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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 0 11 C O L L A B O R A T O R S Matt Vowles CAS is a British native who spent the first 15 years of his career in the UK working for the BBC and various independent facilities. He's spent the last 15 years in Los Angeles, with 12 years at Warner Bros. Studios, working as a feature and television supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer. Outside of WB, Matt spends time as a musician and music producer, and also has his own private mix stage, The Manor. 15 years of his career in the UK working Tod Maitland CAS was born into the industry he loves. With over 100 feature film credits and four Academy Award nominations, Tod's career spans four decades on films as recent as Joker and The Irishman to I Am Legend, Seabiscuit, JFK, and as far back as booming on Tootsie. Always at the forefront of technology, Tod is continually searching for the best ways to record sound, with a focus on musicals and music-based films. His music films span the spectrum from The Doors to Across the Universe, The Greatest Showman, and Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. Tod is currently working on his 10th musical, Tick, Tick… Boom!, directed by Lin Manual Miranda. Along with his three siblings, Tod grew up in the business training under their father, Dennis Maitland CAS, who received the 2009 CAS Lifetime Achievement Award. Tod also co-founded The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Libraries and, over the years, has given seminars, written articles, trained a multitude of sound professionals, and taught sound. He is currently in his third year as an adjunct professor at NYU. credits and four Academy Award nominations, Lisle Engle CAS, an Emmy- nominated sound editor, re-recording mixer, and musician, is internationally recognized for his expertise as a sound industry veteran. Born and raised in Savannah, GA, he graduated from Boston University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a rock vocalist and musician. His love for post-production sound evolved naturally. From 1991 until the present, he has collected countless film credits, including Vanilla Sky, American Hustle, and Monster's Ball. His innumerable TV credits include Mad Men, Arrested Development, Riverdale, and hundreds more. Lisle continues to actively pursue writing and performing his original music, while sharing his talent with storytellers in television, film, and music. Lisle is currently a re-recording mixer at Warner Bros. Sound, as well as his own TFK Studios. mixer, and musician, is internationally Patrick Spain CAS began his career in the scoring world at Signet Sound in 2001 working on varied films like Cars and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In 2006, he was hired at the venerable Ocean Way Recording (now renamed United Recording), this time working on everything from Dr. Dre productions to John Mayer records to the score for Avatar. In 2011, Patrick was hired as a mix tech at the industry-leading Todd- AO Lantana stages in Santa Monica. His very first day there was an FX playback of a single reel of Avengers for director Joss Whedon on the same stage where Saving Private Ryan was mixed! It was in this incredible environment where Patrick learned the ropes of film and television audio post from some of the best re-recording mixers, editors, and sound supervisors in the world. He worked on shows as different as the run-and-gun feature Lone Survivor to HBO's Girls to the music-centric hit Nashville. After the closing of Todd-AO, Patrick worked a quick stint at Technicolor Sound Services, and then made the jump to freelancing as a re-recording mixer full time. In that time, Patrick has mixed for clients such as Netflix, Disney, WB, ABC, and DreamWorks. working on varied films like Cars Steve Venezia CAS has had an extensive career spanning 40 years in live production and post-production for music, film, and television. He worked in both live music and studio recording, with numerous artists, including Frank Zappa, The Pretenders, Dire Straits, Chaka Khan, INXS, Howard Jones, and Tom Waits. He's also worked on the audio production for 17 Oscar broadcasts. Steve was Sr. Director of Worldwide Production and Post-Production Services at Dolby for more than 20 years. He worked with the Advanced Television Systems Committee on the audio standards and launch of digital television. More recently, he worked on the development of Dolby Atmos for cinema and broadcast. Steve currently serves as Vice Chair of the Television Academy and as Vice President of the CAS. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. years in live production and post-production Mace Matiosian is a veteran of 43 years in post-production sound as a sound editor, sound designer, and supervising sound editor. Mace has worked at Ryder Sound, Glen Glenn, Modern Sound, Larson Sound, Soundelux, RH Factor, Todd-AO, and Warner Bros. He has been a supervising sound editor for over 30 years and his professional achievements include seven ATAS Emmy Awards with 18 nominations, nine MPSE Golden Reel Awards with 29 nominations, and two Hollywood Post Alliance Awards for sound editing. Working closely with producers, directors, and writers, Mace enjoys the challenge of helping them achieve their creative goals while also fulfilling his personal vision for the project. He attributes his success to a keen sense of observation and sensitivity to his surroundings, along with a dose of spontaneous creativity and anticipating the needs of the producers before they are even verbalized. sound editor, sound designer, and supervising