Alfred T. Ferrante CAS | Former CAS Board member and Foley & ADR Mixer Former CAS Board of Directors member and retired Foley/ADR mixer Alfred T. Ferrante CAS, passed away on New Year’s Eve, 2020, at Hospice Care in Cape Coral, Flori
Alan Robert Murray | Supervising Sound Editor Two-time Oscar winning sound editor Alan Murray passed away in late February. Alan’s sound career began in the mid-70s and has been with Warner Bros. since 1979. Developing a working rela
Alan Decker CAS | Re-recording Mixer CAS and Emmy Award-winning re-recording mixer Alan Decker passed away in December. Alan started in production sound and studio engineering, transitioning to dialogue editing and then re-recording
Eric Toline | Sound Mixer Sound mixer Eric Toline passed away in October at the age of 83. His career of over 65 years began in music recording studios in NYC before transitioning to the world of sound for picture. Eric ran Professi
Martin “Marty” Bolger | Production Sound Mixer and Past President of IATSE Local 695 Emmy nominated production sound mixer and past president of Local 695, Marty Bolger, passed away in August. Working across film and television on pro
James L. Aicholtz | Re-recording Mixer and Sixth President of the CAS James Aicholtz, the sixth President of the Cinema Audio Society, passed away in August. James’ resume as a re-recording mixer features an exhaustive list of classic
Ennio Morricone | Film Composer Film composer Ennio Morricone passed away in early July at the age of 91. Ennio’s compositional output is unprecedented, scoring for over 500 projects. He wrote for many genres including comedy, drama,
Carl Reiner | Actor, Writer, Director, and Producer Comedy legend Carl Reiner passed away in June of natural causes. Carl was a multi-hyphenate who won multiple Emmys in each category as an actor, writer, and producer – and even gar
Joel Schumacher | Director Director Joel Schumacher passed away in June after a battle with cancer. Starting in Hollywood as a costume designer in the early 1970s, Joel wrote the 1976 comedy Car Wash, wrote the screenplay for The Wiz,
Mike Draghi, MPSE | Re-recording Mixer & Supervising Sound Editor MPSE Board member Mike Draghi passed away in June. Mike’s early work in the direct-to-video/DVD market garnered him multiple CAS Award and Golden Reel nominations a
