Paul Massey (sound engineer)

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Paul Massey
Born (1958-02-10) 10 February 1958 (age 66)
Harefield, London, England
Occupation Sound engineer
Years active1982-present
ChildrenSean Massey, Andrew Massey, Sophie Massey

Paul Massey (born 10 February 1958) is an English sound engineer working based in Southern California. He has been nominated for ten Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. [1] He has worked on 200-plus films since 1982. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing in 2019 for Bohemian Rhapsody along with John Casali and Tim Cavagin. [2] In 2022 Massey received the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award at the 58th annual CAS Awards. [3]

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In 2022 Massey began construction on a personal immersive mix facility. [4]

Selected filmography

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