Willie D. Burton CAS
He is a two-time Oscar winner, Bird (1988) and Dreamgirls (2006), and one of two African Americans to receive the Academy Award for Best Sound. His Academy Award nominations include his work on The Buddy Holly Story, Altered States, War Games, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and Oppenheimer. His recent credits include Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Haunted Mansion, Beverly Hills Cop 4, Origin, and RIP
James Delhauer
James Delhauer was born in Southern California and never made it very far from home. Since 2014, he has worked as a television engineer specializing in Pronology’s mRes platform. He joined Local 695 because he desperately needed friends. James is Co-editor of Production Sound & Video.
Simon Hayes AMPS CAS
Simon Hayes received an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and CAS Award for Tom Hooper’s groundbreaking Les Miserables, which featured live sung vocals. An advocate of educating the next generation of Production Sound Mixers, he champions creative collaborations as a filmmaker and supporting actors’ original performances. A strong believer in building relationships between production and post sound professionals, he continues to forge ties between both communities.
Ross Levy CAS
Ross is a Southern Californian native and has been a member of Local 695 since 1996. He spent the first eighteen years working primarily in feature films and episodic television as a Utility Sound Technician. He made the jump to Production Sound Mixer on NCIS: Los Angeles in 2016, mixing nearly one hundred and eighty episodes. Ross just wrapped Matlock season one and is looking forward to season two in the summer of 2025.
Ryan Pedersen
Ryan Pedersen has loved sound his whole life, even as a little kid. He originally planned on working in live sound or recording music in studios but found his way into film production and has been doing that ever since. He has seen a large portion of the world from his early documentary work but now spends most of his time in Los Angeles doing music playback or mixing scripted projects. When not on set or at home with his wife and four kids, he finds refuge at his train club at Griffith Park.