Shure recently hosted its second installment in a series of panel discussions on women in technology, with president and CEO Chris Schyvinck hosting four female location sound engineers to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and future of capturing location sound for film, television, and broadcast.
Panelists included:
Christy Illius, a sound engineer based in New York City who has worked on films including West Side Story and In the Heights. She is also the production sound mixer for the television show American Horror Story.
Lilou Augier, the co-founder and creative director of Panic Ball Productions, a Tokyo-based bilingual production house specializing in narrative-driven media.
Ivonne Gärber, a sound engineer in Germany for various film and television projects. Since 2010 she has also been teaching the art of practical sound work and sound design at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt and other institutions.
Lisa Piñero, an Emmy-nominated production sound mixer for film, television, and commercials noted for her work on the films Licorice Pizza, White Noise, and Marriage Story.
The panel also took live questions via social media about how they got into their careers as as advice they could share with others.
“I think that’s the great thing about diversity in general — not just between male and female – but adding in people of color, people from different areas, different places,” Illius said in the panel. “More people leads to a better environment all around.”
Go here to view the panel discussion.
