Brian Saunders (sound engineer)
Brian Saunders is a sound engineer .
Life
Saunders began his career in British television in the late 1970s. Television remained his main focus, and in 1992 he was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards in the Best Sound category for his work on the television series Hot Suspicion and Inspector Morse, Oxford Homicide. He won the award for Inspector Morse, Oxford Homicide Team with Tony Dawe , Nigel Galt and Paul Conway .
Saunders has also worked on a few feature films. For one of his first films, Gorillas in the Mist , he was in 1989 together with Andy Nelson and Peter Handford for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated, but the award went this year to Clint Eastwood's biopic Bird . His other notable films include Danny Boyle's Little Murders Among Friends from 1994 and Trainspotting from 1996. Saunders retired from the film and television business that same year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: Gorillas in the Mist (Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey)
- 1988: High Spirits
- 1988: Stormy Monday
- 1989: My Left Foot (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown)
- 1990: MARK 13 - Hardware (Hardware)
- 1994: Small Murders Among Friends (Shallow Grave)
- 1996: Trainspotting - New Heroes (Trainspotting)
Awards
- 1989 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Gorillas in Fog
- 1992: BAFTA TV Award for Best Sound (Fiction) for Inspector Morse, Oxford Homicide Squad
- 1992: BAFTA TV Award nomination in the category Best Sound (Fiction) for Hot Suspicion
Web links
- Brian Saunders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BAFTA TV Awards 1992 (English)
- ↑ Oscars 1989 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saunders, Brian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | mixer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |