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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I FA L L 2 0 2 0 9 A N N O U N C E M E N T S including equipment, instead of the $250/week he was making as a DP. The die was cast, and a sound mixer was born. In 1977, John Landis hired Kaplan as sound mixer for The Kentucky Fried Movie. He continued with Landis for eight more films, including Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Coming to America. Over the next four decades, Kaplan was the primary sound mixer for directors Robert Zemeckis and Tony Scott on more than 20 projects. On the film Top Gun, Kaplan recorded live dialogue between actors in fighter jets traveling at speeds beyond the sound barrier. Later, given Bill's extensive experience with stop motion, he was hired on Avatar. Kaplan has garnered seven Oscar nominations, including Tony Scott's Top Gun and Crimson Tide and Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Contact, Cast Away, and The Polar Express. He also has a CAS Award win for Forrest Gump, as well as three other CAS Award nominations. Bill has contributed to 155 feature films and has recorded many well-known motion-capture video games. Currently, he is working on The Morning Show for Apple TV. Kaplan is a proud father of his two adult children. His daughter Lindsey lives in Colorado and is studying to be a veterinarian. His son Jesse worked as a boom/utility on Avatar and other films and now travels the world installing private television broadcast studios. Bill lives in Agoura Hills and has no plans to retire anytime soon. While he enjoys his horses and goats on his small ranch, he still loves going to work every day! Kaplan joins an illustrious group of past CAS Career Achievement honorees that includes Tom Fleischman, Lee Orloff, Anna Behlmer, John Pritchett, Doc Kane, David MacMillan, Andy Nelson, Chris Newman, Scott Millan, Jeffrey S. Wexler, Randy Thom, Dennis Sands, Ed Greene, Mike Minkler, Willie Burton, Gary Rydstrom, Charles Wilborn, Jim Webb, Richard Portman, Tomlinson Holman, Les Fresholtz, Walter Murch, and Don Rogers. Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (EIPMA) & KMD Pro Speed Mentoring™ recently held a speed mentoring session with present and past students from the UCLA graduate school, Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media. Participating as mentors were sound supervisors, sound designers, a music editor, a re-recording mixer, producers, picture editors, engineers, company executives, a storyboard artist, a VFX editor, and directors Gina Prince-Bythewood and Andy Finkman. Also, panels have begun. In September, in collaboration with Avid Technologies, we hosted a panel discussion with Claremont High School, focusing on opportunities in our industry and also hosted a second panel for Chapman University with crew members from Tiger King. To learn more, please visit EIPMA.org From our partner EIPMA FOLLOW THE CAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Stay up to date on the latest CAS news, events, and exclusive offerings. Be sure to check your email inboxes and follow the CAS on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. FA L L 2 0 2 0 9