CAS In Conversation

In a captivating conversation, Randy Thom, an Oscar-winning sound designer with a legendary career at Skywalker Sound, shares insights into his creative journey. He discusses his early fascination with radio and how it led him to mix sound for classics like Apocalypse Now and the Star Wars films. Thom reveals the importance of mentorship in his career, explores his thoughts on AI’s impact on creativity, and reflects on his experiences with directors like David Lynch and Robert Zemeckis. Plus, he reminisces about the nostalgia of analogue gear!

In Conversation, Ep.17 | Re-recording Mixer Andy Nelson CAS shares his thoughts on dialogue, music and cinema at large in a conversation with Joshua Anderson CAS. Andy takes us through an almost 50 year career, from London to Los Angeles, dozens of award nominations, 2 Academy Awards, 5 BAFTAs, 3 CAS Awards and receiving the 2014 CAS Career Achievement Award. This episode of In Conversation was recorded in Los Angeles, CA. Total Running Time: 00:58

In Conversation, Ep.16 | Two-time Emmy and CAS-nominated Re-recording Mixer Sherry Klein CAS shares her journey of breaking through barriers in her over 40-year career—from musician to live sound engineer, then to record engineer, and finally to re-record mixer. Her credits include Burn Notice, Queen of the South, New Amsterdam, Bull, Sons of Anarchy, and The Shield. This interview was conducted by Karol Urban CAS MPSE and recorded in Los Angeles, CA. Total Running Time: 00:59

In Conversation, Episode 15 Re-recording Mixer Anna Behlmer CAS has been honored with 10 Oscar nominations and 12 CAS nominations in addition to being the 2018 CAS Career Achievement recipient. Through her experiences mixing on such films as Braveheart, L.A. Confidential, Evita, Moulin Rouge, Blood Diamond and Star Trek, she brings an in-depth approach to mixing sound effects to the discussion. Interviewed by Joshua Anderson CAS this episode was recorded in Los Angeles. Total Running Time: 58 minutes

In Conversation, Episode 14 Willie D Burton CAS is one of the most respected Production Sound Mixers in the industry and a CAS Career Achievement Honoree. In this conversation Production Sound Mixer Paddy Hanlon CAS talks with Willie not only about the CAS award he received for Oppenheimer this year but about his long fantastic career through some of the biggest movies of the last few decades. Wargames, The Goonies, The Color Purple, The Shawshank Redemption to mention a few. Total Running Time: 01:39

In Conversation, Episode 13 brings in current Cinema Audio Society President, Peter Kurland CAS, to discuss his career as both Boom Operator and Production Sound Mixer; his experience with musicals; his many Academy Award, CAS and BAFTA nominations; as well as his view on the Cinema Audio Society. Interviewed by Joshua Anderson CAS, this episode was recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville.

In Conversation, Episode 12 explores the work of multi-Oscar, BAFTA, and CAS winning Re-recording Mixer, Ron Bartlett CAS and Golden Reel Winning, Sound Effect Field Recording Mixer, Eric Potter. Coming up together in the industry, these two passionate artists have shared adventures in the trenches of sound for picture spanning well over 30 years. They even played in a band together. From films such as Basic Instinct to last year's highly celebrated Dune, they teach us the creative value and joy of collaboratively exploring challenges within a team. This episode was moderated by Karol Urban CAS MPSE and recorded at Formosa at Paramount with Jesse Dodd CAS with sound editorial by Steve Urban MPSE. Total Running Time: 01:35

In Conversation, Episode 11: Production Sound Mixer Paddy Hanlon CAS takes in the career of Production Sound Mixer Mark Weingarten. An Oscar win this year along with a CAS award Mark talks of his long path in the industry starting in New York and leading him to be one of the most celebrated Production Sound Mixers in Hollywood. Maverick, Interstellar and Dunkirk to mention some of the blockbusters but also classic cult pieces like Best in Show and Red Rock West. Recorded locally in New York and LA. Total Running Time: 1:39

In Conversation, Episode 10 delves into the work of Production Sound Mixer, Jeff Wexler CAS. With a career that spans over 70 films in five decades, innovations in digital recording and the cultivation of a worldwide sound community through his online forum, the contributions to cinema sound made by Jeff Wexler cannot be overstated. But it was his working relationships with directors Hal Ashby and Cameron Crowe and with his long time boom operator, Don Coufal, that may have had the biggest impact on him. This episode was moderated and recorded by Joshua Anderson, CAS in Los Angeles with the assistance of Gregg Harris. Total Running Time: 1:40

In Conversation, Episode 9, In this episode Production Sound Mixer Paddy Hanlon CAS talks to long-time Sound Mixer/ Boom Operator and Educator Mr Noel Quinn. Over his 50 plus years in the Film industry we hear from Noel about his path and we focus on his legendary status as Boom Operator bringing us stories close to the set of how time has changed or not changed this crucial position within the Production Sound team. Emmy Nominated for his recording work on the "Hijacking of the Achille Lauro" and a well known educator and mentor in sound. Noel felt at home in the Boom Operator position working on such titles as Robert Altman's "Images", Zardoz, Michael Collins, Reign Of Fire, Veronica Guerin to mention a few. This was recorded locally in Ireland and New York. Total Running Time: 01:34