LOS ANGELES - Paul Clay has joined Kodak’s LaserPacific Media Corporation as supervisor of
its digital sound division, which provides recording, mixing, editing and
packaging services for the television and feature film industries.
Born and raised in London,
Clay’s career began there in the 1960s, mixing and producing albums for artists
such as Burt Bacharach, Dionne Warwick, The Who, Bee Gees, and Yes. In 1970, he
edited music for the hit television series The Avengers. He later partnered with composer Bernard Herrmann and
formed Music Supervision Ltd., where he supervised feature film music
recording.
In 1979 he moved to Los
Angeles to serve as the sound and music editor for Elton John's rockumentary To
Russia With Love. Clay spent the next
few years working as a supervising sound editor on an array of feature films
and television programs. He has earned two Emmy Awards and four additional
nominations for his work, as well as 25 nominations from the Motion Picture
Sound Editors (MPSE) association.
In 1989, Clay began using
WaveFrame digital technology, posting the television series Quantum Leap. He also provided full digital sound editing for feature
films, starting with Wes Craven's People Under The Stairs.
At his own sound editing
company – Clay Digital Sound – he has worked on the feature films Scream,
The Wedding Singer and Shall We
Dance, as well as on a variety of TV
series.