The Cinema Audio Society paid tribute to achievements in sound mixing Saturday night at its 42nd annual awards banquet, held at Los Angeles' Biltmore Hotel.
Quentin Tarantino was feted as the first recipient of the society's filmmaker award. In accepting the prize, the multihyphenate declared, "In the constant battle between sound and film, I'm on sound's side."
Re-recording mixer Michael Minkler was honored with the career achievement award. Minkler, who has mixed more than 170 movies including "Star Wars" and "Chicago," for which he won an Oscar, closed his acceptance speech by saying, "I hope to be back here in 20 years for the lifetime achievement award."
Technical achievement nod went to Zaxcom for the Deva V Hard Disk Audio Recorder, used in production sound recording.
"Walk the Line" drew kudos for achievement in sound mixing for motion pictures.
On the TV front, HBO's "Deadwood" won for episode "A Lie Agreed Upon." The cabler's "Lackawanna Blues" was honored in the television movies or miniseries category. "Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Hammersmith Odeon, London 1975" drew the award for television nonfiction, variety or music -- series or specials.
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