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Johnnie Burn
| Johnnie Burn |
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| Burn in 2023 |
| 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Sound engineer |
Johnnie Burn (born May 1970) is a British film sound designer. In addition to founding Wave Studios, he is known for his collaborations with directors Jonathan Glazer, Jordan Peele, and Yorgos Lanthimos. For his work on the 2023 film The Zone of Interest, Burn won the 2024 Academy Award for Best Sound alongside Tarn Willers.
Burn initially intended to pursue a business career, but dropped out of university to pursue a career in sound design. In 1998, while working at the Tape Gallery in London, he was introduced to frequent collaborator Jonathan Glazer. Burn co-founded Wave Studios in 1999 with Warren Hamilton. In addition to producing sound design for commercials, films, and television, Wave Studios created the sonic branding for the Skype video messaging application.
Burn resides in Brighton.
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Weekender | Short film | |
| Birth | —.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a | |
| Payback Season | —N/a | |
| The Devil's Dosh | Short film | |
| Warrioress | —N/a | |
| Under the Skin | —N/a | |
| A Plea for Grimsby | Short film | |
| The Lobster | —N/a | |
| Anchor | Short film | |
| Ghost in the Shell | —N/a | |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | —N/a | |
| The Mercy | —N/a | |
| The Favourite | —N/a | |
| Olla | Short film | |
| Nimic | Short film | |
| Waves | —N/a | |
| Ammonite | —N/a | |
| First Light | Short film to promote the Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2021 collection | |
| Nope | —N/a | |
| Poor Things | —N/a | |
| The Zone of Interest | —N/a | |
| 28 Years Later | —N/a | |
| Hurry Up Tomorrow | —N/a |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Fat Slags | Miniseries | |
| Strasbourg 1518 | Television short |
| Year | Title | Brand |
|---|---|---|
| "Surfer" | Guinness | |
| "Dreamer" | Guinness |
| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| "Say You'll Be There" | Spice Girls | |
| "Rabbit in Your Headlights" | Unkle featuring Thom Yorke | |
| "Thursday's Child" | David Bowie | |
| "A Song for the Lovers" | Richard Ashcroft | |
| "Music" | Madonna |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Independent Film Awards | Best Technical Achievement | Under the Skin | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | Best Sound Design | Under the Skin | Nominated | |
| International Online Cinema Awards | Best Sound Mixing | Runner-up | ||
| Best Sound Editing | Runner-up | |||
| Ghent International Film Festival | Best Original Music and Sound Design | The Lobster | Won | |
| British Independent Film Awards | Best Sound | The Favourite | Nominated | |
| Golden Reel Awards | Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | The Favourite | Nominated | |
| Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film | Nominated | |||
| Golden Reel Awards | Feature Underscore | Waves | Nominated | |
| Golden Reel Awards | Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film | Nope | Nominated | |
| International Cinephile Society | Best Sound Design | Nominated | ||
| Music + Sound Awards, International | Best Sound Design in a Feature Film | Won | ||
| International Online Cinema Awards | Best Sound | Won | ||
| North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Sound Design | Won | ||
| Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award for Sound | Nominated | ||
| Music City Film Critics Association | Best Sound | Nominated | ||
| Portland Critics Association | Best Sound Design | Nominated | ||
| Minnesota Film Critics Alliance | Best Sound Work | Runner-up | ||
| Hollywood Creative Alliance | Best Sound | Nominated | ||
| Cannes Film Festival | CST Award for Best Artist-Technician | The Zone of Interest | Won | |
| European Film Awards | European Sound | Won | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | Best Music Score | Won | ||
| London Film Critics' Circle | Technical Achievement of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Academy Awards | Best Sound | Won | ||
| British Academy of Film and Television Arts | Best Sound | Won | ||
| International Cinephile Society | Best Sound Design | Pending | ||
| Music City Film Critics Association | Best Sound | Nominated | ||
| Gold Derby Awards | Gold Derby Film Award for Sound | Nominated | ||
| North Dakota Film Society | Best Sound | Nominated | ||
| Association of Motion Picture Sound | Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film | Won | ||
| Golden Reel Awards | Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film | Nominated | ||
| Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film | Poor Things | Nominated |
- Johnnie Burn at IMDb
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