Cinema Audio Society Awards Nominations Set: ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Elvis’ & More
10.01.2023 - 20:43
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Hear that? It’s the Cinema Audio Society’s nominations for its 2023 CAS Awards, which celebrate excellence in sound mixing for film and TV. See the list below.
Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Avatar: The Way of Water, and Top Gun: Maverick — along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman.
In the mix for the toon feature trophy are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. The documentary race will feature Good Night Oppy, Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues, Moonage Daydream and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.
The 59th CAS Awards will be handed out Saturday, March 4, during an in-person ceremony at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The 2023 Career Achievement Award will be presented to five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin, Alejandro González Iñárritu willl receive the Filmmaker of the Year Award for Bardo.
“There is a plethora of award-worthy contenders this year,” CAS President Karol Urban said. “CAS congratulates our industry on the rich sonic tapestries of 2022 and looks forward to celebrating the season’s chosen award recipients for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing.”
Here are the 2023 CAS Awards nominees:
MOTION PICTURES: LIVE ACTION
All Quiet on the Western FrontProduction Mixer: Viktor PrášilRe-Recording Mixer: Lars GinzelRe-Recording Mixer: Stefan KorteScoring Mixer: Daniel KrescoADR Mixer: Jan MeyerdierksFoley Mixer: Hanse Warns
Avatar: The Way of WaterProduction Mixer: Julian Howarth Re-Recording Mixer: Christopher BoyesRe-Recording