Sylvain Bellemare Explained

Sylvain Bellemare
Birth Date:20 February 1968
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:sound editor
Yearsactive:1993-present

Sylvain Bellemare (born February 20, 1968) is a Canadian sound editor and sound designer, best known internationally as the supervising sound editor of Arrival (2016),[1] [2] for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound (shared with Claude La Haye and Bernard Gariépy Strobl)[3] and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.[4] [5] He is also known for Soft Shell Man (2001), It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008), Incendies (2010), Monsieur Lazhar (2011), Gabrielle (2013) and Endorphine (2015). He frequently works with Quebec filmmakers Philippe Falardeau or Denis Villeneuve.

Awards and nominations

Film YearAwardResultRef(s)
Incendies2011Genie Award for Best Sound Editing[6]
Jutra Award for Best Sound[7]
Inch'Allah2013Jutra Award for Best Sound[8]
Monsieur Lazhar[9]
Gabrielle2014Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing[10]
Amsterdam
Endorphine2016Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing[11]
Arrival2017Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film[12]
Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film
Before the StreetsPrix Iris for Best Sound[13]
All You Can Eat Buddha2018Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing[14]
Prix Iris for Best Sound[15]
And the Birds Rained Down2020Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing[16]
Sympathy for the DevilPrix Iris for Best Sound[17]
Goddess of the Fireflies2021[18]
The Decline

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Arrival' Sound Editor Sylvain Bellemare On First Sci-Fi Experience & Working With Denis Villeneuve To Craft An Alien Sound . Deadline . Matt Grobar . 2016-11-18 . 2017-02-17 .
  2. Web site: Arrival — Consider . Paramount Pictures . 2017-02-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217040614/http://www.paramountguilds.com/arrival/consider/ . 2017-02-17 .
  3. Web site: Arrival - Winners' acceptance speech, Sound, EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 . BAFTA . 2017-02-12 . 2017-02-17.
  4. Web site: Sylvain Bellemare Q&A: 'Arrival' sound editor . Goldderby . 11 February 2017 . 2017-02-17.
  5. Web site: Oscar Nominations 2017: Best Sound Editing. Oscar.com. January 28, 2017.
  6. Web site: Incendies, Barney's Version dominate Genies . 10 March 2011 . 6 August 2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815093108/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/incendies-barney-s-version-dominate-genies-1.1078773 . 15 August 2016 . dead .
  7. Web site: Incendies sweeps Jutra Awards . 14 March 2011 . 6 August 2016 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319072358/http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/incendies-sweeps-jutra-awards-1.1076841 . 19 March 2017 . live .
  8. Web site: Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards . 17 March 2013 . 12 May 2017 . .
  9. Web site: Monsieur Lazhar takes 7 Jutra Awards . . 12 March 2012 . 17 March 2012.
  10. Web site: Canadian Academy unveils nominees . Kay . Jeremy . 13 January 2014 . 12 July 2020 . .
  11. Web site: 2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: 'Rookie Blue,' 'Vikings,' 'Big Brother Canada' nominated . Jancelewicz . Chris . 19 January 2016 . 12 July 2020 . .
  12. Web site: Golden Reel Awards: 'Hacksaw Ridge' Tops Feature Competition at Sound Editors' Ceremony . . Carolyn . Giardina . 19 February 2017 . 11 July 2020 .
  13. Web site: Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête . Boutros . Magdaline . 5 April 2017 . 1 May 2017 . La Presse.
  14. Web site: Film Nominees . . 20 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Finalistes Gala 2018 . 10 April 2018 . 10 April 2018 . Prix Iris.
  16. Web site: Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations . . 18 February 2020 . fr . 24 February 2020 .
  17. Web site: Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix . . 10 June 2020 . 11 June 2020 . fr .
  18. Web site: Voici les nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021 . April 2021 . 1 May 2021 . . French.

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