Jim Houston | Engineer Jim Houston, an active entertainment industry engineer who held senior level engineering positions at facilities including Sony Pictures Entertainment, Pacific Title & Art, and Walt Disney Feature Animation p
Debby VanPoucke | Sound Supervisor and Editor Sound staple Debby VanPoucke passed away in February after a battle with cancer. Debby spent her early career as audio engineer and sound designer for theatricals including Miss Saigon and
Ken Burton, Re-Recording Mixer After a long, protracted battle with lung cancer, re-recording mixer Ken Burton passed away in November. Ken worked under the IATSE banner for 37 years, starting out as a projectionist, before moving into
Donald Coufal, CAS Tribute from Jeff Wexler, CAS on November 19th, 2019 – Don Coufal, passed away this morning. Don was so much a part of my life having spent over half my life with him over the last 40+ years --- we did 67 movies together,
James Emswiller, CAS Jim Emswiller, 61, of Pittsburgh, PA, passed away this past Thursday, October 11, 2018, while doing what he loved most: working on a movie set. Being a sound mixer in the film industry for over 30 years, Jim w
Henri Bollinger, CAS Longtime entertainment industry publicist Henri Bollinger died Monday August 27th of complications from surgery. He was 89 Bollinger, a resident of the Motion Picture and Television Fund campus in Wo
Peter Gleaves, CAS Many in Post Production are mourning the tragic loss of Peter Gleaves AMPS, who sadly died recently after a short illness. Peter, Senior ADR Mixer at Goldcrest in London, was one of the most popular ADR Mixers in tow
Paul Rodriguez On September 26, 2017, we suddenly and unexpectedly lost Paul Rodriguez who was an "Ambassador" of our Sound Community. Paul was a current MPSE Board Member and a previous member of the CAS Board and will be missed by b
Ed Greene Production Mixer CAS Career Achievement Honoree and Board Member and former Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Sound Branch Governor Ed Greene passed away August 9, 2017, surrounded by family. Over the course of his
Richard Portman 08/02/1934 - 01/28/2017 Academy Award-winner and retired Florida State film school professor Richard Portman, who mixed the sound for such famed movies as Star Wars and Harold and Maude, died Saturday night at his home in Bet
