The BAFTA winner comes to Hollywood independent post-production sound company CSS Studios'  Todd-AO facility

HOLLYWOOD; October 5, 2010 –CSS Studios, Hollywood’s leading independent post-production sound company, today announced that Re-recording Mixer Mike Prestwood Smith will join the company’s   Todd-AO facility in Santa Monica, Calif.
“It gives me great pleasure to be able to bring a talent of Mike’s caliber to the U.S. market,” said Robert C. Rosenthal, President of CSS Studios.   “It is incredibly gratifying for our company to be able to continue to attract some of the very finest creative talents working anywhere in the world.”
 
“I am delighted to be joining the CSS Studios group of companies and I very much look forward to working at Todd-AO West,” said Prestwood Smith.   “I hope to be able to contribute to its long legacy and worldwide reputation for film sound mixing.   Having worked in London for many years, I am looking forward to the challenges and opportunities in Los Angeles ‘ as well as the sunshine.”

“Although Mike has been working primarily in the U.K., we already enjoy an excellent working relationship, as our sound editorial teams and mixers have collaborated with Mike on several projects in the past few years, including Nine, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Quantum of Solace, and United 93, added Jeffrey Eisner, Senior Vice President of Film and Television Business Development, CSS Studios.   “Bringing people like Mike Prestwood Smith to Todd-AO is a crucial element of our mission to remain the destination of choice for filmmakers.”
 
Prestwood Smith is in the process of relocating to the Los Angeles area and will be based on Stage 7 at Todd-AO West.