Sylvain Bellemare (born February 20, 1968) is a Canadian sound editor and sound designer, best known internationally as the supervising sound editor of Arrival (2016),[1][2] for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound (shared with Claude La Haye and Bernard Gariépy Strobl)[3] and the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing.[4][5] He is also known for Soft Shell Man (2001), It's Not Me, I Swear! (2008), Incendies (2010), Monsieur Lazhar (2011), Gabrielle (2013) and Endorphine (2015). He frequently works with Quebec filmmakers Philippe Falardeau or Denis Villeneuve.

Sylvain Bellemare
Born (1968-02-20) February 20, 1968 (age 56)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationsound editor
Years active1993-present

Awards and nominations

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Film Year Award Result Ref(s)
Incendies 2011 Genie Award for Best Sound Editing Won [6]
Jutra Award for Best Sound Won [7]
Inch'Allah 2013 Jutra Award for Best Sound Nominated [8]
Monsieur Lazhar Won [9]
Gabrielle 2014 Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing Nominated [10]
Amsterdam Nominated
Endorphine 2016 Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing Nominated [11]
Arrival 2017 Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Won [4]
BAFTA Award for Best Sound Won [3]
Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film Nominated [12]
Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film Nominated
Before the Streets Prix Iris for Best Sound Nominated [13]
All You Can Eat Buddha 2018 Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing Nominated [14]
Prix Iris for Best Sound Nominated [15]
And the Birds Rained Down 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound Editing Nominated [16]
Sympathy for the Devil Prix Iris for Best Sound Won [17]
Goddess of the Fireflies 2021 Nominated [18]
The Decline Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Matt Grobar (2016-11-18). "'Arrival' Sound Editor Sylvain Bellemare On First Sci-Fi Experience & Working With Denis Villeneuve To Craft An Alien Sound". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  2. ^ "Arrival — Consider". Paramount Pictures. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Arrival - Winners' acceptance speech, Sound, EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017". BAFTA. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  4. ^ a b "Sylvain Bellemare Q&A: 'Arrival' sound editor". Goldderby. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  5. ^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: Best Sound Editing". Oscar.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Incendies, Barney's Version dominate Genies". CBC News. 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Incendies sweeps Jutra Awards". CBC News. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards". CBC News. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Monsieur Lazhar takes 7 Jutra Awards". CBC News. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  10. ^ Kay, Jeremy (13 January 2014). "Canadian Academy unveils nominees". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  11. ^ Jancelewicz, Chris (19 January 2016). "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: 'Rookie Blue,' 'Vikings,' 'Big Brother Canada' nominated". Global News. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  12. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (19 February 2017). "Golden Reel Awards: 'Hacksaw Ridge' Tops Feature Competition at Sound Editors' Ceremony". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  13. ^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Film Nominees". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Finalistes Gala 2018". Prix Iris. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Voici les nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma 2021". MSN.com (in French). April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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