Tarn Willers

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Tarn Willers
Born
England
Alma mater Thomas Rotherham College
OccupationSound engineer

Tarn Anthony Willers (born September 1972) is a British sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film The Zone of Interest . [1] [2]

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At the 77th British Academy Film Awards, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Sound. His win was shared with Johnnie Burn. [3]

Life

Willers was born in England in 1972 and attended Thomas Rotherham College in his youth. [4] [5] He graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2004. [6] [7]

Willers resides in Poland. [4]

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
2011 The Veteran
The British Guide to Showing Off Credited as Tarn Willars
Land Gold Women
2012 Comes a Bright Day
Piggy
Wasteland
2013The Comedy Store: Raw & Uncut
Dr. EasyShort film
EmilyShort film
Fish LoveShort film
2014 Scintilla
The DarkShort film
Fury
2015The FlyShort film
If It Looks Like LoveShort film
GiltShort film
2016ScarletShort film
The Take
Kaleidoscope
Don't Hang Up
2017Double Date
2019ZeroShort film
Days of the Bagnold Summer
2021 The Power
Brigitte Bardot cudowna
2023Temptation
The Zone of Interest
O psie, który jezdzil koleja
Starve Acre

Television

YearTitleNotes
2009 – 2015 Holby City 33 episodes
2015 Undercover 5 episodes
Bull 1 episode
2016 New Blood 7 episodes
2017 W1A 2 episodes
2018 Kiss Me First 2 episodes
2021 – 2022Hotel Europa2 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2023 European Film Awards Best Sound Designer The Zone of Interest Won [lower-alpha 1] [8]
2024 Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Best SoundNominated [lower-alpha 1]
North Dakota Film Society Best SoundNominated [lower-alpha 1]
Music City Film Critics Association Best SoundNominated [lower-alpha 1]
Association of Motion Picture SoundExcellence in Sound for a Feature FilmWon [lower-alpha 2]
Gold Derby Awards Gold Derby Film Award for SoundNominated [lower-alpha 1]
International Cinephile Society Best Sound DesignNominated [lower-alpha 1]
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound Won [lower-alpha 1] [3]
Academy Awards Best Sound Won [lower-alpha 1] [1] [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shared with Johnnie Burn
  2. Shared with Johnnie Burn and Mateusz Stasiak

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References

  1. 1 2 "The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Oscar Nominations 2024 List: Nominees by Category". ABC . 23 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 "2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards: The Nominations". British Academy Film Awards . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 Mitchell, Wendy. "'The Zone Of Interest' sound team on recreating the overheard horrors of Auschwitz". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. n.a. "BAFTA & Oscar Nomination for TRC Graduate". Thomas Rotherham College. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. n.a. "Tarn Willers CV" (PDF). AMPS. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. "Our Alumni". National Film and Television School . Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. "Winners 2023". European Film Awards . Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2024.