This was David Acord’s draft moment.
Every NFL prospect who is fortunate enough to be selected can vividly recall what it was like to receive the phone call that he will have the opportunity to play professional football.
Only Acord is not a football player. He is a sound designer and re-recording mixer in the entertainment industry.
Acord was driving across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on his way home. He was working on the sequel to The Matrix in 2001 when he received the call that would forever change his life. The Glasgow, Delaware native and University of Delaware graduate was being offered the opportunity to join Skywalker Sound, the preeminent audio production facility that was founded back in 1975 when the original Star Wars movie was being created.