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44 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Summer 2026 Beatty ever. Everybody said to stay away from his trailer, stay away! Tommy knocked on his door, Warren opened it and Tommy asked, "Can we talk?" and Warren said come on in. A half-hour later, he's still in the trailer talking and the AD's start banging on the door saying, "We got to get going! Warren yelled out, "When I'm done talking with Tommy!" When I was in my mid-50s, I came down with MS, I was really in a bad spot, and I almost retired. Tommy said, "Well, do you want to go mix?" "Yeah, yeah, I'd love to." Tommy talked to Barry Bernardi who was Adam Sandler's Producer. Barry talked to Adam who said well, if Tommy says he can do it, let's let him do it. So, I started mixing for Adam Sandler, which was an incredible gift. Tommy Causey was that kind of person and I miss him greatly. Ron Judkins: Tommy was a great help to me when I moved to Los Angeles (way back in the last century!). He had made the move to LA a couple of years before I did, and he was a mentor. But he never oversold the possibilities of me making a career in the film industry. In fact, I remember him saying things to me like "I don't know, Ron—good luck, man!" and shaking his head. At the same time, he turned me on to some decent jobs in those early days, which was a big deal. We both shared a sense of wonder whenever we would land a job, wondering if we were up to the task and surprised that someone would actually hire us. I loved Tommy's humor and his love of culture. He had a passion for his books and for Louisiana cuisine. I originally met him on a low-budget (nonunion) feature in New Orleans, an all-nude musical that never got released. I remember his and Maggie's place in Algiers, on the other side of the Mississippi River, where we would go out for shrimp po-boys and crawfish boils—washed down by a few glasses of wine. Those were great days. You are missed, Tommy, "I love you." Francis Ford Coppola and Jordan Cronenweth on Gardens of Stone