmaking and...
American Cinematheque announced Monday its honorees for its second edition of Tribute to the Crafts, taking place on Thursday, February 9 at the Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Among the achievements being celebrated are such blockbuster films Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in addition to indie sensations like Everything Everywhere All at Once and Rrr.
After a successful inaugural ceremony last year, once again it is the key goal of Tribute to the Crafts to honor those at the heart of filmmaking, and have exhibited extraordinary work behind the camera over the past year, according to the Cinematheque. The evening will celebrate individuals in 15 categories covering all aspects of filmmaking and...
- 1/9/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages are Davis’ assessment of the current standings of the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any film or performance. Like any organization or body that votes, each individual category is fluid and subject to change. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Last Updated: Dec. 15, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Sound The Woman King, Lashana Lynch, 2022. © TriStar Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
Category Commentary: Celebrating 25 years since James Cameron’s “Titanic” (1997) tied for the most wins ever and the Oscar ceremony itself, which boasted the highest ratings in Academy history, some of the same artisans are in the race again. Those include sound designers Mark Mangini (“The Fifth Element...
Last Updated: Dec. 15, 2022
2023 Oscars Predictions: Best Sound The Woman King, Lashana Lynch, 2022. © TriStar Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection
Category Commentary: Celebrating 25 years since James Cameron’s “Titanic” (1997) tied for the most wins ever and the Oscar ceremony itself, which boasted the highest ratings in Academy history, some of the same artisans are in the race again. Those include sound designers Mark Mangini (“The Fifth Element...
- 12/19/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
When “Top Gun: Maverick” landed in theaters this summer, audiences around the world enjoyed the excitement of soaring through the sky alongside the Navy’s best of the best. One key to creating that sensation was building the perfect soundscape.
Director Joseph Kosinski describes the challenge, saying, “‘Top Gun’ was the test disc for everyone’s home entertainment system.” Adding to a monumental task were the restrictions brought on by the pandemic, as well as months of military negotiations, Navy contracts and detailed planning to bring the story of Maverick (Tom Cruise) back to the big screen.
Early on, supervising sound editor Al Nelson and sound effects editor Ben Burtt spent a week in the Atlantic aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Nelson recalls, “The idea was, ‘Let’s just get as much great raw material as we can.’” They collected a variety of sounds that included takeoffs and landings, radios,...
Director Joseph Kosinski describes the challenge, saying, “‘Top Gun’ was the test disc for everyone’s home entertainment system.” Adding to a monumental task were the restrictions brought on by the pandemic, as well as months of military negotiations, Navy contracts and detailed planning to bring the story of Maverick (Tom Cruise) back to the big screen.
Early on, supervising sound editor Al Nelson and sound effects editor Ben Burtt spent a week in the Atlantic aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Nelson recalls, “The idea was, ‘Let’s just get as much great raw material as we can.’” They collected a variety of sounds that included takeoffs and landings, radios,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Karen M. Peterson
- Variety Film + TV
“The tremendous thing for me initially, technically and then subsequently creatively, was that these are some of the best sound location recordings I’ve ever had,” declares Oscar-nominated sound mixer Chris Burdon (“Captain Phillips”), who contributed to the ambitious soundscape for “The Banshees of Inisherin” with re-recording mixer Simon Willis. For our recent webchat he adds, “It never dominates, it just allows the space,” he reveals. “It’s wonderful to work on and it varies,” he says, adding that “there is an opposite version of that where you’re filling every space with every sound effect and every bit of music and it’s a different narrative. But this is just, I think, very special actually because of that.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Carter Burwell (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ composer)
In “The Banshees of Inisherin,” jaded folk musician Colm (Brendan Gleeson) abruptly ends his...
See Exclusive Video Interview: Carter Burwell (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ composer)
In “The Banshees of Inisherin,” jaded folk musician Colm (Brendan Gleeson) abruptly ends his...
- 12/13/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
The event is taking place on May 11-12 at the Olympia London.
Bafta Rising Star award winner Adam Deacon, director and star of Anuvahood, will be joined by For Sama and The Reason I Jump composer Nainita Desai and a host of other names from the film and TV industry as speakers at the The Media Production and Technology Show 2022 (Mpts).
The free seminar programme, which launched in 2016 and is making its return after a two-year pandemic hiatus, will be taking place from May 11-12 at the Olympia London.
Focuses of the event will be on sustainability, virtual production and mental health,...
Bafta Rising Star award winner Adam Deacon, director and star of Anuvahood, will be joined by For Sama and The Reason I Jump composer Nainita Desai and a host of other names from the film and TV industry as speakers at the The Media Production and Technology Show 2022 (Mpts).
The free seminar programme, which launched in 2016 and is making its return after a two-year pandemic hiatus, will be taking place from May 11-12 at the Olympia London.
Focuses of the event will be on sustainability, virtual production and mental health,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The live-action feature nominees for the 57th annual Cas Awards for sound mixing (presented virtually on April 17) include “Greyhound,” “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Darius Marder’s innovative “Sound of Metal,” the frontrunner, also split the Motion Picture Sound Editors nominations with Paul Greengrass’ “News of the World,” with three nods.
Not making the cut, though, was Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” the time inversion spy thriller, which was roundly criticized for mixing its dialogue way too low. Also overlooked was George Clooney’s sci-fi drama, “The Midnight Sky,” though the director will be honored as Cas Filmmaker.
In terms of the Oscar race, the Academy has consolidated sound editing and mixing onto a single category for the first time this season.
Seven-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer William B. Kaplan is this year’s Cas Career Achievement Honoree.
Motion Pictures – Live Action...
Not making the cut, though, was Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” the time inversion spy thriller, which was roundly criticized for mixing its dialogue way too low. Also overlooked was George Clooney’s sci-fi drama, “The Midnight Sky,” though the director will be honored as Cas Filmmaker.
In terms of the Oscar race, the Academy has consolidated sound editing and mixing onto a single category for the first time this season.
Seven-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer William B. Kaplan is this year’s Cas Career Achievement Honoree.
Motion Pictures – Live Action...
- 3/2/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The Cinema Audio Society (Cas) has announced the nominations for the 57th Annual Cas Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2020 in seven categories, as well as the Outstanding Product Nominations.
Among the films, TV shows and animated features nominated are “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Soul,” “Croods: A New Age,” “News of the World,” “Lovecraft Country” and “The Mandalorian.”
As previously announced, George Clooney will receive the Cas filmmaker award and production sound mixer William B. Kaplan as the Cas career achievement honoree. The student recognition award winner will also be named.
The awards are designed to educate and inform audiences that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic and technical blending of diverse sound elements. They will be presented in a virtual ceremony on April 17.
“2020 was wrought with unprecedented challenges, yet the nominees of the 57th Annual Cas Awards display a stellar example of quality and...
Among the films, TV shows and animated features nominated are “Mank,” “News of the World,” “Soul,” “Croods: A New Age,” “News of the World,” “Lovecraft Country” and “The Mandalorian.”
As previously announced, George Clooney will receive the Cas filmmaker award and production sound mixer William B. Kaplan as the Cas career achievement honoree. The student recognition award winner will also be named.
The awards are designed to educate and inform audiences that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic and technical blending of diverse sound elements. They will be presented in a virtual ceremony on April 17.
“2020 was wrought with unprecedented challenges, yet the nominees of the 57th Annual Cas Awards display a stellar example of quality and...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Sound branch of the Academy often favors music-driven movies when it comes to the Mixing Oscar nominations, so Edgar Wright’s propulsive “Baby Driver” has a shot here, along with the elaborately layered sound mixes on “War for the Planet of the Apes,” “Wonder Woman,” “Dunkirk” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
Frontrunners:
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth (“Blade Runner 2049”)
Chris Burdon, Gilbert Lake, Chris Munro (“Wonder Woman”)
Tim Cavagin, Julian Slater, Mary H. Ellis, James Peterson (“Baby Driver”)
Will Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson, Chris Duesterdiek (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten (“Dunkirk”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey, John Casali (“Darkest Hour”)
David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Paul Ledford (“Logan”)
Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, John Casali (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Kevin O’Connell, Tony Lamberti, Felipe Borrero (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Tim White (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”)
Gary Rydstrom (“The Post”)
Long Shots:
Ron Bartlett,...
Frontrunners:
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth (“Blade Runner 2049”)
Chris Burdon, Gilbert Lake, Chris Munro (“Wonder Woman”)
Tim Cavagin, Julian Slater, Mary H. Ellis, James Peterson (“Baby Driver”)
Will Files, Douglas Murray, Andy Nelson, Chris Duesterdiek (“War for the Planet of the Apes”)
Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten (“Dunkirk”)
Contenders:
Craig Berkey, John Casali (“Darkest Hour”)
David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Paul Ledford (“Logan”)
Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, John Casali (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Kevin O’Connell, Tony Lamberti, Felipe Borrero (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”)
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Tim White (“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”)
Gary Rydstrom (“The Post”)
Long Shots:
Ron Bartlett,...
- 11/19/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
You know “Urban Light” even if you don’t know it’s called “Urban Light.” Comprised of 202 vintage cast iron street lamps that had once dotted locations all around Southern California, the artist Chris Burden (who died of cancer at age 69 in 2015) installed the crowd-pleasing assemblage in 2008 in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Almost overnight, it became a symbol of the city, a joyful upstart to rival the Hollywood sign. Used repeatedly in film, television and advertising, it lives in L.A., but now it’s everywhere, and the Southern California selfie has never been the.
- 5/5/2017
- by Dave White
- The Wrap
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Kicks Off the Summer With a Sci-Fi Action-Comedy
After three weeks of dominating the box office, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious is going to have to give way to a new movie, and that’s because the first weekend of May means that it’s officially...The Summer Movie Season!!!!
Just like the last couple years, the summer movie season is kicking off with a new movie from Marvel Studios, and their sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios/Disney), reunites Chris Pratt as Starlord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista’s Drax, Michael Rooker’s Yondu with the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Racoon, for the next...
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Kicks Off the Summer With a Sci-Fi Action-Comedy
After three weeks of dominating the box office, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious is going to have to give way to a new movie, and that’s because the first weekend of May means that it’s officially...The Summer Movie Season!!!!
Just like the last couple years, the summer movie season is kicking off with a new movie from Marvel Studios, and their sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios/Disney), reunites Chris Pratt as Starlord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista’s Drax, Michael Rooker’s Yondu with the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Racoon, for the next...
- 5/4/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Memorial Day weekend is still weeks away, but summer blockbusters are out in full force: Marvel's crowd-pleasing oddballs come back for seconds, Captain Jack Sparrow and friends take to the waves for a fifth time, the Xenomorph gets yet another helping of terrified human-meat, King Arthur goes gritty-reboot and a big-screen Baywatch attracts a new wave of leering stares. Those in search of something a little smaller-scale have plenty to choose from too, from Cate Blanchett's high-art masterclass to a pair of docs burrowing into a pair of specific cultural phenomena.
- 5/2/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Mubi is exclusively playing Tyler Hubby's Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present (2016) from April 8 - May 8, 2017 in the United Kingdom and United States.This month Mubi is screening Tyler Hubby’s documentary Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present, which focuses on the life of the musician, filmmaker and teacher who died in April 2016. The release coincides with a series of special memorial events to be held across the U.S., including musical performances. Tyler Hubby spoke to me by Skype about making the film and the many facets of Conrad’s innovative media and community activities, many of which are still being uncovered.Notebook: I was in contact with you last when I wrote a piece for the Notebook, just after Tony Conrad passed away. You helped out with an image for it, which was fantastic.Hubby: Oh good. Yeah, that was a really strange time. I just reread...
- 4/8/2017
- MUBI
Magnolia Pictures have acquired the U.S. rights to Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey’s documentary, “Burden,” the company announced Thursday. “Burden” gives audiences an inside look into the life and work of the late art provocateur Chris Burden. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and chronicles an individual who became one of the most admired artists of his generation. Burden became infamous after having himself shot, locked up in a locker for five days, electrocuted and crucified on the back of a Vw bug in 1971. However, he reinvented himself and became the creator of installations and sculptures that ranged from.
- 5/12/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The late Chris Burden was known for works involving extreme physical peril, but he ended up almost respectable. A compelling new film charts his journey
It’s a strange path from nailing oneself to a revving Volkswagen to creating a photo-ready oasis of nostalgic, tourist-friendly street lamps. This was the journey of Chris Burden, the sculptor and performance artist whose early, notorious work pushed even the most liberal responses to the unanswerable question “what is art?” Luckily, Burden, a documentary from Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey, is a thorough enough guide that even skeptical audiences may find themselves “getting it”.
The story gets cooking at the University of California at Irvine in 1969, where Burden, having shrugged off a potential career in architecture, is studying sculpture. It’s a time and a place where traditional notions of what sculpture means are, shall we say, flexible. Recollecting for us in interview footage...
It’s a strange path from nailing oneself to a revving Volkswagen to creating a photo-ready oasis of nostalgic, tourist-friendly street lamps. This was the journey of Chris Burden, the sculptor and performance artist whose early, notorious work pushed even the most liberal responses to the unanswerable question “what is art?” Luckily, Burden, a documentary from Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey, is a thorough enough guide that even skeptical audiences may find themselves “getting it”.
The story gets cooking at the University of California at Irvine in 1969, where Burden, having shrugged off a potential career in architecture, is studying sculpture. It’s a time and a place where traditional notions of what sculpture means are, shall we say, flexible. Recollecting for us in interview footage...
- 4/20/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
The late Chris Burden was known for works involving extreme physical peril, but he ended up almost respectable. A compelling new film charts his journey
It’s a strange path from nailing oneself to a revving Volkswagen to creating a photo-ready oasis of nostalgic, tourist-friendly street lamps. This was the journey of Chris Burden, the sculptor and performance artist whose early, notorious work pushed even the most liberal responses to the unanswerable question “what is art?” Luckily, Burden, a documentary from Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey, is a thorough enough guide that even skeptical audiences may find themselves “getting it”.
The story gets cooking at the University of California at Irvine in 1969, where Burden, having shrugged off a potential career in architecture, is studying sculpture. It’s a time and a place where traditional notions of what sculpture means are, shall we say, flexible. Recollecting for us in interview footage...
It’s a strange path from nailing oneself to a revving Volkswagen to creating a photo-ready oasis of nostalgic, tourist-friendly street lamps. This was the journey of Chris Burden, the sculptor and performance artist whose early, notorious work pushed even the most liberal responses to the unanswerable question “what is art?” Luckily, Burden, a documentary from Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey, is a thorough enough guide that even skeptical audiences may find themselves “getting it”.
The story gets cooking at the University of California at Irvine in 1969, where Burden, having shrugged off a potential career in architecture, is studying sculpture. It’s a time and a place where traditional notions of what sculpture means are, shall we say, flexible. Recollecting for us in interview footage...
- 4/20/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Editor's note: This post is presented in partnership with Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure film, "In the Heart of the Sea," now playing at Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime December 11, 2015. Read More: Dolby Cinema is Revolutionizing How We Watch and Listen to Movies Ron Howard's latest adventure drama "In the Heart of the Sea" boasts state of the art special effects that bring to life the doomed voyage of the Essex whaling ship, but the film's most immersive quality is unquestionably its sound design. Bringing the menacing tones of the ocean and the harbor to life, the film transports the viewer into the world of a seafarer in all its expansive and horrifying glory. Following a special screening of the film in New York City at AMC Empire's Dolby Theater, sound re-recording mixers Chris Burdon and Gilbert Lake...
- 12/16/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Editor's note: This post is presented in partnership with Dolby Laboratories and AMC Theatres in conjunction with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure film, "In the Heart of the Sea," coming to Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime December 11, 2015. Read More: Ron Howard Discusses Tackling a 'New Animal' With 'In the Heart of the Sea' Joining Indiewire's Chief Film Critic Eric Kohn following a screening of Ron Howard's "In the Heart of the Sea," sound re-recording mixers Chris Burdon and Gilbert Lake shared what it was like bringing this massive whaling epic to the big screen. But while their stories about new technology and the challenges of creating water sounds were highly informative, one remark stood out above the rest in revealing the future of sound in cinema. "The reproduction of cinema is changing," said Lake when asked about the future of his industry. "Especially in an auditorium like.
- 12/11/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
New York-based indie sales powerhouse Submarine is creating a new documentary centric label in Scandinavia with NonStop Entertainment.
The new label, NonStop Submarine, was unveiled today at Idfa (Nov 18-29). It will distribute 10-15 titles per year theatrically and across digital/streaming platforms, DVD, and TV in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
The deal was negotiated by David Koh, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun on behalf of Submarine along with Jakob Abrahamsson, CEO of NonStop Entertainment.
The initial slate includes Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Chris Burden: Double Bind, Sneakerheadz, Welcome to Leith, and Mavis!.
The companies have a history of working together on titles including Nas: Time Is Illmatic, Dior & I, Cutie & the Boxer, and Searching for Sugar Man.
David Koh, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun of Submarine said in a joint statement, “We have had a very fun and successful collaboration over the years and our filmmakers and producers...
The new label, NonStop Submarine, was unveiled today at Idfa (Nov 18-29). It will distribute 10-15 titles per year theatrically and across digital/streaming platforms, DVD, and TV in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
The deal was negotiated by David Koh, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun on behalf of Submarine along with Jakob Abrahamsson, CEO of NonStop Entertainment.
The initial slate includes Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Chris Burden: Double Bind, Sneakerheadz, Welcome to Leith, and Mavis!.
The companies have a history of working together on titles including Nas: Time Is Illmatic, Dior & I, Cutie & the Boxer, and Searching for Sugar Man.
David Koh, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun of Submarine said in a joint statement, “We have had a very fun and successful collaboration over the years and our filmmakers and producers...
- 11/25/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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