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upstate and start businesses. My wife calls me a serial entrepreneur. How did you get involved with the Cinema Audio Society? Growing up in the business, I recognized the CAS early on as heroes who excelled at doing the things that I was trying to get a grasp of. As time went on, I was now seeing this group as my peers. Being from New York, I always felt like a bit of an outsider from the Hollywood side, where the jobs always seemed so huge. But in NY, we would be mainly doing these contained dialogue-driven shows. Throughout the '80s, I really felt that they just don't make big shows here. But I was truly lucky to get a run with Oliver Stone on some really tough and challenging shows and that really opened me up to another world of filmmakers. I think I was nominated for membership just after we did Born on the Fourth of July. This was a great thing for me, just to be recognized. I finally was able to feel a bond with my heroes who would become my friends. There's an online group of CAS Academy members and we meet once every month-and-a-half. I really look forward to these meetings, and it's just great to be with a group of proactive and caring people in our industry. I think the CAS is getting stronger. We have a much better presence of production sound mixers now in the Academy, and I think it's because of the CAS that the craft of sound is being pushed to ever-new importance. I remember being with my father when he was presented with his CAS Career Achievement Award and that was very special. I really have to slap myself nowadays to check if this is real. It was great to be recognized amongst such a group of special individuals [already], and now to be honored with this award is incredibly amazing to me. There's no doubt. I think that for me at this point, giving back is important, sharing knowledge, and building upon all of our accomplishments within the CAS is what I'm focusing on. Thank you and congratulations, Tod! Tod and his wife Sarah at the BAFTA Awards. About this photo, Tod said, "I was able to get my whole family on the red carpet—a truly great day. (L-R): Tod, Emma, Matthew, Emma (yes, we have two Emma's but not in a weird way), Rowan, and Sarah." The Oscar lunch On set at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park on the Bruce Springsteen film Deliver Me From Nowhere. (L-R): Terence McCormack Maitland, Jeremy Allen White, Bruce, Tod, and Jerry Yuen.