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4 S P R I N G 2 0 2 1 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT Dear Members, It is officially awards season! And after a socially distanced year, I couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to celebrate the incredible mix work of 2020 at the 57th CAS Awards. Your Board and awards crew are creating an extraordinary virtual event experience befitting of the excellent work that has risen from the ashes of 2020. We are prioritizing as much interactivity and live energy as possible. We will be presenting from a few locations where mixing magic is made and featuring live acceptance speeches! A general chat will be available during the awards, as well as a downloadable program book and highlights from our generous sponsors. Our Career Achievement Award recipient will be the inspirational William B. Kaplan CAS. Kaplan has an enviable career filled with superlative work collaborating with legendary filmmakers such as Robert Zemeckis and Tony Scott. He offers great insight and wisdom in this edition of CAS Quarterly. Our CAS Filmmaker Award honoree will be the talented George Clooney. George embodies a strength of character that not only shows in the integrity and preeminence of his works, but also in the way he regards and is regarded by his creative teams and associates. In such a time of uncertainty, his hardworking, innovative, and generous demeanor and body of exceptional films and television projects makes him an especially exemplary filmmaker for 2020. Following our awards, we will be hosting a networking reception for all attendees, featuring video chat capabilities with individuals or small groups of your choice as you move about our virtual ballroom. You can purchase tickets to the 57th CAS Awards, taking place on April 17, 2021, from our webpage at www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/57th-cas-awards-tickets now! The cost for attendence to this virtual event is only $50 a virtual seat. A portion of ticket proceeds will be donated to The House Institute, Motion Picture Television Fund, and World Central Kitchen. Final voting begins March 25! Please contact the office at CASOffice@CinemaAudioSociety.org if you are having trouble locating your ballot. Even amidst the challenges of last year, you will find the nominees of 2020 to be as impressive as those from previous years. What has manifested is truly beautiful! It will make you proud. Please take the time to enjoy the work of your peers. On your Board and in your executive team, we are always searching for new ways to serve our industry and membership. Let us know what would be of great value to you. Please direct correspondence to CASPresident@CinemaAudioSociety.org or CASOffice@CinemaAudioSociety.org. In gratitude, Karol Urban CAS MPSE T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S L E T T E R To educate and inform the general public and the motion picture and television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic, and technical blending of diverse sound elements. To provide the motion picture and television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording. To advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information. To advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing. To institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members. To aid the motion picture and television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording. To achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture and television entertainment. SPRING 2021 CAS NEW MEMBERS Active Andy Daddario CAS Ronald Judkins CAS Jonathan Lallouz CAS Millar Montgomery CAS James Peterson CAS Anindit Roy CAS Associate Chris Cain Randy Fuchs Timothy Muirhead Rodolfo Piedras Kenneth Villalobos Dionysius Vlachos Shiheng Xu