As a seven-year-old living in the jungles of Matute, Colombia, I was surrounded by an exotic land. My pets weren’t limited to the three dogs and six cats that roamed but also included a macaw named Ludwina, a howler monkey named Tarzan, several tortoises and an assortment of parrots and parakeets. […]
With an electronics background in the Guard, I acquired a 1st Class FCC license in the hope that it might open a door to the industry––and it did! […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film legacy is its musicals. Perhaps because it was the most politically conservative of the major studios, MGM was more comfortable with melodramas and musicals than with social issues. […]
As a conductor leads an orchestra, and a composer creates ideas and sounds, so does a mixer. All the elements of dialogue, sound effects, music, creativity and technical ability coalesced as a career choice. My goal of sound for picture evolved. […]
Some people have a plan. I did not, do not, and am still not sure what I would like to be when I grow up. Oh, I am mostly grown, middle-aged, halfway to somewhere. Opportunities and luck drew me. […]
A ”Jack-of-all-trades and master of none” is what I thought of myself until I turned 30. […]
The canvas of The Right Stuff (1983) is rightly thought of as large — Herculean, even. In recounting the history of America’s valiant test pilots and astronauts, writer-director Philip Kaufman’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s acclaimed book is peopled by an enormous cast, and it traverses the earth, sea and outer space. […]
His most memorable film? Don’t ask that of Paul Hirsch, ACE. The Academy Award-winning editor does not believe in the concept, and a quick perusal of the more than 40 films to his credit suggests the futility of that exercise: Is it Carrie (1976) or Star Wars (1977)? The Empire Strikes Back (1980) or Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) — or something else? […]
After 40 years, Robert Altman’s satiric tapestry of American society looks more accurate than ever. […]
Growing up in Tucson in the late ’70s and ’80s, I enjoyed cartoons. Some I learned were originally Japanese produced and were re-picture-edited, re-dubbed and re-marketed to US audiences. Later, I got an idea that I wanted to be a part of this — and create better-sounding — animation. […]
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