Early this morning the Cinema Audio Society announced their nominees for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for motion pictures. Four out of five of the CAS’ picks have been in line with the Oscars’ every year since 2000. Winners will be announced in a sealed envelope ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on February 16, 2008. Congrats to all the nominees!

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Kirk Francis,CAS, Production Mixer
Scott Millan, Re-recording Mixer
David Parker, Re-recording Mixer

INTO THE WILD
Edward Tise, Production Mixer
Michael Minkler, CAS, Re-recording Mixer
Lora Hirschberg, Re-recording Mixer

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Peter Kurland, CAS, Production Mixer
Skip Lievsay, Re-recording Mixer
Craig Berkey, Re-recording Mixer
Gregg Orloff, CAS, Re-recording Mixer

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Patrick Rousseau, Production Mixer
Chris Jenkins, CAS, Re-recording Mixer
Frank Montano, Re-recording Mixer

TRANSFORMERS
Peter Devlin, CAS, Production Mixer
Kevin O’Connell, Re-recording Mixer
Greg P. Russell, CAS, Re-recording Mixer

The CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing are presented annually to the winning Production Mixers and Re-Recording Mixers in each category. The competition is open to programs and films released or aired during the previous calendar year.