Awards
Oscars 2021: Nominees for Best Sound Category Speak Out as Final Voting Starts
For the first time this year, the Academy has combined Sound Editing and Sound Mixing into one category, Best Achievement in Sound. […]
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BAFTA Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Scoops; ‘Sound of Metal’ Wins in Editing and Sound
Nomadland walked off with the lion’s share of prizes at Sunday night’s EE British Academy Film Awards, taking Best Film, Director, Actress and Cinematography. The Chloé Zhao-helmed Searchlight picture thus adds to its awards season […]
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BAFTA Film Awards Day 1: ‘Rocks’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Win First Prizes
The unconventional 2021 BAFTAs are underway, with the primary Brit film awards being handed out across two evenings. Saturday, the craft categories are being recognized, and Noel Clarke will be picking up the Outstanding Contribution […]
Industry
BAFTA Nominations 2021: ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Rocks’ Lead Highly Diverse Field
Nomadland and Rocks lead the diverse list of BAFTA Film nominees for 2021. Chloé Zhao and Sarah Gavron’s films scored seven nominations each, including nods for the filmmakers in the best director category. Nomadland was one of five […]
Industry
Michael Wolf Snyder Dies: Sound Mixer for ‘Nomadland’ was 35
Michael Wolf Snyder, the production sound mixer for a number of film titles, including Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland has died by suicide, according to a Facebook post. The post explained Snyder’s death in “the hope that it could help others” […]
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What Our Members Do: Carlos Sanches, Re-Recording Mixer
“Stand up for the importance of sound in film and TV. Be passionate about it and maybe some of that will rub off on those you associate with.” […]
Industry
CAS Awards Nominations Announced for Film and TV Sound Mixing
The Cinema Audio Society is out with its nominees for the 54th annual CAS Awards, which celebrate outstanding achievement in film and TV sound mixing for 2017. The hardware will be presented February 24 during a ceremony at the […]
Industry
Christopher Nolan, Rob Legato Join SMPTE Engineers Advisory Board
Filmmaker Christopher Nolan and three-time Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Robert Legato are among the members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ new creative and technology advisory council. Announced on […]
Industry
HBO and ‘Watchmen’ Top Lists of Overall Emmy Wins by Network and Program
HBO dominated the drama and limited series categories during the televised Primetime Emmy Awards, running away from trophy-rival Netflix after the two were tied following this week’s five nights of Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies. […]
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THR: How Sound Pros Created ‘Physical and Psychological’ Soundscapes
Creating the sound of the future involved power tools and a church for these Emmy-nominated Sound Editors and Mixers from shows including ‘Picard,’ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Devs’ and ‘Westworld.’ Supervising Sound Editor Matthew Taylor […]