Berklee Alumni Nominated for Emmy Awards

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated 19 Berklee alumni for Emmy Awards on Tuesday, July 12. This year's nominees were recognized for their sound mixing, sound editing, music composition, music direction, and other contributions to the industry’s biggest programs and events.

Pablo Munguía ’98, a program director at Berklee Valencia and seven-time Emmy winner, was nominated in the category of Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special for his work as a Pro Tools playback mixer for the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. Also nominated in the same category were Juan Pablo Velasco B.M. ’99, Pro Tools playback mixer for the 64th annual Grammy Awards; Shane O'Connor B.M. ’07, rerecording mixer for the CBS special Adele: One Night Only; Pierre de Laforcade ’82, production mixer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS; and Ezra Matychak B.M. ’01 and Eric Pfeifer B.M. ’06, production mixer and package mixer, respectively, for Saturday Night Live.

David Schwartz ’74 was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) for the Amazon series Lucy and Desi.

Earl Martin B.M. ’89 received two Emmy nominations for his work as a rerecording mixer: Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) for HBO’s George Carlin's American Dream, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation for HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Elmo Ponsdomenech ’83 also received a nomination in the same category for his role as rerecording mixer on HBO’s Barry.

Alumni received Emmy nominations for work across a variety of critically acclaimed programs on various channels and platforms, including Netflix’s Stranger Things, Paramount+’s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Disney+’s The Book of Boba Fett, AMC’s Better Call Saul, Hulu’s McCartney 3, 2, 1, and others.

Lindsay Pepper, a student at Berklee Online, also received a nomination for her work as a Foley artist on Netflix's Love, Death + Robots.

The 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, September 12, at 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock.

Below is the full list of Berklee Emmy Award nominees. Please note the list is subject to change as we receive updated information.

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

• Shane O'Connor B.M. ’07 rerecording mixer, Adele: One Night Only (CBS)
• Juan Pablo Velasco B.M. ’99, Pro Tools playback mixer, the 64th annual Grammy Awards (CBS)
• Pablo Munguía ’98, Pro Tools playback mixer, the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show (NBC)
• Ezra Matychak B.M. ’01, production mixer, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Eric Pfeifer B.M. ’06, package mixer, Saturday Night Live (NBC)
• Pierre de Laforcade ’82, production mixer, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS)

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) 

• David Schwartz ’74, composer, Lucy and Desi (Amazon)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

• Elmo Ponsdomenech ’83, rerecording mixer, Barry, “All the Sauces” (HBO/HBO Max)
• Earl Martin B.M. ’89, rerecording mixer, Curb Your Enthusiasm, “IRASSHAIMASE!” (HBO/HBO Max)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

• Darrin Mann ’91, sound editor, Barry, “Starting Now” (HBO/HBO Max)
• Andres Locsey B.M ’13, music editor, Cobra Kai, “The Rise” (Netflix)
• Lindsay Pepper (Berklee Online), Foley artist, Love, Death + Robots, “In Vaulted Halls Entombed” (Netflix)
• Richard David Brown B.M. ’05, music editor, Ted Lasso, “Beard After Hours” (Apple TV+)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) 

• Matt Temple B.M ’89, sound effects editor, Better Call Saul, “Carrot and Stick” (AMC)
• Jason Tregoe Newman B.M. ’99, music editor, Better Call Saul, “Carrot and Stick” (AMC)
• Stephanie McNally ’10, music editor, The Book of Boba Fett, “Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger” (Disney+)
• Matt Decker B.M. ’10, music editor, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Memento Mori” (Paramount+)
• Lena Glikson-Nezhelskaya B.M. ’15, music editor, Stranger Things, “Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab” (Netflix)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

• Matt Temple B.M ’89, sound effects editor, George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)
• Jason Tregoe Newman B.M. ’99, music editor, Lucy and Desi (Amazon)
• Bryant Furhmann B.M. ’10, music editor, Lucy and Desi (Amazon)
• Leff Lefferts ’97, sound editor, McCartney 3, 2, 1, “The People We Loved Were Loving Us!” (Hulu)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) 

• Earl Martin B.M. ’89, rerecording mixer, George Carlin's American Dream (HBO/HBO Max)