César Award for Best Sound
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This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound (French
: César du meilleur son).
French language
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: César du meilleur son).
Winners and nominees
- 1976 : Nara Kollery (Black Moon)
- 1977 : Jean-Pierre Ruh (Mado)
- 1978 : Jacques Maumont (Providence)
- 1979 : William-Robert Sivel (L'état sauvage)
- 1980 : Pierre Gamet (Clair de femme)
- 1981 : Michel LaurentMichel LaurentMichel Laurent is a French former professional road racing cyclist.- Palmarès :19751976Michel Laurent is a French former professional road racing cyclist....
(Le Dernier Métro) - 1982 : Jean-Pierre Ruh (DivaDiva (film)Diva is a 1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix, adapted from a novel of the same name by Daniel Odier . It is one of the first French films to let go of the realist, harsh mood of 1970s French cinema and return to a colourful, melodic style, called cinema du look...
) - 1983 : William Robert Sivel and Claude Villand (La Passante du sans-souciLa Passante du Sans-SouciThe Passerby is a 1982 French film directed by Jacques Rouffio, based on the 1936 novel on the same name by Joseph Kessel, and starring Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli...
) - 1984 : Gérard Lamps and Jean Labussière (Tchao Pantin)
- 1985 : Guy Level and Dominique Hennequin (Carmen)
- 1986 : Luc Perini, Harald Maury, Harrick Maury and Gérard Lamps (Subway (film)Subway (film)Subway is a 1985 French film directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert and is part of the Cinema du look movement.-Plot:...
) - 1987 : William Flageollet, Michel Desrois, Claude Villand and Bernard Leroux (Autour de minuit)
- 1988 : Jean-Claude Laureux, Claude Villand and Bernard Leroux (Au revoir, les enfantsAu revoir, les enfantsAu revoir les enfants is a 1987 film written, produced and directed by Louis Malle. The screenplay was published by Gallimard in the same year...
) - 1989 : François Groult, Gérard Lamps and Pierre Befve (Le Grand Bleu)
- 1990 : Pierre Lenoir and Dominique Hennequin (Monsieur HireMonsieur HireMonsieur Hire is a 1989 French film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of his affection. The film received numerous accolades as well as a glowing review from popular American movie commentator Roger Ebert. The film is based...
) - 1991 : Pierre Gamet and Dominique Hennequin (Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac (1990 film)Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
) - 1992 : Gérard Lamps, Pierre Gamet and Anne Le Campion (Tous les matins du mondeTous les matins du monde (film)Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French film based on the book of the same name....
) - 1993 : Dominique Hennequin and Guillaume Sciama (IndochineIndochine (film)Indochine is a 1992 French film set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s. It is the story of Éliane Devries, a French plantation owner, and of her adopted Vietnamese daughter, Camille, with the rising Vietnamese nationalist movement set as a backdrop...
) - 1994 : William Flageollet and Jean-Claude Laureux (Trois Couleurs : Bleu)
- 1995 : Jean-Paul Mugel and Dominique Hennequin (FarinelliFarinelli (film)Farinelli is a 1994 biographical film about the life and career of the Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time...
) - 1996 : Jean Goudier, Pierre Gamet and Dominique Hennequin (Le Hussard sur le toit)
- 1997 : Philippe Barbeau (Microcosmos)
- 1998 : Pierre Lenoir and Jean-Pierre Laforce (On connaît la chansonOn connaît la chansonOn connaît la chanson is a 1997 French film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. Jaoui and Bacri also starred in the film with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier and Pierre Arditi.- Plot :Odile , a business executive, is married to weak,...
) - 1999 : Vincent TulliVincent TulliVincent Tulli was born in Paris, 5 February 1966. He is a sound mixer and a sound designer. He is also an actor.-Films:* 2009 : Chanel & Stravinsky by Jan Kounen...
and Vincent ArnardiVincent ArnardiVincent Arnardi is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 200 films since 1978.-External links:...
(TaxiTaxi (1998 film)Taxi is a 1998 French action-comedy film starring Samy Naceri, written by Luc Besson, and directed by Gérard Pirès.- Plot :The film takes place in Marseille, France, and involves an aspiring racecar driver named Daniel , who initially works as a pizza delivery boy, but changes jobs to become a taxi...
) - 2000 : Vincent TulliVincent TulliVincent Tulli was born in Paris, 5 February 1966. He is a sound mixer and a sound designer. He is also an actor.-Films:* 2009 : Chanel & Stravinsky by Jan Kounen...
and François Groult (Jeanne d'ArcThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc is a French/American historical drama film directed by Luc Besson. The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by Éric Serra....
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2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Sound editor(s) |
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| 2000 | Harry, He's Here to Help | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | Gérard Hardy, Gérard Lamps and François Maurel |
| The Crimson Rivers The Crimson Rivers The Crimson Rivers is a 2000 French psychological thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and based on the best-selling novel Les rivières pourpres by the film's co-writer Jean-Christophe Grangé.... |
Les rivières pourpres | Cyril Holtz and Vincent Tulli Vincent Tulli Vincent Tulli was born in Paris, 5 February 1966. He is a sound mixer and a sound designer. He is also an actor.-Films:* 2009 : Chanel & Stravinsky by Jan Kounen... |
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| The King Is Dancing Le Roi Danse The King is dancing is a 2000 film by Belgian filmmaker Gérard Corbiau based on Philippe Beaussant's biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully ou le musicien du soleil . Set in 17th century France, it depicts the life of Jean-Baptiste Lully and his relationship with King Louis XIV of France... |
Le roi danse | Dominique Dalmasso and Henri Morelle | |
| 2001 | Read My Lips | Sur mes lèvres | Cyril Holtz and Pascal Villard |
| Amélie Amélie Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre... |
Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 200 films since 1978.-External links:... , Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky Jean Umansky Jean Umansky is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 50 films since 1980.-External links:... |
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| Brotherhood of the Wolf | Le pacte des loups | Cyril Holtz and Jean-Paul Mugel | |
| 2002 | The Pianist The Pianist (2002 film) The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman... |
Jean-Marie Blondel, Gérard Hardy and Dean Humphreys | |
| 8 Women | 8 femmes | Pierre Gamet, Benoît Hillebrant and Jean-Pierre Laforce | |
| Amen. | Dominique Gaborieau and Pierre Gamet | ||
| 2003 | Not on the Lips Not on the Lips Not on the Lips is a 2003 French musical film directed by Alain Resnais. It is an adaptation of the operetta Pas sur la bouche, written by André Barde and Maurice Yvain, which was first produced in Paris in 1925.-Plot:... |
Pas sur la bouche | Jean-Marie Blondel, Gérard Hardy and Gérard Lamps |
| Bon voyage Bon Voyage (2003 film) Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard... |
Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier and Dominique Hennequin | ||
| Strayed | Les égarés | Olivier Goinard, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Jean-Paul Mugel | |
| 2004 | The Chorus The Chorus (2004 film) The Chorus is a 2004 French drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of Nightingales , which in turn was adapted by Noël-Noël and René Wheeler from a story by Wheeler and Georges Chaperot.Widely... |
Les choristes | Nicolas Cantin, Nicolas Naegelen and Daniel Sobrino |
| Department 36 36 Quai des Orfèvres (film) 36 Quai des Orfèvres is a 2004 French film directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu. The film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of Chief of Police while involved in a search for a gang of violent thieves... |
36 Quai des Orfèvres | Pierre Mertens, François Maurel, Sylvain Lasseur, Joël Rangon | |
| A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement A Very Long Engagement is a 2004 French romantic war film, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. It is a fictional tale about a young woman's desperate search for her fiancé who might have been killed on the battle of the Somme, during World War I... |
Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 200 films since 1978.-External links:... , Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky Jean Umansky Jean Umansky is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 50 films since 1980.-External links:... |
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| 2005 | March of the Penguins March of the Penguins March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica... |
La marche de l'empereur | Laurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps |
| The Beat That My Heart Skipped The Beat That My Heart Skipped The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival... |
De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté | Philippe Amouroux, Cyril Holtz, Brigitte Taillandier and Pascal Villard | |
| Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
Olivier Dô Hùu, Benoît Hillebrant and Guillaume Sciama | ||
| 2006 | When I Was a Singer (a.k.a. The Singer) | Quand j'étais chanteur | Gabriel Hafner and François Musy |
| Days of Glory Indigènes Days of Glory is a 2006 French film directed by French-Algerian Rachid Bouchareb. The cast includes Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Mélanie Laurent and Bernard Blancan.... |
Indigènes | Olivier Hespel, Olivier Walczak, Franck Rubio and Thomas Gauder | |
| Lady Chatterley Lady Chatterley (film) Lady Chatterley is a French film by Pascale Ferran. An adaptation of the novel John Thomas and Lady Jane by D. H. Lawrence, it was released in the UK on 24 August, 2007.... |
Jean-Jacques Ferran, Nicolas Moreau Nicolas Moreau Nicolas Moreau is a French-language television chef, who hosts Les recettes de Nicolas.-External links:* , official site... and Jean-Pierre Laforce |
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| Private Fears in Public Places Private Fears in Public Places (film) Private Fears in Public Places is the English-language title of Cœurs , a 2006 French film directed by Alain Resnais. It was adapted from Alan Ayckbourn's play Private Fears in Public Places... |
Cœurs | Jean-Marie Blondel, Thomas Desjonquères and Gérard Lamps | |
| Tell No One Tell No One Tell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet... |
Ne le dis à personne | Pierre Gamand, Jean Goudier and Gérard Lamps | |
| 2007 | La Vie en Rose La Vie en rose (film) La Vie En Rose is a 2007 French biographical film about the life of French chanteuse Édith Piaf co-written, and directed by Olivier Dahan. Marion Cotillard stars as Piaf. The title La Vie en Rose comes from Piaf's signature song... |
La Môme | Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne |
| Love Songs Love Songs (film) Love Songs is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Les Chansons d'amour | Guillaume Le Braz, Valérie Deloof, Agnès Ravez and Thierry Delor | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The... |
Le Scaphandre et le papillon | Jean-Paul Mugel, Francis Wargniez and Dominique Gaborieau | |
| Persepolis Persepolis (film) Persepolis is a 2007 French animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story... |
Thierry Lebon, Eric Chevallier and Samy Bardet | ||
| Intimate Enemies L'Ennemi Intime L'Ennemi intime is a 2007 French war film, directed by Florent Emilio Siri, starring Benoît Magimel, Albert Dupontel and Mohamed Fellag. It was filmed in France and Morocco.-Plot:The film is set in 1959 during the Algerian War... |
L'Ennemi Intime | Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay and Eric Tisserand | |
| 2008 | Public Enemy Number One: Part 1 and 2 Public Enemy Number One Mesrine is a two-part 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet... |
L'Instinct de mort and L'Ennemi public n°1 | Jean Minondo, Gérard Hardy, Alexandre Widmer, Loïc Prian, François Groult and Hervé Buirette |
| A Christmas Tale A Christmas Tale A Christmas Tale is a 2008 French comedy-drama film by Arnaud Desplechin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Melvil Poupaud, Emmanuelle Devos and Chiara Mastroianni. It tells the story of a family with strained relationships which gathers at the... |
Un conte de Noël | Jean-Pierre Laforce, Nicolas Cantin and Sylvain Malbrant | |
| The Class The Class (2008 film) The Class is a 2008 French drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. Its original French title is Entre les murs, which translates literally to "Between the walls". It is based on the 2006 novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau... |
Entre les murs | Olivier Mauvezin, Agnès Ravez and Jean-Pierre Laforce | |
| Paris 36 Paris 36 Paris 36 is a 2008 French film directed by Christophe Barratier. This film is set in 1930s Paris.The song "Loin de Paname" , sung by Nora Arnezeder, was nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Original Song.-Plot summary:When a neighborhood music hall closes down, a trio of unemployed... |
Faubourg 36 | Daniel Sobrino, Roman Dymny and Vincent Goujon | |
| Séraphine Séraphine (film) Séraphine is a 2008 French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film.-Plot:... |
Philippe Vandendriessche, Emmanuel Croset and Ingrid Ralet | ||
| 2009 | Le Concert Le Concert Le Concert is a 2009 French comedy film by Radu Mihăileanu starring Aleksei Guskov, Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It has won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010.- Plot :... |
Pierre Excoffier, Bruno Tarriere and Selim Azzazi | |
| Welcome Welcome (2009 film) Welcome is a 2009 French film directed by Philippe Lioret. It stars Vincent Lindon and features Firat Ayverdi and Derya Ayverdi in their inaugural roles. The film was released on 11 March 2009 in France... |
Pierre Mertens Pierre Mertens Pierre Mertens is a Belgian French-speaking writer and lawyer who specializes in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and literary critic with the newspaper Le Soir.Influenced by Franz Kafka, Mertens started to publish... , Laurent Quaglio and Éric Tisserand |
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| In the Beginning In the Beginning (2009 film) In the Beginning is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.- Cast :* François Cluzet* Gérard Depardieu* Emmanuelle Devos* Brice Fournier - Louis* Roch Leibovici... |
À l'origine | Francois Musy and Gabriel Hafner | |
| A Prophet A Prophet A Prophet is a 2009 French prison film directed by Jacques Audiard. Audiard claims that the film aims at "creating icons, images for people who don't have images in movies, like the Arabs in France," though he also had stated that the film "has nothing to do with his vision of society," and is a... |
Un prophète | Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier and Jean-Paul Hurier | |
| Micmacs à tire-larigot | Jean Umansky Jean Umansky Jean Umansky is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 50 films since 1980.-External links:... , Gerard Hardy and Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi Vincent Arnardi is a French sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Amélie. He has worked on over 200 films since 1978.-External links:... |
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2010s
| Year | Winner and nominees | Original title | Sound editor(s) |
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| 2010 | Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Daniel Sobrino, Jean Goudier and Cyril Holtz | |
| Oceans Oceans (2009 film) Oceans is a 2009 French nature documentary film by Jacques Perrin distributed in the United States by Disneynature. It was released on April 22, 2010 in 1,200 theaters in the US for Earth Day. The film explores Earth's five oceans. It is Disneynature's third release following Earth and The Crimson... |
Océans | Philippe Barbeau, Jérôme Wiciak and Florent Lavallée | |
| The Ghost Writer | Jean-Marie Blondel, Thomas Desjonquieres and Dean Humphreys | ||
| Of Gods and Men Of Gods and Men (film) Of Gods and Men is a 2010 French drama film directed by Xavier Beauvois, starring Lambert Wilson and Michael Lonsdale. Its original French title is Des hommes et des dieux, which means "Of Men and of Gods" and refers to a verse from the Bible shown at the beginning of the film... |
Des hommes et des dieux | Jean-Jacques Ferran, Vincent Guillon and Éric Bonnard | |
| On Tour On Tour (2010 film) On Tour is a 2010 French comedy film directed by Mathieu Amalric. It stars Amalric himself as a producer who brings an American Neo-Burlesque troupe to France, played by genuine performers Mimi Le Meaux, Kitten on the Keys, Dirty Martini, Julie Atlas Muz, Evie Lovelle and Roky Roulette... |
Tournée | Olivier Mauvezin, Séverin Favriau and Stéphane Thiebaut | |