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10 FA L L 2 0 2 2 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y COLLABORATORS 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 grad- uated 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 film 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 films and television, and most notably, the former Head of the 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 film as good as it can be. Cujo is an active member of IATSE Local 695 in Los Angeles and IATSE Local 479 in Atlanta. He works TV and film projects at all levels, with specialty in music, high track count, and live performance types. Cujo is also the CEO of RF Systems Consultants, specializing in RF manage- ment and system analysis for film and tele- vision. His family includes wife Pamela, and sons Christopher, Marcus, and Keith Cooley. Pamela, Marcus, and Keith all work in the film industry and Christopher is cur- rently on deployment with COVID response in the U.S. Army. Pastimes include beekeep- ing, woodworking, small farming, good cigars, Belgian Malinois, and spending time with family. David Bondelevitch CAS MPSE is a re-recording mixer and educator who has won two Emmy Awards and two MPSE Golden Reel Awards (and has been nomi- nated 22 times). He is Past President and Board member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE). David was the Secretary of the Cinema Audio Society 2012-2019, Vice President 2007-2011, and has been on the Board of Directors since 2006. He has been writing for theCAS Quarterlymagazine since 2006 and was co-editor in 2007. His most recent projects include mixing the documentaryEmpty Net, about the US Paralympics sled hockey team that aired on NBC Sports. He also mixed the documenta- rySouthwest of Salem,which won a Peabody Award. He also mixed the cult comedyJimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero,starring Persian-American comedian Maz Jobrani. David is an associate professor at CU Denver, where he teaches recording arts. David received his MFA in cinema produc- tion from USC and also holds a bachelor of music in jazz composition from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Adam Howell CAS Upon earning a recording engi- neer 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 ven- tured into post-production audio before finding his passion in the field as a produc- tion sound mixer. He has mixed and super- vised more than 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. internship at Hans Zimmer's studio and CAS Associate member Sam Casas has been working as a re-recording mixer and sound designer at Lime Studios in Santa Monica since 2003. He has found a successful niche mixing TV com- mercials for global and national brands such as Adidas, Visa, QuickBooks, and Postmates, to name a few. In addition to his commer- cial work at Lime Studios, he finds time to mix the occasional independent feature such as Lupe for HBO Max, various shorts, and music videos for artists such as H.E.R. and French Montana. Joining MPEG in 2017, and then MPSE and CAS in 2018 as an Associate member, Sam has a passion for acquiring and sharing knowledge. With a love of film and episodic television, the CAS has been a great inspi- ration in his goal to bring a cinematic approach to all his work. Connecting with other members while writing articles for the CAS Quarterly has been especially educa- tional and rewarding. Sam has a fully equipped and treated 5.1 studio at his home in Studio City, CA, which he has been able to make his primary workplace since the start of the pandemic in 2020. In his spare time, he enjoys reading books about acoustics, thinking about maybe starting to exercise again, and spending time with his wife Elise and son Sebastian. Stephen Fitzmaurice CAS studied sound and music at USC, starting his career as an assistant for albums and film scores. He earned his first credit as a re-re- cording mixer in 2001 and has continued in that capacity in sound for television since. Stephen is currently working on produc- tions for Netflix and ABC Television. scores. He earned his first credit as a re-re-