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4 0 THE 58TH ANNUAL CAS AWARDS CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY 4 0 THE 58TH ANNUAL CAS AWARDS CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PAUL MASSEY CAS The Cinema Audio Society is delighted to announce multiple CAS, Oscar®, and BAFTA winner and nominee, re-recording mixer Paul Massey CAS, as this year's Career Achievement recipient. Paul has been crafting the nal sound for lms that have become part of the fabric of our popular culture and collective experience for decades," said CAS President Karol Urban. Massey was born near Pinewood Studios, London. As a teenager, he studied music through the Royal Academy of Music, playing in various bands and orchestras. At age 19, Paul emigrated to Toronto, Canada, to work as an assistant record- ing engineer at a prominent recording studio. However, upon arrival, the job was no longer available. Faced with not having enough money to return to London, he worked for bands and on construction crews until he decided to go to Fanshawe College to study recording engineering. After almost a year, he was fortunate enough to obtain an assistant position at Masters Recording Studio so he left college and never looked back. Over the next nine years, Massey recorded and mixed albums, commercials, and scores with various musicians. He then had an opportunity to record and mix live tours with bands such as Yes, Supertramp, The Police, The Band, and Tears for Fears for a series of TV concert lms, utilizing world-class recording trucks from Le Mobile and Record Plant amongst others. This experience introduced Massey to mixing sound for picture, and he loved it! During this time, Massey also mixed several projects for TV, along with many IMAX specialty lms. He moved into lm more formally when he joined Deluxe/Filmhouse in Toronto, where he met and worked with Andy Nelson in the late '80s. In 1989, Andy moved to L.A. and recommended Massey to J.R. DeLang at Todd-AO. Sight-unseen, J.R. offered him a re-recording mixer position over the phone! So, in 1990, Massey moved to L.A. Massey has since worked at many studios in L.A., primarily Todd-AO, Sony, and 20th Century Fox, while also working internationally at facilities in London, such as Twickenham, Goldcrest, and Pinewood on both US- and UK- nanced lms. Paul Massey considers himself incredibly fortunate to work with amazingly talented directors, picture editors, and sound crews, many of whom have become lifelong friends. A few long-term collaborating directors include Sir Ridley Scott, James Mangold, and Gore Verbinski. His stellar work has garnered him 25 combined Oscar, BAFTA, and CAS Award nominations. Bohemian Rhapsody secured him an Oscar, BAFTA, and CAS Award. He also won both a BAFTA and CAS Award for Walk the Line and Master & Com- mander: The Far Side of the World, and another CAS Award for Ford v Ferrari and another BAFTA for Almost Famous. Massey joins an illustrious group of past CAS Career Achievement honorees that includes William B. Kaplan, Tom Fleischman, Lee Orloff, Anna Behlmer, John Pritchett, Doc Kane, David MacMillan, Andy Nelson, Chris Newman, Scott Millan, Jeffrey S. Wexler, Randy Thom, Dennis Sands, Ed Greene, Mike Minkler, Willie Burton, Gary Rydstrom, Charles Wilborn, Jim Webb, Richard Portman, Tomlinson Holman, Les Fresholtz, Walter Murch, and Don Rogers.