Announcements

Emmy Nominations for Universal Studios Sound

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
House - Epic Fail
Von Varga, Production Sound Mixer
Juan Cisneros, Production Sound Mixer
Richard Weingart, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer
Gerry Lentz, C.A.S., Re-Recording Mixer

24 - 3:00pm-4:00pm
William F. Gocke, C.A.S, Production Mixer
Michael Olman, C.A.S., Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S., Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Larold Rebhun, Music Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
The Office - Niagara
Ben Patrick, C.A.S., Production Sound Mixer
John W. Cook, Re-Recording Mixer
Peter J. Nusbaum, Re-recording Mixer

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Universal Studios Sound Team Wins MPSE Golden Reel Award!

Congratulations to the Sound editors on "House" for winning Best Sound Editing: Short Form Television Sound Effects and Foley for the episode "Epic Fail” at the Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards. The Universal Sound department was well represented last Saturday, February 20^th with four nominations in three different categories.

Supervising Sound Editor - Brad North
Sound FX Editor - Luis Galdames
Supervising Foley Editor - Craig Rosevear
Foley Editor - Harry Woolway
Foley Artist - Michael Lyle
Paul Stevenson
Foley Mixer - Matt Mondrick
Assistant Editors - Alex Parker
Kirk Herzbrun

2009 MPSE Golden Reel Nominations

Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects & Foley in a feature film

Watchmen

Supervising Sound Editor – Scott Hecker

Supervising Sound Designer – Eric Norris

Sound Designer – Jeremy Peirson

Sound Effects Editors – David Werntz, Tim Gedemer, Danny Pagan, Ai-ling Lee, Bruce Tannis, Rick Hromadka

Foley Supervisor – Derek Pippert

Best Sound Editing: Long Form Dialogue & ADR in television

House MD – Broken

Sound Supervisor – Brad North

Dialogue Editor – Jackie Oster

Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects & Foley in television

House MD – Broken

Sound Supervisor – Brad North

Effects Editor – Luis Galdames

Foley Editor – Rich Thomas

Foley Artists – Michael Lyle & Paul Stevenson

Foley Mixer – Matt Mondrick

Best Sound Editing: Short Form Sound Effects & Foley in television

House MD – Epic Fail

Sound Supervisor – Brad North

Effects Editor – Luis Galdames

Foley Editor – Harry Woolway

Foley Artists – Michael Lyle & Paul Stevenson

Foley Mixer – Matt Mondrick

Cinema Audio Society Award Nominations for
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2009:

Television Series:

24 - 10PM to 11PM
Re-Recording Mixers: Michael G. Olman, CAS and Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Battlestar Gallactica - Daybreak, Part 2
Re-recording Mixers: Michael G. Olman, CAS and Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Desperate Housewives - Boom Crunch
Re-recording Mixers: Michael G. Olman, CAS and Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Television Movies and Mini-Series:

Broken - House MD
Re-recording Mixers: Richard Weingart, CAS and Gerry Lentz, CAS

DVD Original Programming:

Battlestar Gallactica's The Plan
Re-recordiing Mixers: Michael G. Olman, CAS and Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Caprica
Re-recording Mixers: Michael G. Olman, CAS and Kenneth Kobett, CAS

Richard Weingart and Gerry Lentz Win Emmy
Monday, September 14, 2009

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the 2009 Creative Arts Primetime Emmys for programs and individual achievements at the 61st Emmy Awards presentation at LA Live in Los Angeles on Saturday, September 12, 2009.

Universal Studios Sound Department congratulates our winning mixing team:

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour): HOUSE

Richard Weingart - Re-Recording Mixer

Gerry Lentz - Re-Recording Mixer

Congratulations to the Sound Department 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Nominees:

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation:

THE OFFICE

John W. Cook - Re-Recording Mixer
Peter J. Nusbaum - Re-Recording Mixer

SCRUBS
John W. Cook - Re-Recording Mixer
Peter J. Nusbaum - Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour):
HOUSE
Richard Weingart - Re-Recording Mixer
Gerry Lentz - Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie:
24: REDEMPTION
Michael Olman, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour):
24
Michael Olman, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Michael Olman, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Kobett, C.A.S. - Supervising Re-Recording Mixer

California Film and Television Tax Incentive Program

Beginning July 1, 2009
Allowable Tax Credit for Qualified Productions

1. Qualified “Independent Films” are eligible to receive 25% of qualified expenditures as a transferable tax credit.
2. A television series that filmed all of its previous seasons outside the state and relocates to California is eligible to receive 25% of its qualified expenditures as a non-transferable tax credit.
3. A Feature Film, Mini-Series, Movie Of The Week or new Television Series for original broadcast on basic cable is eligible to receive 20% of its qualified expenditures as a non-transferable tax credit.

To apply for the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program, a film or television project must be one of the following:
1. A "Feature film" with a minimum production budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum budget of no more than seventy five million dollars ($75,000,000).
2. A "Movie of the Week" or "Miniseries" with a minimum budget of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
3. A new "Television Series" licensed for original distribution on basic cable with a minimum per episode budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and an episode length greater than thirty (30) minutes (inclusive of commercial advertisements and interstitial programming).
4. "A Television series that relocates to California", without regard to episode length, that filmed all of its prior season or seasons (minimum of 6 episodes) outside of California. There is no minimum per episode budget requirement for a relocating television series. The series may be produced for distribution in any media outlet, including but not limited to, basic cable, pay (premium) cable, or network broadcast.
5. An "Independent Film" with a minimum budget of one million dollars ($1,000,000) and a maximum budget of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) that is produced by a company that is not publicly traded and that publicly traded companies do not own more than 25% of the producing company. Mini-series and Movies of the Week may be considered an Independent film provided they meet the above requirements.

A "Qualified Motion Picture" must be one of the above eligible types of productions (as seen in Section II.C.) AND meet one of the following conditions:
1. Seventy-five percent (75%) of total principal photography days must occur wholly in California. Principal photography days in California do not include the filming of primarily backgrounds, visual effects, action and/or crowd scenes by the second, stunt, or visual effects units;
OR
2. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the "Total Production Budget" must be incurred and used for goods, services and/or wages within California. This can be determined by evaluating if 75% of your "Total Production Budget" - including both qualified and non-qualified expenditures such ATL wages, out-of-state spend, and rights will be spent as described above. Only financing fees and completion bond fees can be excluded when assessing budget threshold amounts.

California Film Commission
7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 900
Hollywood, CA 90028
Phone: 323-860-2960
incentiveprogram@film.ca.gov
www.film.ca.gov

Sound Re-Recording Mixers Nominated for an Academy Award

Congratulations to Universal Studios Sound Re-Recording Mixers, Chris Jenkins and Frank Montano, on their Oscar nomination for Sound Mixing for Universal Picture's film Wanted. The 81st annual Academy Awards will take place on February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

Sound Editors and Foley Artists Nominated for Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild Awards

Universal Studios Sound editors and Foley artists were nominated by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) for awards in Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television and Best Sound Editing: Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television. The MPSE Golden Reel Awards will be held on Saturday, February 21 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites. Congratulations to the nominees.

Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television

Knight Rider “Prometheus - Pilot”

Supervising Sound Editor - Jeff Rosen

Sound Designer - Brad North

Sound FX Editor - Aaron Weisblatt

Sound FX Editor - Lee Gilmore

Sound FX Field Recordist - John Fasal

Assistant Sound FX Field Recordist - Luis Galdames

Foley Editor – Craig Rosevear

Foley Mixer - Matt Mondrick

Foley Artists - Michael Lyle & Paul Stevenson

Best Sound Editing: Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television