The Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action is an annual award given by the Cinema Audio Society to live-action motion picture sound mixer for their outstanding achievements in sound mixing. The award came to its current title in 2013, when feature motion pictures were separated into two categories; achievement in live-action sound mixing, and achievement in animated sound mixing (later, documentary features would get their own category as well). Before this, the category was labeled Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures, and was given annually starting in 1994 (for films released the previous year).
Winners and nominees 1990s Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Year Film Nominees 1993(1st) The Fugitive Scott D. Smith (production mixer); Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers) Cliffhanger Tim Cooney (production mixer); Bob Beemer, Michael Minkler (re-recording mixers) In the Line of Fire Willie D. Burton (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers) Jurassic Park Ron Judkins (production mixer); Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy (re-recording mixers) Schindler's List Ron Judkins (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan (re-recording mixers) 1994 (2nd) Forrest Gump William B. Kaplan (production mixer); Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands (re-recording mixers) Clear and Present Danger Art Rochester (production mixer); Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers) The Lion King Doc Kane (original dialogue mixer); Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson (re-recording mixers) Speed David MacMillan (production mixer); Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) True Lies Lee Orloff (production mixer); Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) 1995 (3rd) Apollo 13 David MacMillan (production mixer); Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan (re-recording mixers) Braveheart Brian Simmons (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Scott Millan, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) Crimson Tide William B. Kaplan (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline, Gregory H. Watkins (re-recording mixers) Heat Lee Orloff (production mixer); Chris Jenkins, Ron Bartlett, Mark Smith (re-recording mixers) Jumanji Rob Young (production mixer); Randy Thom, Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy (re-recording mixers) 1996 (4th) The English Patient Christopher Newman (production mixer); Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker (re-recording mixers) The Birdcage Gene Cantamessa (production mixer), Lee Dichter (re-recording mixer) Independence Day Jeff Wexler (production mixer); Chris Carpenter, Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton (re-recording mixers) The Rock Keith A. Wester (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) Twister Geoffrey Patterson (production mixer); Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Kevin O'Connell (re-recording mixers) 1997 (5th) Titanic Mark Ulano (production mixer); Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers (re-recording mixers) Air Force One Keith A. Wester (production mixer); Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers) Contact William B. Kaplan (production mixer); Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands (re-recording mixers) L.A. Confidential Kirk Francis (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) Men in Black Peter Kurland (production mixer); Skip Lievsay, Lee Dichter, Michael Barry (re-recording mixers) 1998 (6th) Saving Private Ryan Ron Judkins (production mixer); Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson (re-recording mixers) Armageddon Keith A. Wester (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) The Horse Whisperer Tod A. Maitland (production mixer); Tom Johnson, Lora Hirschberg, Dennis S. Sands (re-recording mixers) The Mask of Zorro Pud Cusack (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) The X-Files Geoffrey Patterson (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) 1999 (7th) The Matrix David Lee (production mixer); John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell (re-recording mixers) American Beauty Richard Van Dyke (production mixer); Scott Millan, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Any Given Sunday Peter J. Devlin (production mixer); Patrick Cyccone Jr., Michael Keller, Tom Fleischman (re-recording mixers) The Sixth Sense Allan Byer (production mixer); Reilly Steele, Michael Kirchberger (re-recording mixers) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace John Midgley (production mixer); Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy (re-recording mixers)
2000s Year Film Nominees 2000 (8th) Gladiator Ken Weston (production mixer); Scott Millan, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Cast Away William B. Kaplan (production mixer); Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands (re-recording mixers) The Patriot Lee Orloff (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) The Perfect Storm Keith A. Wester (production mixer); John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff (re-recording mixers) U-571 Ivan Sharrock (production mixer); Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers) 2001 (9th) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Hammond Peek (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh (re-recording mixers) Black Hawk Down Chris Munro (production mixer); Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga (re-recording mixers) Moulin Rouge! Guntis Sics (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage (re-recording mixers) Pearl Harbor Peter J. Devlin (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) Shrek Charleen Richards (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) 2002 (10th) Road to Perdition John Pritchett (production mixer); Scott Millan, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Catch Me if You Can Ron Judkins (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) Chicago David Lee (production mixer); Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella (re-recording mixers) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Hammond Peek (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges (re-recording mixers) Spider-Man Ed Novick (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) 2003 (11th) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Art Rochester (production mixer); Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill (re-recording mixers) The Last Samurai Jeff Wexler (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Hammond Peek (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges (re-recording mixers) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Lee Orloff (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E. Campbell (re-recording mixers) Seabiscuit Tod A. Maitland (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) 2004 (12th) The Aviator Petur Hliddal (production mixer), Tom Fleischman (re-recording mixer) The Bourne Supremacy Kirk Francis (production mixer); Scott Millan, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Finding Neverland David Crozier (production mixer); Lora Hirschberg, Brandon Proctor (re-recording mixers) Ray Steve Cantamessa (production mixer); Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Spider-Man 2 Joseph Geisinger (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush (re-recording mixers) 2005 (13th) Walk the Line Peter Kurland (production mixer); Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill (re-recording mixers) Crash Richard Van Dyke (production mixer); Marc Fishman, Adam Jenkins, Rick Ash (re-recording mixers) King Kong Hammond Peek (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges (re-recording mixers) Memoirs of a Geisha John Pritchett (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline (re-recording mixers) War of the Worlds Ron Judkins (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) 2006 (14th) Dreamgirls Willie D. Burton (production mixer); Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer (re-recording mixers) Babel José Antonio García (production mixer); Jon Taylor, Christian P. Minkler (re-recording mixers) Blood Diamond Ivan Sharrock (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers) Flags of Our Fathers Walt Martin (production mixer); John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell (re-recording mixers) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Lee Orloff (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Paul Massey (re-recording mixers) 2007 (15th) No Country for Old Men Peter Kurland (production mixer); Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff (re-recording mixer) The Bourne Ultimatum Kirk Francis (production mixer); Scott Millan, David Parker (re-recording mixers) Into the Wild Edward Tise (production mixer); Lora Hirschberg, Michael Minkler (re-recording mixers) 300 Patrick Rousseau (production mixer); Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño (re-recording mixers) Transformers Peter J. Devlin (production mixer); Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell (re-recording mixers) 2008 (16th) Slumdog Millionaire Resul Pookutty (production mixer); Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke (re-recording mixers) The Dark Knight Ed Novick (production mixer); Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo (re-recording mixers) Iron Man Mark Ulano (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Lora Hirschberg (re-recording mixers) Quantum of Solace Chris Munro (production mixer); Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor (re-recording mixers) WALL-E Ben Burtt (original dialogue mixer); Tom Myers, Michael Semanick (re-recording mixers) 2009 (17th) The Hurt Locker Ray Beckett (production mixer), Paul N. J. Ottosson (re-recording mixer) Avatar Tony Johnson (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson (re-recording mixers) District 9 Ken Saville (production mixer); Michael Hedges, Gilbert Lake (re-recording mixers) Star Trek Peter J. Devlin (production mixer); Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Paul Massey (re-recording mixers) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Geoffrey Patterson (production mixer); Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers (re-recording mixers)
2010s Year Film Nominees 2010 (18th) True Grit Peter Kurland (production mixer); Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff (re-recording mixers) Black Swan Ken Ishii (production mixer); Dominick Tavella, Craig Henighan (re-recording mixers) Inception Ed Novick (production mixer); Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo (re-recording mixers) Shutter Island Petur Hliddal (production mixer), Tom Fleischman (re-recording mixer) The Social Network Mark Weingarten (production mixer); Ren Klyce, Michael Semanick, David Parker (re-recording mixers) 2011 (19th) Hugo John Midgley (production mixer); Tom Fleischman (re-recording mixer); Simon Rhodes (scoring mixer) Hanna Roland Winke (production mixer); Christopher Scarabosio, Craig Berkey (re-recording mixers); Andrew Dudman (scoring mixer) Moneyball Ed Novick (production mixer); Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco (re-recording mixers); Brad Haehnel (scoring mixer) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Lee Orloff (production mixer); Christopher Boyes, Paul Massey (re-recording mixers); Alan Meyerson (scoring mixer) Super 8 Mark Ulano (production mixer); Tom Johnson, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer (re-recording mixers); Dan Wallin (scoring mixer) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action