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51 S P R I N G Q 1 I S S U E I N M E M O R I A M THE GUILD'S MEMORIAL ROLL CALL JOHN ALBANY LOW MUSIC (NOVEMBER 1, 1935 – JANUARY 24, 2021) 56 YEARS A MEMBER THOMAS BONAR CINETECHNICIAN (DECEMBER 20, 1943 – DECEMBER 18, 2020) 50 YEARS A MEMBER LEE WILLIAM BURCH ON CALL EDITOR (JANUARY 23, 1940 – OCTOBER 12, 2020) 60 YEARS A MEMBER DENNIS CUMMINGS FILM TECHNICIAN (SEPTEMBER 18, 1927 – JANUARY 20, 2021) 50 YEARS A MEMBER ALAN DECKER RE-RECORDING MIXER (FEBRUARY 15, 1961 – DECEMBER 14, 2020) 20 YEARS A MEMBER ESTEVAN ENRIQUEZ UNKNOWN CLASSIFICATION (APRIL 6, 1943 – JANUARY 13, 2021) 54 YEARS A MEMBER WILLARD FRIED FILM TECHNICIAN (JANUARY 1, 1929 – DECEMBER 28, 2020) 65 YEARS A MEMBER JAMES JOHNSON CINETECHNICIAN (FEBRUARY 4, 1953 – JANUARY 7, 2021) 39 YEARS A MEMBER BERNARD (BUD) KLOTCHMAN ON CALL EDITOR (DECEMBER 31, 1932 – JANUARY 5, 2021) 60 YEARS A MEMBER KEITH KOZAR LOGGER (NOVEMBER 3, 1962 – OCTOBER 20, 2020) 10 YEARS A MEMBER NEIL D MAHONEY ON CALL EDITOR (MARCH 7, 1977 – JANUARY 8, 2021) 9 YEARS A MEMBER PHILIP MC CORMICK FILM TECHNICIAN (NOVEMBER 7, 1936 – NOVEMBER 7, 2020) 52 YEARS A MEMBER MICHAEL MC LEAN SERVICE RECORDER (OCTOBER 28, 1940 – NOVEMBER 2, 2020) 41 YEARS A MEMBER KARL METZENBERG STORY ANALYST (MARCH 05, 1933 – DECEMBER 05, 2020) 41 YEARS A MEMBER ROBERT OLER UNKNOWN CLASSIFICATION (JULY 12, 1939 – DECEMBER 30, 2020) 59 YEARS A MEMBER JERRY PIROZZI SOUND EDITOR (MARCH 28, 1935 – JANUARY 3, 2021) 51 YEARS A MEMBER DONALD ROUNDS ASSISTANT EDITOR (AUGUST 1, 1948 – MARCH 9, 2021) 48 YEARS A MEMBER CHARLES ZUPSICH UNKNOWN CLASSIFICATION (MARCH 6, 1941 – NOVEMBER 29, 2020) 53 YEARS A MEMBER of creative freedom when we worked together on Hiller's "See No Evil, Hear No Evil." It was just the two of us on my first and last Moviola show. He allowed me to do a temp dub on my own for the editor's cut screening. He gave some suggestions and then went home early for the day. I had a portable mag stripe dubber, used music from a cassette deck, a mag loop with backgrounds on the Moviola and dialogue played off of a KEM. I somehow figured it all out and chose an Oingo Boingo song to play over an action scene. He knew that however much of a mess I made, I would be learning, and he had the confidence to let go. I believe the students as USC found his mentorship similarly meaningful. Despite the confidence he exuded with his work, he often battled with the feeling that he didn't know what he was doing creatively. In a speech for his 2014 ACE Career Achievement honor, he said that film "is an art form that has no right or wrong. If there is no right or wrong how does one know if he or she is right? Does it matter? Those moments of panic when you feel you don't know what you're do- ing is a time when creativity is born, and it may be necessary in a passage to the soul of the cut." To compensate for these feelings, he used his gut as the ultimate arbiter of his craft, and he worked rap- idly, with a great degree of spontaneity. And that he could not have done without an acute sensitivity to what's authentic, emotional and humorous about human relationships and behavior. It was with his family that my dad found his greatest joy and satisfaction. My parents were married for 59 years. They provided one another a mutually loving support system which allowed each to grow independently in their respective fields. When Bob was writing at home my mom was able to go back to school and became a psychologist and later a psychoanalyst. The levels of achievement they both attained is a testament to their genuine belief in each other. And my sister Hayley credits his influence as she describes the playful connection she makes with the children she works with as a psychologist. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in his memory to The Ron Fin- ley Project, which promotes community and nutrition by building edible gardens in urban food deserts in Los Angeles and worldwide. — Leslie Jones, ACE