Creative Conversations
A deep dive with sound designers and editors on the role of sound in centralizing the narrative flow of live-action and animated films.
Midge Costin
Kay Rose Professor in the Art of Sound; Producer/Director, Sound Editor
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Midge Costin holds the Kay Rose Endowed Chair in the Art of Sound Editing at the USC School of Cinematic Arts given by George Lucas in 2005. She produced and directed the award-winning feature documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and its international premiere at Cannes Film Festival in 2019. She was nominated for Best First Time Director by Critics Choice Documentary Awards and the film received multiple awards and nominations including ACE (American Cinema Editors), MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors), Cinema Eye, and won the CAS (Cinema Audio Society) for Outstanding Achievement in Mixing.
Costin has been a feature film sound editor in Hollywood for filmmakers such as Tony Scott (Crimson Tide), Michael Bay (The Rock), John Waters (Crybaby), David Wolper (Imagine: John Lennon) and Amy Heckerling (Look Who’s Talking Too). Two of the films, Crimson Tide and Armageddon - for which she edited sound effects and dialogue - received Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing. Crimson Tide won the MPSE Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing. As a passionate teacher and advocate for creative use of sound in the cinematic arts, Costin has traveled worldwide to lecture on sound design & editing, and her career in Hollywood. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences where she serves as a Branch Executive Committee, a past Board member of the MPSE, and was a long-standing member of the Editors Guild.
Jerry Ross
Supervising Sound Editor
Warner Bros
Jerry Ross embarked on his career as an apprentice and assistant picture editor from 1976 to 1979 before transitioning to a pivotal role as a sound editor on "Apocalypse Now." Continuing to contribute as a sound editor and supervisor on various films from the 1980s to the 2020s, Ross's expertise was notably showcased during a seven-year stint on "The Walking Dead." Currently serving as a Supervising Sound Editor at Warner Bros, Ross also dedicates time to the Board of Directors for MPEG Local 700 and the Executive Committee of the Sound Branch at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, exemplifying a commitment to mentoring and service within the industry.
David Fluhr
Supervising Re-Recording Mixer
Disney Animation
David Fluhr attended Crane School of Music in NY, majoring in Electronic Music Composition. After coming to LA in 1980 to work as an office assistant at a state of the art post production facility, he began his career in sound for picture as a transfer operator, sound editor, and then a stage recordist/assistant. He then launched his re-recording career mixing documentaries, TV shows, and many of the high-profile music specials and videos at the time.
After winning 9 Emmys with 38 nominations and two Cinema Audio Society awards for his work over the next 10 years, he transitioned to live action film sound re-recording. In 2004, he was invited to Walt Disney Studios where he also began mixing animated films. Since 2004, David has mixed dialog and music on every animated film for Disney Animation Studios.
Berenice Robinson
VP of Post production/Post Producer
Disney Animation
Berenice Robinson started her career in France at Buena Vista International Europe in 1992, then moved to London in 1993 as the Director of Film Operations for Europe, supervising International releases for both Live Action and Animated Titles over 32 territories. She then moved to LA in 1996 as a Supervisor of Post production for Walt Disney Animation.
Her first movie was Hercules and worked closely with Directors John Musker and Ron Clements. Berenice became the head Post Production at WDAS in 2006. Berenice has worked on more than 20 animated titles and just recently finished “Strange World" and is working on the 100th year Anniversary Feature release for 2023.
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This is a free event. Priority for in-person training programs and financial stipends, including opportunities for paid internship placements, is given to active participants, ages 18- 24, in Creative Conversations, as well as young people who are low income, foster youth, homeless, and/or justice involved.
Presented by Venice Art’s Center for Creative Workforce Equity.
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