Cole was always interested in sound. He loved putting on the
headphones; it was like he was in his own world, whether hearing an
amplification of what others were hearing, or hearing something no one
else could. He simply loved sound. There's a picture where Cole is
sitting on a dune in White Sands National Monument, just recording the
wind.
Gittinger packed a lot into his 38 years. As a successful gallery
owner, movie sound man and world traveler Gittinger lived his life
fully and in all ways successfully - culminating with an Oscar
nomination for group sound work on "No Country for Old Men."
Originally from Toledo, Ohio, Gittinger moved to Taos in 2000, leaving
behind an American Indian art gallery in Albuquerque. Once in Taos, he
opened the All Points Gallery, which was successful for a time.
Gittinger then began working in film. He had only been working in sound
since 2002, which he did until his death. In his brief career in sound,
he worked on films like "No Country for Old Men", "Off the Map", "In
the Valley of Elah" and "North Country." At the time of his death he
was working on "The Book of Eli", starring Denzel Washington.