Get The Sound Stories Behind The 2018 BAFTA Award Nominees For Best Sound

Posted January 10, 2018 by Asbjoern Andersen in Film sound

The 2018 BAFTA nominees have just been announced – and if you want to know the stories behind the nominees for Best Sound, here they are:

BABY DRIVER:

Nominees: Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater.
Read the interview on the sound for Baby Driver here.

BLADE RUNNER 2049:

Nominees: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth.
Watch the Soundworks feature on the sound for Blade Runner 2049 here.

DUNKIRK:

Nominees: Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten.
Read the interview with Richard King on the sound for Dunkirk here.

THE SHAPE OF WATER:

Nominees: Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Zoern.
Read the interview with Nathan Robitaille on the sound for The Shape of Water here.

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI:

Nominees: Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood.
Read the interview with Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce here.

Full list of BAFTA nominees here.

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