Resurface Congratulates the 69th Emmy® Award Nominees

Last week saw the announcement of the nominations for the 69th Emmy® Awards, covering shows which aired between June 1st 2016 and May 31st 2017.

In amongst the awards for all aspects of TV production are a handful that are of particular interest to Resurface and our readers.  These audio category nominees are all listed below, and Resurface offers our congratulations for all those who have received this prestigious recognition of their excellent work.

Resurface congratulates in particular four nominees who have generously contributed their knowledge to the site:

resurface Better call saulLarry Benjamin  :  Nominated for his work on Better Call Saul, Larry shared with us his perspective of the show as a re-recording mixer in our first installment of Scene : Heard, as well as talking to us about his audio post podcast, Smartcast.

 

 

planet earth ii soundGraham Wild and Kate Hopkins  :  Nominated for Planet Earth II, in separate categories as Mixer and Editor, Graham and Kate gave us an insightful and candid behind-the-scenes look at what is a stunning piece of television. Worth noting also is that Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe are also Emmy nominated for their score.  Read more here.

 

Howard Bargroff  :  Howard is nominated in two categories for the same exceptional piece of work.  As a key member of the sound team behind Sherlock, Howard has been nominated both as an editor and a mixer.  Howard gave us in insight into the changing role of the TV mixer in our article about the demise of the client-attended audio session.

 

The full list of audio-related Emmy nominations:

Sound Editing Categories

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series

Black Sails
Benjamin Cook, Stefan Henrix, Mike Szakmeister, Shaugnessy Hare, Tim Tuchrello, Brett Voss, Michael Baber, Jeffrey Wilhoit & Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit

Gotham
George Haddad, Chad J. Hughes, Dale Chaloukian, David Barbee, Julie Altus, Ashley Revell, Joey Sabella & Joanie Rowe

Homeland
Craig A. Dellinger, Ryne Gierke, Eric Raber, Shawn Kennelly, Jeff Charbonneau, Melissa Kennelly & Vince Nicastro

Stranger Things
Bradley North, Craig Henighan, Jordan Wilby, Jonathan Golodner, Tiffany S. Griffth, Sam Munoz, David Klotz, Noel Vought & Ginger Geary

Westworld
Thomas E. deGorter, Matthew Sawelson, Brian Armstrong, Fred Paragano, Mark Allen, Marc Glassman, Sebastian Visconti, Geordy Sincavage, Michael Head, Christopher Kaller, Rick Owens & Tara Blume Norton

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special

American Horror Story: Roanoke
Gary Megregian, Steve M. Stuhr, Jason Krane, Timothy A. Cleveland, Paul Diller, David Klotz & Noel Vought

Fargo
Nick Forshager, Joe Bracciale, Martin Gwynn Jones, Brent Pickett, Claire Dobson, Robert Bertola, Alex Bullick, Tyler Whitham, Matt Decker & John Elliot

Genius
Daniel Pagan, Erich Gann, Arielle McGrail, Bill Bell, Nicholas Fitzgerald, TIm Chilton & Jill Sanders

The Night Of
Nicholas Renbeck, Marissa Littlefield, Steve Visscher, Ruth Hernandez, Sara Stern, Luciano Vignola, Odin Benitez, Ruy Garcia, Wyatt Sprague, Warren Shaw, Roland Vajs, Heather Gross, Dan Evans Farkas, Grant Conway & Marko Costanzo

Sherlock: The Lying Detective (Masterpiece)
Douglas Sinclair, Jon Salmon-Joyce, Stuart McCowan, Paul McFadden, Howard Bargroff, Nathan Palmer, Jamie Talbutt, Rael Jones & Sue Harding

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Benny Mouthon

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Jon Michaels, Harrison Meyle, Dan Kenyon, Will Digby & Melissa Muik

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
David Crocco and Rolando Nadal

Planet Earth II
Kate Hopkins & Tim Owens

13th
Tim Boggs, Alex Lee, Julie Pierce & Lise Richardson

 

Sound Mixing Categories

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown — Rome
Brian Bracken

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week – The Touring Years
Chris Jenkins, Cameron Frankley, Nathan Evans, Sam O’Kell

O.J.: Made In America” — Part 2
Keith Hodne, Eric Di Stefano

Planet Earth II — Cities
Graham Wild

13th
Jeffrey Perkins

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Variety Special Series or Special

59th Grammy Awards

Josh Morton, Thomas Holmes, Mikael Stewart, Eric Schilling, John Harris, Ron Reaves, Thomas Pesa, Michael Parker, Eric Johnston, Pablo Munguia, Bob LaMasney

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Sub-Prime Auto Loans
Steve Watson, Charlie Jones, Steve Lettie, Jonathan Herrera

The Oscars
Kristian Pedregon, Paul Sandweiss, Tommy Vicari, Pablo Munguia, Pat Baltzell, Michael Parker, Bob LaMasney, John Perez, Tom Pesa, Brian Flanzbaum

2017 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony
Al Centrella, Susan Pelino, Jay Vicari, Dave Natale, Erik Von Ranson, Simon Welch

Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga
Paul Sandweiss, Christian Schrader, Alex Guessard, Simon Higgs, Tom Pesa, Paul Ramsay, Pablo Munguia, Andre Bowman

The Voice — Season Finale
Ryan Young, Brian Riordan, Michael Abbott, Eric White, Tim Hatayama, Randy Faustino, Kenyata Westbrook, Sterling Cross, Robert P. Matthews Jr., John Koster, Andrew Fletcher, Christian Schrader, Carlos Torres, William Dietzman, Michael Bernard

Outstanding Sound Mixing For a Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

Master of None — Dinner Party

Joshua Berger, Michael Barosky

Modern Family — Basketball
Dean Okrand, Brian R. Harman, Stephen A. Tibbo

Mozart in the Jungle — Now I Will Sing
Andy D’Addario, Gary Gegan, Marco Fiumara

Silicon Valley — Intellectual Property
Elmo Ponsdomenech, Todd Beckett, Ben Patrick

Veep — Omaha
John W. Cook II, Bill Freesh, Bill MacPherson

Oustanding Sound Mixing For A Limited Series or Movie

Big Little Lies — You Get What You Need
Gavin Fernandes, Louis Gignac, Brendan Beebe

Fargo — Who Rules the Land of Denial?
Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Michael Playfair, Michael Perftt

Genius — Einstein: Chapter One
Bob Bronow, Mark Hensley, Petr Forejt

The Night Of — The Beach
Nicholas Renbeck, Michael Barry, Felix Andrew, Larry Hoff

Sherlock: The Lying Detective (Masterpiece)
Howard Bargroff, John Mooney, Peter Gleaves, Nick Wollage

Oustanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)

Better Call Saul — Witness
Larry Benjamin, Kevin Valentine, Philip W. Palmer

House of Cards — Chapter 53
Nathan Nance, Scott R. Lewis, Lorenzo Milan

Mr. Robot — eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx
John W. Cook II, Bill Freesh, William Sarokin, Paul Drenning

Stranger Things — Chapter Eight: The Upside Down
Joe Barnett, Adam Jenkins, Chris Durfy, Bill Higley

Westworld — The Bicameral Mind
Keith Rogers, Scott Weber, Roger Stevenson, Kyle O’Neal