Next Wednesday, production sound mixer Willie Burton (OPPENHEIMER, LOVE & BASKETBALL, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) joins us on a new episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. We’ve worked with Willie on a number of films, and it was a joy catching up with him. We learn how Willie’s love for all things audio began as a teenager in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and drove him to hitching a ride out to California with a visiting minister to pursue a higher education and deepen his knowledge in the field. After a string of odd-jobs and an engineering career in the sonar division of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Willie weathered years of rejection before gaining admittance into the sound union, becoming the first African-American member in the local’s history, and finally began his long career in film and television. Throughout the episode, Willie reflects on the conviction and shrewdness that enabled him to advance within his profession, and we discuss the advantages of listening to the “little voice inside...