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Kath Pollard CV FILM&TV KATH POLLARD AMPS Re-recording Mixer and Sound Editor MIX CREDITS Crossing Lines, TV drama series, Seasons 1,2&3 Prod: Tandem Da Vinci’s Demons, TV drama series, Season 3, Eps7&8, Prod: Starz/Fox Social Suicide, Feature, Dir: Bruce Webb, Prod: Quarry Island Films Spotless, TV drama series, Prod: Tandem/Canal+ Spirit Child, Documentary, Al Jazeera The Secret Lives of Dorks, Feature, Dir: Salomé Breziner Feed Me with Your Words, Feature, Dir: Martin Turk Payback Season, Feature, Dir: Danny Donnelly Vinyl, Feature, Dir: Sara Sugarman Night Boats, Feature, Dir: Igor Mirković Papa Hedi, Documentary, Dir: Claire Belhassine Women and Children, Feature, Dir: Daniel Mitlepunkt Arrietty (UK version), Feature, Studio Ghibli/Optimum A Turtles Tale: Sammy's Adventures (UK version), NWave/Optimum Without Gorky, Documentary Feature, Dir: Cosima Spender Blue Moon Rising, Documentary Feature, Dir: Stewart Sugg, Prod: Endemol Dobson, Arts Documentary, BBC Four, Dir: Waldemar Januszak, Prod: ZCZ Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey, Documentary, BBC Four Baroque, Documentary Arts Series, BBC Four, Dir: Waldemar Januszak, Prod: ZCZ (RTS Award: Best Arts Programme) The Be All and End All, Feature, Dir: Bruce Webb The Forest, Feature, Dir: Ashvin Kumar My Breasts Could Kill Me, Documentary, Sky One, Prod: Eleven Film Fathers of Girls, Feature, Dir: E. Cetintas & K. Howman The Mighty Boosh-Future Sailors Tour, DVD, Dir: Paul King, Prod: WARP Films (NME Award: Best DVD) The Murder of Billie-Jo, Documentary, Channel 4, Prod: Eleven Film How to Be, Feature, Dir: Oliver Irving Black Power Salute, Documentary, BBC Four, Prod: Tigerlilly In Your Dreams, Feature, Dir: Gary Signor Flight of Fury, Feature, Dir: Michael Keusch Anastezsi, Feature, Dir: Miguel Alcantud Blue Blood (final mix), Documentary Feature, Dir: Stevan Riley True True Lie, Feature, Dir: Eric Styles The Trail aka La Piste, (fx mixer), Feature, Dir: Eric Valli The Feast of the Goat aka La Fiesta del Chivo (fx mixer), Feature, Dir: Luis Llosa Really, Feature, Dir: Daniel Mittlepunkt Unknown White Male, Documentary Feature, Dir: Rupert Murray Semen, una Historia de Amor, (fx mixer), Feature, Dir: D. Fejerman, I. Paris Boo, Zeno, and the Snurks, Feature Animation, Prod: Ambient Entertainment Little Terrorist, Short, Dir: Ashvin Kumar (Oscar Nomination: Best Live Action Short) FOREIGN VERSION MIX CREDITS The Martian (Ukranian version), Fox Avengers: Age of Ultron (Tamil version), Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy (Thai version), Marvel Hercules (Turkish version), Paramount Planes 2 (Czech & Portuguese versions), Disney How to Tame Your Dragon 2 (Turkish version), Dreamworks/Fox A Million Ways to Die in the West (Hungarian version), Universal Noah (Czech Version), Paramount Saving Mr. Banks (Ukranian version), Disney Frozen (Malay Bahasa, Slovenian and Catalan versions), Disney The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (Hungarian version), Fox Turbo (Lithuanian version), Dreamworks/Fox The Wolverine (Hungarian version), Fox Man of Steel (Spanish version), Warner Brothers R.I.P.D. (Czech and Hungarian versions), Universal Pictures The Heat (French-Canadian and Ukranian versions), Fox Madagascar 3 (Estonian version), Dreamworks/Paramount Puss in Boots (Slovenian, Danish & Lithuanian versions), Dreamworks/Paramount SOUND EDITORIAL AND RECORDING CREDITS Patagonia (dialogue, ADR & music editor), Feature, Dir: Marc Evans (BAFTA Cwmru Winner: Best Sound) Tracker (ADR mixer), Feature, Dir: Ian Sharp The Lost Thing (VO record), Animated Short Film (Oscar Winner: Best Short Animation) Him & Her (Series 1) (ADR editor), BBC 3 comedy series, Dir: Richard Laxton Luther (Series 1) (ADR mixer), BBC Drama Series, Dir: Brian Kirk Enid (dialogue & ADR editor), BBC drama, Dir: James Hawes The Mountain Within (dialogue editor), Documentary Feature, Dir: Kyle Portbury Walter's War (sound editor), BBC drama, Dir: Alrick Riley Waterloo Road (ADR mixer), BBC drama series The Street (ADR mixer), BBC drama series The Importance of Being Earnest (ADR recordist), Feature, Dir: Mike Barker Ali G Indahouse (ADR recordist), Feature, Dir: Mark Mylod Captain Corelli's Mandolin (ADR recordist), Feature, Dir: John Madden EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2011-current Re-recording Mixer & Sound Editor, Freelance 2001 - 2011 Re-recording Mixer & Sound Editor, Future Post Production, London 2000 - 2001 Assistant Sound Engineer, De Lane Lea Studios, London 1998 - 2000 Music Editor & Assistant Sound Engineer, Floating Earth, London EDUCATION 1996 – 2000 BMus Music & Sound Recording (Tonmeister), 1st Class Honours The APRS Jacques Levy Memorial Award for the best final year project University of Surrey, Guildford .
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