Dominic Lester

Dominic Lester is a sound engineer .

Life

Lester began his career in the late 1980s and made his feature film debut with Mike Newell's drama Silent Voices . As a result, he worked on numerous film adaptations , including Stormy Passion , What Was Left of the Day and Storm in the Willows . He was involved in several films based on the works of William Shakespeare , such as Henry V , Othello and Hamlet .

1999 he was for Shakespeare in Love , together with Robin O'Donoghue and Peter Glossop for the Oscar in the category Best Sound nominated. In the same year the three, together with John Downer , were nominated for Shakespeare in Love for the BAFTA Film Award in the category Best Sound . Both prizes that year went to Steven Spielberg's war film Saving Private Ryan .

2000 Lester retired from the film business.

Filmography (selection)

• 1987: Hamburger Hill
• 1989: Henry V. (Henry V)
• 1990: Nuns on the Run (Nuns on the Run)
• 1992: Stormy Passion (Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights)
• 1992: The Crying Game
• 1992: Howards End (Howards End)
• 1993: Much Ado About Nothing (Much Ado About Nothing)
• 1993: What is left of the day remained (The Remains of the Day)
• 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• 1995: Othello
• 1996: Hamlet
• 1996: Wind in the Willows (The Wind in the Willows)
• 1996: What you want (Twelfth Night)
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: Notting Hill
• 2000: In Stormy Times (The Man Who Cried)

Awards (selection)

• 1999 : Oscar nomination for Best Sound for Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: BAFTA Film Award for Best Sound for Shakespeare in Love

Web links

• Dominic Lester in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oscars 1999 (English)
2. ↑ BAFTA Awards 1999 (English)