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69 Q1 2019 / CINEMONTAGE David was born in Akron, Ohio and attended Firestone High School. He graduated from the University of Akron, where he studied finance and joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In 1978, he was the Akron city champion in pole vaulting. After college, David moved to California to pursue job opportunities in the film industry. In 1984, he started his career and continued to work on more than 80 projects in television and film. As a sound editor, he won three Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), for Total Recall (1990), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), and was nominated for many more. David was also part of the team that won a British Academy Award (BAFTA) for JFK (1991) as well as the team that won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing for Pearl Harbor (2001). Aside from the Motion Picture Editors Guild, he was also a member of MPSE and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Kathy Arnold PASSAGES started a journey together that would last 23 years! In 1995, we were dealing with the early days of digital technology, when a lot could go wrong, so there was much planning and discussion around any change that we made. Gregg was always my main sounding board for these changes. He was able to anticipate what might happen on the dub stage. Together, with the rest of our team, we broke in some amazing technology, including the first digital film consoles put into regular use at a post facility. But technology was just the tool that brought us together. Gregg was all about the creative process of film sound. He loved talking about it and explaining our craft to others, speaking thoughtfully, with grace. He was able to navigate the difficult waters that sometimes are part of the job; we worked with some big filmmakers with big personalities! Through those times, he always supported me personally and, above all, the crew and what was best for the film at hand. I sensed he got the greatest satisfaction from the process of working as a team. His work ethic served him well: Seven Oscar nominations for Sound or Sound Mixing and three wins (Glory, 1989; The Matrix, 1999; Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015). He also earned nominations and wins from the Television Academy, BAFTA, CAS, MPSE and others. He worked with some of the most prolific filmmakers in the business. Gregg also was a longtime Board member of Local 700 and served on the Sound Branch of the Film Academy, where he had an uncanny knack for remembering the branch history and the decisions we had made. I could always count on him to remind me of the important history of an issue being discussed. He played a large part in shaping what the Sound Branch is today. Work was the vehicle that put us in the same place at the same time, but once there, the personal side of Gregg became far more significant. He connected with people and he remembered things. We would always talk about our families first. In the end, the real worth of a life can be found not in one's work, but in the people one touched along the way. We were all blessed and our lives were increased by the way he treated us. His kindness, his warmth, the twinkle in his eye… Gregg gave so much of himself to others. I believe there is more to life than just what we experience here in this space and time. And I believe we will see him again. He's probably with his father Tex right now, talking about good times. Until we meet again, my prayer for you, Gregg, my brother, is that you are at peace. Kevin Collier DAVID ARNOLD SOUND EDITOR SEPTEMBER 20, 1959 – DECEMBER 17, 2018 David Arnold passed away peacefully in his sleep after a six-year battle with a traumatic brain injury from a motorcycle accident. He was 59 and is survived by his loving wife Kathy, children Edward and Kaitlyn, mother Roberta, sister and brother- in-law Georgette and Daniel Lavery, sister Laura, and nieces and nephews. IN MEMORIAM DAVID ARNOLD Sound Editor (September 20, 1959 – December 17, 2018) 32 years a member CHARLES BRUCE Re-Recording Mixer (November 28, 1962 – December 2, 2018) 27 years a member J. STEPHEN BUSHELMAN Sound Editor (August 30, 1945 – October 27, 2018) 51 years a member RICHARD MARKS, ACE Picture Editor (November 10, 1943 – December 31, 2018) 48 years a member LEON MOSES Assistant Editor (May 14, 1931 – December 5, 2018) 44 years a member JASON NETZLEY Trailer Editor (August 26, 1972 – November 28, 2018) 17 years a member GREGG RUDLOFF Re-Recording Mixer (November 2, 1955 – January 6, 2019) 40 years a member JORDAN SMITH Sound Editor (October 4, 1958 – March 21, 2018) 30 years a member HENRY (JOSE) TORRES Film Technician (March 30, 1938 – August 20, 2018) 52 years a member EDWARD WILLIAMS Picture Editor (September 9, 1926 – December 15, 2018) 65 years a member