Jim Lakin CAS
Jim Lakin began in sound in the late ’90s as a teaching assistant for Richard Portman while attending the FSU College of Motion Picture Arts. He relocated to LA in 2002 and joined Local 695 in 2004. Jim has worked in more than twenty countries on feature films, documentaries, commercials, infotainment television, and scripted television. His work includes Hacks, 9-1-1, Dollface, and The Mighty Ducks Game Changers.
Richard Lightstone CAS AMPS
Richard began his career in Montreal, and continues to mix in Los
Angeles. He is the Co-editor of Production Sound & Video, served
on the Executive Board of Local 695, and President of the Cinema Audio Society for two terms.
Ric Teller
I’ve been very fortunate in my more than forty years working in television, going places, and doing things that a kid from a small town in Nebraska could not have imagined.
Mark Ulano CAS AMPS
Mark has been a Y-1 Production Mixer in Local 695 since 1983 and mixed more than 150 film and television projects. He is a four-time Oscar nominee, most recently for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra, and Inglorious Basterds. His work on Titanic won him an Academy Award for Sound Mixing, as well as the Cinema Audio Society Award. Mark is very active in the cinema mentoring world as a teacher of workshops and speaker at sound symposiums internationally.
Russell White CAS
Originally from the Midwest, Russell has been mixing sound for twenty years. His career includes improv comedy, Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job, and The Kroll Show, and scripted projects: Gilmore Girls, Super Pumped, and Insecure.
Jennifer Winslow
Jennifer is a Utility Sound Technician/Boom Operator serving her third term as a Trustee for Local 695. She is currently working on Criminal Minds: Evolution. Jennifer has worked in features, commercials, and television. Some credits include Be Cool, Lone Star, Problem Child, Chicago Hope, Dear White People, Grace & Frankie, and Suits LA. She is a longtime member of Local 695.