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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S P R I N G 2 0 2 3 63 Devendra Cleary CAS and his team are on the last two weeks of filming for a Disney+/Lucasfilm TV series codenamed Grammar Rodeo. Chris "Catfish" Walmer on front line boom operating duties, Alexis Schafer covering the utility mission control, and Naola Greaves has been the Y-16a Trainee extraordinaire. After wrap and a short break, Catfish, Alexis, and Devendra will jump on to a feature for Apple Original Films with the codename Unicorn with Jon Watts directing. "I hope everyone has a peaceful and prosperous 2023!" Gavin Fernandes CAS has begun work on the series Alert for Fox/Sony after having mixed the documentary The Longest Goodbye. In mid-January, he and sound designer Patrice LeBlanc were in NYC for the Cinema Eye Honors for their work on Sara Dosa's documentary Fire of Love. In a very busy season, Philip Perkins CAS completed broadcast mixes for the features I Wanted to Be a Man With a Gun, From Inside of Here, SANTOS: Skin to Skin, The Eyes of the World Were on Madrid, and WE R HERE. He also was the production mixer for the forthcoming feature FLICKA, as well as mixing several shorts and a number of music projects. Leslie Gaston-Bird CAS hosted students at her studio (Mix Messiah Productions) to complete the Avid Pro Tools | Dolby Atmos certification course. The five-day course, taught by Gaston-Bird as part of her "Immersive and Inclusive" initiative, culminated with students Katharina Pfennich and Dora Filipovic successfully earning their certificates. The initiative has been supported by Avid, Innovate UK, Focusrite, Sennheiser, Jigsaw24, SoundGirls.org, and Audio Girl Africa. Altogether, almost 36 women and minorities have earned training as Pro Tools user or Dolby Atmos professionals through the program. More information is at www.immersiveandinclusive.com. Stephen Fitzmaurice CAS and David Di Pietro CAS are currently midway through the second seasons of Mayor of Kingstown and CSI: Vegas at Formosa Group at Paramount. Woody Woodhall CAS has started the year supervising sound editing and re-recording mixing a feature documentary premiering this month at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival called Plan C. It chronicles the work of an organization that informs women of their rights across the US, relative to medical abortion now that Roe v Wade protections are no longer federally mandated; an important documentary about women's health and the law. Also, The Discovery+ limited series The Prisoner of the Prophet that Woody and his team sound designed and edited, makes its premiere on January 30. This harrowing tale details one of FLDS Warren Jeff's 59 wives' escapes and rescues after years of abuse and confinement, until she finally got out from under the influence of this fundamentalist Mormon cult and her "husband." Karol Urban CAS MPSE and David Tichauer completed Tiny Beautiful Things for Hello Sunshine, due out on Hulu on April 7th and are looking forward to some upcoming adventures. Daniel Vasquez V CAS recently finished supervising and mixing Minotaur, a Colombian documentary by Joaquin Uribe, mixed at Clap Studios in Medellin, Colombia. Daniel won Best Sound for A Vanishing Fog and got two more nominations for Something Blue and Suspension at the 10th Macondo Awards of the Colombian Academy in November 2022. Over at NBCUniversal StudioPost, the mix team of Jon Taylor CAS and Frank Montaño just finished the final mix on A Thousand and One for Focus Features. Also, some exciting news for the sound team of Jon, Frank, and supervising sound editor Scott Gershin, at press time, The Academy announced that Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio made the SHORTLIST for the "Sound" category… Over on Mix Stage 1, mixers Mark Fleming CAS and Myron Nettinga are mixing the series Small Light for ABC and Fatal Attraction for Paramount Plus… Keith Rogers CAS and Steve Bucino CAS are on Mix 2 mixing Welcome to Flatch for the Fox network and Season 2 of Single Drunk Female… John Cook CAS and Ben Wilkens are on Stage A mixing White House Plumbers for HBO… Darin Heinis CAS and Alexander Lee are working on Season 22 of Law & Order... Todd Morrissey CAS and Milo Train are currently mixing Chicago PD for the Wolf Group… Bob Edmondson CAS and Bob Ripley are working on Season 3 of Organized Crime… And Derek Marcil and Greg Watkins CAS are mixing the show Chicago Med for the Wolf Group. B E E N T H E R E D O N E T H AT