Tom Fleischman, a frequent collaborator of Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee and a five-time Oscar-nominee for his work as a rerecording mixer, has resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in response to the organization’s plan to reformat and pre-tape eight categories and weave them into live broadcast of the 2022 Academy Awards.An industry veteran, Fleischman has accrued nearly 200 credits as a rerecording mixer, with a career spanning more than five decades.
He won the Academy Award for best sound mixing in 2012 for his work on Martin Scorsese’s family period piece “Hugo” after being nominated four times before, for “Reds,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Gangs of New York” and “The Aviator.” He is currently working in post-production on Scorsese’s upcoming western “Killers of the Flower Moon.”Fleischman confirmed his resignation to Variety on Saturday afternoon.Fleischman also serves on the board of directors of the Cinema Audio Society.
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