Jason Canovas

Jason Canovas (born November 21, 1969 in London ) is a sound engineer who was nominated at the 2015 Academy Awards together with Brent Burge for the Oscar in the category of best sound editing for his work on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies . He is also the recipient of two Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors Society. Canovas has been active since the early 1990s and has since been involved in around 40 film productions.

Filmography (selection)

• 1993: When Pigs Fly ( When Pigs Fly )
• 1994: Headlines ( The Paper )
• 1994: Don't Drink the Water (TV movie)
• 1994: Lifesavers - The Lifesavers ( Mixed Nuts )
• 1995: Unzipped (documentary)
• 1996: Bounty - One Will Pay ( Ransomware )
• 1996: The Funeral ( The Funeral )
• 1996: Vibrations (Video / DVD)
• 1996: The Woman in the Moon
• 1997: Trouble on the Corner
• 1997: Chinese Box
• 1997: Little Red Riding Hood (short film)
• 1999: Alice in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland , TV movie)
• 1998: restaurant
• 1998: Finding North
• 1999: Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai ( Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai )
• 2000: Dance Samba With Me ( Mad About Mambo )
• 2000: Don Quixote (TV movie)
• 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship ( The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring )
• 2001: Gabriel & Me
• 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers )
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King )
• 2004: Chuckys Baby ( Seed of Chucky )
• 2005: King Kong
• 2006: Opal Dream
• 2007: My Friend, the Water Dragon ( The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep )
• 2007: Bridge to Terabithia ( Bridge to Terabithia )
• 2008: Second Hand Wedding
• 2008: Happy-Go-Lucky
• 2009: In my Heaven ( The Lovely Bones )
• 2009: District 9
• 2010: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ( The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader )
• 2010: Another Year
• 2010: Boy
• 2011: Die Eiserne Lady ( The Iron Lady )
• 2011: The Adventures of Tintin ( The Adventures of Tintin )
• 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey )
• 2013: World War Z
• 2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug ( The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug )
• 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies ( The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies )

Awards (selection)

• 2010: Golden Reel Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors Society for District 9 (together with Brent Burge , Chris Ward and the entire sound department of the film)
• 2012: Golden Reel Award of the Motion Picture Sound Editors Society for The Adventures of Tintin - The Secret of the Unicorns (together with Brent Burge , Chris Ward and the entire sound department of the film)
• 2015 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Sound Editing for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (together with Brent Burge )

Web links

• Jason Canovas in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1451795945652  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/news-articles/motion-picture-sound-editors-announce-results-2010-golden-reel-awards/396388
3. ↑ http://www.awn.com/news/mpse-golden-reel-award-winners-announced
4. ↑ http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1451795945652  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.