Avid Customers Make a Clean Sweep at the 87th Academy Awards(R)
February 24 2015 - 10:00AM
Avid® (Nasdaq:AVID) today congratulated its customers for their
outstanding achievements at the 87th Academy Awards®, the world's
most prestigious film industry awards. Every winner and nominee in
the Best Picture, Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing
categories was crafted by Avid customers using Avid Artist Suite
audio and video creative tools powered by the Avid MediaCentral
Platform.
Best Picture winner Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance) and nominees American Sniper, Boyhood, The Grand
Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of
Everything, and Whiplash were all edited using the industry's
preeminent editing solution, Avid Media Composer® | Software.
Industry standard Avid Pro Tools® was also used for sound editing
and mixing for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),
American Sniper, The Imitation Game, Selma, and Whiplash.
Barney Pilling, who edited Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest
Hotel, said: "I'm extremely proud and honored to be nominated by
the Academy for editing The Grand Budapest Hotel. Working on this
film gave me the opportunity to collaborate with so many people I
admire and who are among the finest purveyors of their craft. Wes
orchestrated and directed all of these creative elements with such
precision and vision that for me as the editor, working at the
final stage of these efforts coming together, it was truly
exhilarating. I can't imagine being able to meet the technical and
imaginative demands of this project without Avid."
All five nominees in the Film Editing category—winner Tom Cross
for Whiplash, Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach for American Sniper,
Sandra Adair for Boyhood, Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest
Hotel, and William Goldenberg for The Imitation Game—relied on
Media Composer | Software to cut their films.
Goldenberg, who took home the award last year for Argo as well
as being nominated this year, said: "I'm honored to be nominated
for an Academy Award for The Imitation Game. All of us who worked
on the film did so because we are passionate about telling Alan
Turing's story, and letting people know about his incredible
contributions to the world. I'm very grateful to Avid for giving me
a tool to help tell that story in an interesting and creative
way."
In the Sound Editing category, all five nominees—winner Alan
Robert Murray and Bub Asman for American Sniper, Martin Hernández
and Aaron Glascock for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of
Ignorance), Brent Burge and Jason Canovas for The Hobbit: The
Battle of the Five Armies, Richard King for Interstellar, and Becky
Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro for Unbroken—all relied on Pro
Tools for sound editing.
Pro Tools was also used by all five nominees in the Sound Mixing
category—winner Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley for
Whiplash, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin for American
Sniper, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga for Birdman
or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg
Landaker and Mark Weingarten for Interstellar, Jon Taylor, Frank A.
Montaño and David Lee for Unbroken.
"We're truly honored that the world's most exceptional film
editors, sound editors and sound mixers have embraced Avid
Everywhere and trust Avid Artist Suite solutions to bring the most
compelling stories to life," said Avid Chairman, President and CEO,
Louis Hernandez, Jr. "We congratulate them on their outstanding
accomplishments that inspire our commitment to continual
innovation."
About Avid
Through Avid Everywhere™, Avid delivers the industry's most
open, innovative and comprehensive media platform connecting
content creation with collaboration, asset protection, distribution
and consumption for the most listened to, most watched and most
loved media in the world—from the most prestigious and
award-winning feature films, music recordings, and television
shows, to live concerts and news broadcasts. Industry leading
solutions include Pro Tools®, Media Composer®, ISIS®, Interplay®,
and Sibelius®. For more information about Avid solutions and
services, visit www.avid.com, connect with Avid on Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, or subscribe to Avid
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logo, Avid Everywhere, iNEWS, Interplay, ISIS, AirSpeed, Media
Composer, Pro Tools, and Sibelius are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the
United States and/or other countries. The Interplay name is used
with the permission of the Interplay Entertainment Corp. which
bears no responsibility for Avid products. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners. Academy Awards and Oscar
are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
CONTACT: Sara Griggs
Avid
sara.griggs@avid.com
310-821-0801
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