Dominick Tavella Explained

Dominick Tavella
Occupation:Sound engineer
Yearsactive:1981  - present

Dominick Tavella is an American sound engineer. He has been sound mixing since 1976[1] and specializes in balancing and recording the final soundtrack in its many formats for film, TV, and documentaries. [2] D.A. Pennebaker was one of his college instructors who eventually became his mentor and later connected him to his first sound job. His first Union was as a transfer engineer, later a re-recording engineer, at DuArt Film Laboratory in New York City. There he mixed documentaries and low budget feature films.[3] In 1988, Tavella joined Sound One where he built his reputation among clients such as Paul Schrader, Jim Jarmusch, Darren Aronofsky, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns. His documentaries, Jazz and New York were both nominated for Emmys for best sound. In 2003, he won an Oscar for Best Sound Mixing and a BAFTA for best sound for the film Chicago.[4] He has worked on more than 180 films since 1981.

Filmography

!Film !Year
Pi1998
Chicago2002
Uptown Girls2003
Vanity Fair2004
Infamous2006
The Fountain2006
Penelope2006
Definitely, Maybe 2008
Mamma Mia!2008
The Wrestler 2008
Winter's Bone2010
Black Swan2010
The Wolf of Wall Street2013
Noah2014
Rock the Kasbah2015
The Queen of Katwe2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dominick Tavella – Soundtrack Group. soundtrackgroup.com. April 27, 2020.
  2. Web site: What Our Members Do: Dominick Tavella, CAS. February 1, 2018. CineMontage. en-US. April 27, 2020.
  3. Web site: Intercom - Academy Award-Winning Sound Mixer, Dominick Tavella, to Speak on March 23. www.ithaca.edu. April 28, 2020.
  4. Web site: The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners . November 20, 2011. oscars.org.