Sylvain Bellemare

Canadian sound editor and sound designer

Sylvain Bellemare
Born	(1968-02-20) February 20, 1968 (age 56) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	sound editor
Years active	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	Year	Award	Result	Ref(s)
Incendies	2011	Genie Award for Best Sound Editing	Won	^[6]
Incendies	2011	Jutra Award for Best Sound	Won	^[7]
Inch'Allah	2013	Jutra Award for Best Sound	Nominated	^[8]
Monsieur Lazhar	2013	Jutra Award for Best Sound	Won	^[9]
Gabrielle	2014	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing	Nominated	^[10]
Amsterdam	2014	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing	Nominated	^[10]
Endorphine	2016	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing	Nominated	^[11]
Arrival	2017	Academy Award for Best Sound Editing	Won	^[4]
		BAFTA Award for Best Sound	Won	^[3]
		Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film	Nominated	^[12]
		Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film	Nominated	^[12]
Before the Streets		Prix Iris for Best Sound	Nominated	^[13]
All You Can Eat Buddha	2018	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing	Nominated	^[14]
All You Can Eat Buddha	2018	Prix Iris for Best Sound	Nominated	^[15]
And the Birds Rained Down	2020	Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing	Nominated	^[16]
Sympathy for the Devil	2020	Prix Iris for Best Sound	Won	^[17]
Goddess of the Fireflies	2021		Nominated	^[18]
The Decline	2021		Nominated	^[18]

References

^ Matt Grobar (2016-11-18). "'Arrival' Sound Editor Sylvain Bellemare On First Sci-Fi Experience & Working With Denis Villeneuve To Craft An Alien Sound". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
^ "Arrival — Consider". Paramount Pictures. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
^ ^a ^b "Arrival - Winners' acceptance speech, Sound, EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017". BAFTA. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
^ ^a ^b "Sylvain Bellemare Q&A: 'Arrival' sound editor". Goldderby. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: Best Sound Editing". Oscar.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
^ "Incendies, Barney's Version dominate Genies". CBC News. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Incendies sweeps Jutra Awards". CBC News. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
^ "Monsieur Lazhar takes 7 Jutra Awards". CBC News. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ Kay, Jeremy (13 January 2014). "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Jancelewicz, Chris (19 January 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: 'Rookie Blue,' 'Vikings,' 'Big Brother Canada' nominated". Global News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Giardina, Carolyn (19 February 2017). "Golden Reel Awards: 'Hacksaw Ridge' Tops Feature Competition at Sound Editors' Ceremony". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
^ "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ "Finalistes Gala 2018". Prix Iris. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^ "Voici les nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". MSN.com (in French). April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

External links

Sylvain Bellemare at IMDb

Awards for Sylvain Bellemare
v t e Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Sound Effects 1963–1967	Walter Elliott - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Norman Wanstall - Goldfinger (1964) Treg Brown - The Great Race (1965) Gordon Daniel - Grand Prix (1966) John Poyner - The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Sound Effects Editing 1982–1999	Charles L. Campbell and Ben Burtt - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Jay Boekelheide - The Right Stuff (1983) Kay Rose - The River (1984) Charles L. Campbell and Robert Rutledge - Back to the Future (1985) Don Sharpe - Aliens (1986) Stephen Hunter Flick and John Pospisil - RoboCop (1987) Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Ben Burtt and Richard Hymns - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Cecelia Hall and George Watters II - The Hunt for Red October (1990) Gary Rydstrom and Gloria Borders - Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Tom McCarthy and David E. Stone - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Jurassic Park (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick - Speed (1994) Lon Bender and Per Hallberg - Braveheart (1995) Bruce Stambler - The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes - Titanic (1997) Gary Rydstrom and Richard Hymns - Saving Private Ryan (1998) Dane Davis - The Matrix (1999)
Sound Editing 2000–2019	Jon Johnson - U-571 (2000) George Watters II and Christopher Boyes - Pearl Harbor (2001) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Richard King - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Michael Silvers and Randy Thom - The Incredibles (2004) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - King Kong (2005) Bub Asman and Alan Robert Murray - Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Richard King - The Dark Knight (2008) Paul N. J. Ottosson - The Hurt Locker (2009) Richard King - Inception (2010) Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton - Hugo (2011) Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers - Skyfall / Paul N. J. Ottosson - Zero Dark Thirty (2012) Glenn Freemantle - Gravity (2013) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman - American Sniper (2014) Mark Mangini and David White - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Sylvain Bellemare - Arrival (2016) Richard King and Alex Gibson - Dunkirk (2017) John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Donald Sylvester - Ford v Ferrari (2019)

v t e BAFTA Award for Best Sound
1968–1980	Winston Ryder (1968) Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969) Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970) Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971) David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972) Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973) Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974) William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975) Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976) Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977) Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978) Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979) Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
1981–2000	Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981) James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982) Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983) Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984) John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985) Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986) Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987) Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988) Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989) J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990) Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991) Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992) John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993) Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994) Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995) Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996) Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997) Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998) David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999) Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
2001–present	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002) Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003) Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004) Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005) Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006) Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007) Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008) Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009) Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010) Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011) Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012) Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013) Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014) Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015) Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016) Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017) John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018) Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019) Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020) Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021) Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022) Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)