The clocks in the lobby of AMS Neve show the time in London, Los Angeles and Burnley. It is based in the former textile town in northwest England — but its customers are in Tinseltown and beyond.
Founder Mark Crabtree and his staff will be watching the imminent Oscars ceremony in Hollywood with interest. Of 28 films nominated for the February 22 awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 19 had music or sound recorded or mixed through AMS Neve equipment. They include Golden Globe winners The Grand Budapest Hotel, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Theory of Everything.
The softly spoken engineer, who retains his Lancashire burr, trod the red carpet himself when he picked up “technical Oscars” for engineering from the Academy in 2000 and 2004.