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The Australian Screen Sound Guild, supported by Sennheiser, yesterday announced the winners of the 2013 Assg Awards at a lunchtime ceremony held at the Establishment Ballroom in Sydney..

Hosted by the hilarious Rhys Muldoon, it is the second consecutive year the Assg have held the ceremony on a Sunday, which has proved a popular choice with attendees..

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby was the favourite on the day, taking home four gongs in total, including the Assg Member's Choice and Best Soundtrack of the Year..

The Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award went this year to two recipients - the outstanding team of.Gary Wilkins and Mark Wasiutak.

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A full list of winners can be found below.. Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award Sponsored by Amber Technology Jonathon Tooke (Sae) Best Sound for a Television Commercial or Promo Sponsored by Sound Devices. A Day in Creative Kathleen Burrows, Bruce Heald Best Sound...

Conrad Rothmann..

The film business was saddened to receive the news of the passing of SFX impresario and creator of illusions, Conrad Rothman on 21 June 2013 - the winter solstice. Conrad died of a heart attack on his way to a hospital in Sydney. An American import into our film industry in the 1970.s, Conrad was perhaps one of the first SFX men to hit our shores, and he was most welcome. .He was thought of as the .stunt-glass-kid. of Australia..no one did glass like Conrad., ex-wife and dear friend Natalie Hammond said of him. Conrad went to film school with Steven Spielberg and Richard Franklin. He worked often with the latter and wished he had with the former!

His final years were spent working out of Fox in Sydney in an office and workroom with Aet, where he was known as Corny. Conrad was the genuine eccentric and much loved by everyone.

Paul 'Clackers' Clark..

The Australian film industry was saddened to hear the news of the death of sound recordist extraordinaire Paul Clark on 5 July 2013, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Paul was on location shooting with Living Films, on a Canadian production, when he became unwell. Determinedly he completed the scene they were shooting before he left the set. Initially, he had complained of a sore foot. A blood infection followed by diabetic and heart complications ensued and Paul passed away peacefully. Friend and producer Chris Lowenstein was at Paul.s side until the end at Chiang Mai Ram Private Hospital at 6.00am local time. Friend and fellow sound recordist, Gary Wilkins, Paul.s Thai friends and workmates arranged a Buddhist funeral days later. Paul.s two sons, Simon and Sam were able to attend the ceremony. Gary Wilkins said, .We had made an agreement for Paul to return here, to his beloved Chiang Mai,...

"True Grit" shot down "Black Swan," "Inception," "Shutter Island," and "The Social Network" to win Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing at the 47th annual Cas Awards given by the Cinema Audio Society.

Here's the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees. Check out Awards Avenue for your complete winners/nominees of all the award-giving bodies leading up to the Oscars!

47Th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards

Motion Pictures:

Black Swan

Production Mixer Ken Ishii, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Dominick Tavella, Cas Craig Henighan

Inception

Production Mixer Ed Novick

Re-recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo

Shutter Island

Production Mixer Petur Hliddal

Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleishman, Cas

The Social Network

Production Mixer Mark Weingarten, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Ren Klyce David Parker Michael Semanick, Cas

*** True Grit

Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas

Television Movies and Mini-Series:

The Pacific Part 2

Production Mixer...

"Black Swan," "Inception," "Shutter Island," "The Social Network," and "True Grit" are competing under the Motion Pictures Category for the 47th Annual Cas (Cinema Audio Society) Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for 2010.

Winners will be announced at their Awards gala on February 19th.

Here's the complete list of nominees (Check our Awards Avenue for complete winners/nominees for all award-giving bodies):

Motion Pictures:

Black Swan

Production Mixer Ken Ishii, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Dominick Tavella, Cas Craig Henighan

Inception

Production Mixer Ed Novick

Re-recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo

Shutter Island

Production Mixer Petur Hliddal

Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleishman, Cas

The Social Network

Production Mixer Mark Weingarten, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Ren Klyce David Parker Michael Semanick, Cas

True Grit

Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas

Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas

Television Movies and Mini-Series:

The Pacific Part 2

Production Mixer Andrew Ramage

Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler,...

Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan's Inception Motion Pictures: Black Swan Production Mixer Ken Ishii, Cas Re-recording Mixers Dominick Tavella, Cas Craig Henighan Inception Production Mixer Ed Novick Re-recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg Gary A. Rizzo Shutter Island Production Mixer Petur Hliddal Re-recording Mixers Tom Fleischman, Cas The Social Network Production Mixer Mark Weingarten, Cas Re-recording Mixers Ren Klyce David Parker Michael Semanick, Cas True Grit Production Mixer Peter F. Kurland, Cas Re-recording Mixers Skip Lievsay, Cas Craig Berkey, Cas Greg Orloff, Cas Television Movies and Mini-Series: The Pacific Part 2 Production Mixer Andrew Ramage Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler, Cas Daniel Leahy The Pacific Part 5 Production Mixer Andrew Ramage Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler, Cas Daniel Leahy Craig Mann The Pacific Part 8 Production Mixer Gary Wilkins, Cas Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler, Cas Daniel Leahy Marc Fishman The Pacific Part 9 Production Mixer Gary Wilkins, Cas Re-recording Mixers Michael Minkler Cas Daniel Leahy Temple [...]...