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12 W I N T E R 2 0 2 2 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y COLLABORATORS CAS Associate member Sam Casas After graduating from UCSD's Revelle College as a music technology major in 1999, Sam began his career in audio post-production in the tape vault at POP Sound in Santa Monica. In 2003, he helped open Lime Studios, a boutique audio facility specializing in sound design and mix for TV commercials, where he still works today. Sam has found a successful niche mixing commercials for huge brands such as Nike, Facebook, Old Spice, and Apple, counting several Super Bowl commercials as career highlights. In 2017, Sam joined the union and began actively pursuing more narrative work as a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer on various independent features, shorts, and documentaries. Working on a major studio feature or limited series is Sam's next career goal. Sam's 5.1 home studio has enabled him to stay busy during the pandemic while allowing him to spend more time with his wife Elise and 4-year-old son Sebastian. Aaron "Cujo" Cooley CAS Born 1968 in Ithaca, NY, and raised in a live-music household, Cujo was exposed to amazing music and world-class musicians at a young age and followed numerous paths to adulthood, which included a deep love for all types of performance. Moving to College Station, TX, in 1982, Cujo attended A&M Consolidated High School and graduated in 1986. Moving back to Ithaca after high school, Cujo met his wife Pamela and they moved to Atlanta, GA, in the winter of 1987. There, Cujo worked skilled trades and sales, while continuing to work in FOH mixing for nearly 20 years. Entering the lm world in 2010, Cujo quickly landed in the sound department and began advancing his career there. Good fortune, good work ethics, and good relationships with local leaders helped advance his career, and Cujo now enjoys life and work as a full-time production sound mixer. Credits include numerous lms and television, and most notably, the former Head of Audio Department at Tyler Perry Studios.Cujo's specialties include large- format shows with high cast counts, music and performance-based shows, and staying on top of the leading audio and RF technology to make sound for lm as good as it can be. Family includes wife Pamela, and sons Christopher, Marcus, and Keith Cooley. Pamela, Marcus, and Keith all work in the lm industry and Christopher is currently on deployment with COVID response in the United States Army. Pastimes include beekeeping, woodworking, small farming, good cigars, Belgian Malinois, and spending time with family. Dan McCoy CAS is a supersonic sto- ryteller. His 20+ years of pas- sionate work in cinema sound, doc producing, and creative arts in science and ction have ampli ed his passion for producing and staying on the forefront of original storytell- ing. A proud IATSE & CAS member, Dan is renowned in both crew and creative produc- tion circles as a versatile and vital part of the production and post-production processes. Dan has workedin settings around the globe on fast-paced documentaries and provocative indie lms for the past two decades.He has mixed sound on 200+ projects and three of his lms have recently enjoyed world premieres at Sundance. Some of his work can be heard on An Inconvenient Truth, GMO OMG, Paddleton, Like a Boss, Horse Girl, Dinner in America, Castaways, American Idol, America's Got Talent, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge. Patrick Spain CAS began his career in the scoring world at Signet Sound in 2001 work- ing on varied films like Cars and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In 2006, he was hired at the vener- able 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 tele- vision 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 freelanc- ing as a re-recording mixer full time. In that time, Patrick has mixed for clients such as Netflix, Disney, WB, ABC, and DreamWorks. CAS Associate member Whitney Worthen A graduate of Grace College, Whitney studied communications with a focus in film, but unsure of her place in the film world, headed back home to rural Indiana where she jump-started her journalism career. She began professionally writing in 2016 as a sports journalist for the Pilot News, covering high schools across North Central Indiana. After two years, Whitney moved to L.A. to pursue a career as a boom operator in the film industry. Though new to the industry, she has jumped in feet first learning the ropes from a number of great mentors and getting to know the sound community better. She's best known for wearing a Pepsi hat while out-and-about and for her deep love of Harry Potter. Adam Howell CAS Upon earning a recording engineer degree from Full Sail, Adam relocated to L.A. in 2002. After an internship at Hans Zimmer's studio and working in the music industry, Adam ventured into post-production audio before finding his passion in the field as a production sound mixer. He has mixed and supervised over 100 unscripted shows and feels fortunate to have worked on so many diverse projects with creative and talented individuals. When not pressing record, Adam enjoys playing the guitar, Beatles trivia, documentaries, hiking, and spending time with his wife and son.