November 2019 – Below the Line

Awards

DGA Awards 2019 Theatrical Feature Film Nomination Voting Opens

November 30, 2019 Scott Essman Comments Off

Voting for the Directors Guild of America (DGA) 72nd Annual Awards nominations in the Theatrical Feature Film category will be open December 2 – January 6, 2020. The nominations will then be announced on December 7th. The DGA awards are held to honor directors for their directorial achievements in the previous year. The awards dinner will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, January 25, 2020. The […]

ADG 2020: Syd Mead To Receive William Cameron Menzies Award

November 29, 2019 Staff Comments Off

Syd Mead, the “visual futurist” and concept artist known for his design contributions to science-fiction films such as Star-Trek: The Motion Picture, Aliens, and Blade Runner, has been named the recipient of the William Cameron Menzies Award from the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) at the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The award recognizes his innovative neo-futuristic concept artwork on numerous legendary movies. The 2020 Awards will be held Saturday, February 1, 2020, at the […]

Sound Lounge New Podcast Service

November 28, 2019 Staff Comments Off

Sound Lounge, New York’s largest independent sound facility, has introduced a new package of sound production and post-production services for podcasts. The company is offering studio recording, remote recording, sound editing, sound design and mixing. The studio can also assist with music licensing, voice-over casting and other production requirements. Their aim is to bring the same creativity and technical excellence that is applied to advertising, television and film, to the […]

CAS 2020: James Mangold To Receive Filmmaker Award

November 26, 2019 Staff Comments Off

The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) has announced that Director and Producer James Mangold will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 56th Annual CAS Awards on January 25th at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown. Mangold will be the 15th CAS Filmmaker Honoree. Past honorees have been: Steven Spielberg, Joe Wright, Jon Favreau, Jay Roach, Richard Linklater, Edward Zwick, Jonathan Demme, Rob Marshall, Taylor Hackford, Henry Selick, Paul Mazursky, Bill Condon, […]

ASC 2020: Nominees in Documentary And Television Categories

November 26, 2019 Staff Comments Off

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced its documentary and television nominees for the 34th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards. Winners will be announced at the organization’s gala on January 25, 2020, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. And the nominees are… Documentary: Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma – Honeyland Nicholas de Pencier – Anthropocene: The Human Epoch Evangelia Kranioti – Obscuro Barroco Episode of a […]

Colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan Joins Periscope Post & Audio

November 24, 2019 Staff Comments Off

Veteran Colorist Kevin Michael Kirwan (American Crime Story, American Horror Story) has joined Periscope Post & Audio. Kirwan brings more than 20 years of experience as a senior colorist and credits on more than 40 television series. At Periscope, he will perform final color out of an all-new color grading suite in Periscope’s facility in Hollywood, which launched earlier this year. Kirwan arrives from Encore, Hollywood, where he worked on […]

Midge Costin Makes Waves with New Film about Cinematic Sound

November 23, 2019 Scott Essman Comments Off

When Midge Costin was a student at the USC film school, she had no idea that she would not only fashion a career in post-production audio for films, but she would also create the definitive documentary about the subject — Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, now in limited release. “How do I use sound to tell the story?” she wondered of her first endeavors in the field. By […]

Colorist Anthony Raffaele Joins Sims, New York

November 22, 2019 Staff Comments Off

Veteran colorist, Anthony Raffaele, whose work includes Café Society, Mapplethorpe and Fahrenheit 11/9, has joined the finishing staff at Sim, New York. With credits spread across features, episodic television and high-end documentaries, Raffaele brings versatility and experience to Sim, along with established relationships with top filmmakers and cinematographers. Raffaele has collaborated with legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro on three Woody Allen films, A Rainy Day in New York, Wonder Wheel and […]

Cinema Audio Society Student Recognition Award Finalists

November 21, 2019 Staff Comments Off

Five finalists from schools across the country have been invited by the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) to attend its 56th Annual CAS Awards where the recipient of the CAS Student Recognition Award will be revealed and presented with a $5000 check. The awards ceremony will be held on January 25, 2020 in the Wilshire Great Ballroom of the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The CAS previously announced that long-time Martin Scorsese collaborator, Re-recording […]

Editing

Waterman Sound Launches in Toluca Lake

November 21, 2019 Staff Comments Off

James Longeretta, owner of global post-production solutions provider Vortechs, has teamed with veteran Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Joe Schultz (Once Upon a Time, Lost, Amazing Stories for Apple TV) to launch Waterman Sound. The state-of-the-art sound facility offers sound editorial, sound design, mixing, and ADR from its newly-built studio in Toluca Lake, California. The company has hired ADR Mixer Marilyn Morris (Captain Marvel, Miss Sloane), formerly of Skywalker Sound and […]