Sony Pictures Postproduction Exec VP Tom McCarthy to Retire After 30-Year Career
thewrap.comTom McCarthy, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s executive vice president of postproduction services, is retiring from his role after a career spanning three decades with the studio.
Kimberly Jimenez will now be promoted to fill his shoes in a new role as senior vice president of postproduction services at the studio.
The news was shared in a note with staff on Thursday from Jon Hookstratten, EVP of Administration & Operations. McCarthy and Jimenez’s transition period will begin immediately. “Tommy” McCarthy led SPE’s sound and editorial mixing departments and was an editor on shows such as “How the West Was Won,” “CHiPS” and “Logan’s Run” and in 1992 won an Oscar for Sound Editing for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” He’s also a BAFTA winner for “Out of Africa.” “Tommy’s contributions to SPE and the impact he’s had on the industry and those who have been fortunate enough to work with him are immeasurable.
He and his team have created a culture which reflects the absolute best in the business,” Hookstratten wrote in his note. “Kimberly is a 30-year veteran in the post sound industry.
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