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BITS & PIECES www.postmagazine.com 7 POST JULY/AUG 2022 KIM WAUGH TO RECEIVE HPA'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BURBANK, CA — The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards Committee has announced that Kim Waugh, executive VP of worldwide post production creative services for Warner Bros. Studio Operations (WBSO) at Warner Bros. Discovery, will receive the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented on November 17th, when the HPA Awards' (www.hpaonline.com) gala celebration returns to the Hollywood Legion Theater. Waugh immigrated to the US in the early 1980s, leaving behind a position within the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, working alongside key aeronautical engineers, to begin his post production career in Los Angeles. His introduction to the post business began at sound editorial company Soundelux, where he started out as a sound recordist before moving through the creative ranks into facility management, eventually taking on a partnership role. His field recording landed him credits on several iconic films, including Glory, Braveheart, JFK and Home Alone. Waugh (along with Soundelux's Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman) received a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1994 for work on the development of the ADE (Advanced Data Encoding) System, or "Kiwi 9000." The system creates an encoded timecode track and database during the initial transfer of the production sound dailies, allowing for a bridge between linear and nonlinear editorial. In 1995, Waugh oversaw the acquisition and rebuild of Motown Hitsville- Hollywood (Signet Sound Hollywood) and Soundelux Vine St. (Ryder Sound), managing and directing both facilities. After Soundelux Entertainment Group was sold to Liberty Media/Ascent Media in 2001, Ascent Media elevated Waugh to senior vice president of opera- tions and business development, creative group. Waugh joined WBSO in 2004 as VP of post production services (PPS), where he focused on build- ing creative relationships, over- seeing facility infrastructure and managing talent recruitment. In 2007, he became the senior VP of PPS, during which time he initiated and oversaw the asset purchase of De Lane Lea Post Facilities in the Soho neighborhood of London in 2012. Waugh then successful- ly rolled Warner Bros. Tech Ops' Motion Picture Imaging group into PPS in 2015. A year later, he over- saw the purchase of Digital Cinema NY, known as WB Sound NY since 2016. In his current role at WBSO, Waugh oversees creative teams, facilities and operations in Burbank, New York and London, including the company's master- ing, localization, archive and preservation business units. He is currently super- vising the build out of the company's new flagship post production facility in Soho, London, to further support the growth and workflow from Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. In this episode, editor Marc Loftus sits down with Alexandra Fehrman (The Boys, Workaholics), Nina Hartstone (Bohemian Rhapsody, Gravity), and Hannah Bliss (Focusrite VP of Marketing, North America) to discuss their unique career paths and personal experiences working in audio, as well as advice for those looking to begin or advance their careers. Hannah Bliss Focusrite VP of Marketing, North America Nina Hartstone Supervising Sound Editor Alexandra Fehrman Supervising Sound Editor Post Magazine & Focusrite Pro presents Women in Audio Post Post TV Podcast ® Scan here to watch Waugh