About
Larry Blake
Overview
Larry Blake is a supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer of feature films. He has mixed over 65 features since 1989, and was also the supervising sound editor on 50 of them. Included in this number are 29 features and three television seasons with Steven Soderbergh, plus multiple films from Victor Nunez, David Gordon Green, and the Duplass Brothers. In addition, he has mixed 15 feature-length documentaries. In 2013 won both Emmy and Cinema Audio Society awards for Best Sound for a Miniseries or a Movie for his work on Behind the Candelabra. In 2002 he won a Golden Satellite Award for Solaris. He has written extensively on film sound, beginning in 1981 for Recording Engineer/Producer and then in Mix; these writings total over 110 columns and 35 feature articles. He soon will be publishing separate anthologies of the columns and features, in addition to the autobiography of film sound great Murray Spivack. First up is a book he’s writing on the digital archiving of motion pictures, Solving the Digital Dilemma. Following from his work as a writer, he has curated many seminars on film sound for the Director’s Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SMPTE, and the Audio Engineering Society. He has been a guest speaker at the Camerimage Film Festival, USC, UCLA, and the Savannah College of Art and Design, among many others. From 2000-2016 he owned Swelltone Labs, a post-production sound facility in New Orleans, where he lives.
Known for
Acting |
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| 1980 | Airplane! | Actor | Upside-Down Man (uncredited) | 71 Good |
Production |
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| 2008 | Che: Part Two | Production | Post Producer | 63 Fair |
| 2008 | Che: Part One | Production | Post Producer | 64 Fair |
Sound |
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| 2023 | Full Circle | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 67 Fair |
| 2023 | Full Circle | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 67 Fair |
| 2023 | Magic Mike's Last Dance | Sound | Sound Designer | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Kimi | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Kimi | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Kimi | Sound | Sound Designer | 60 Fair |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 61 Fair |
| 2021 | No Sudden Move | Sound | Sound Designer | 61 Fair |
| 2019 | The Laundromat | Sound | Sound Designer | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Cut Off | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Cut Off | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2018 | Mosaic | Sound | Sound Designer | 68 Fair |
| 2018 | Shirkers | Sound | Sound Recordist | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | Logan Lucky | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 66 Fair |
| 2017 | Logan Lucky | Sound | Sound Designer | 66 Fair |
| 2017 | Logan Lucky | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 66 Fair |
| 2016 | Camera Store | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Camera Store | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Magic Mike XXL | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | King of Herrings | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2014 | King of Herrings | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2014 | The Voices | Sound | ADR Mixer | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Tim's Vermeer | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Behind the Candelabra | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 63 Fair |
| 2013 | Side Effects | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 2013 | Side Effects | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 65 Fair |
| 2012 | Magic Mike | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | Magic Mike | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 2011 | Haywire | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Haywire | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Contagion | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | Contagion | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 57 Average |
| 2011 | Love, Wedding, Marriage | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 57 Average |
| 2010 | Race | Sound | Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Cyrus | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Cyrus | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | The Informant! | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 2009 | The Girlfriend Experience | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 55 Average |
| 2009 | The Girlfriend Experience | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 55 Average |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 63 Fair |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 63 Fair |
| 2008 | Che: Part One | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 64 Fair |
| 2008 | Che: Part One | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 64 Fair |
| 2008 | Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 66 Fair |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 66 Fair |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | The Good German | Sound | Sound Designer | 58 Average |
| 2006 | The Good German | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2006 | By Invitation Only | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | The Puffy Chair | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Downtown Locals | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | Syriana | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 62 Fair |
| 2005 | Syriana | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 62 Fair |
| 2005 | Keane | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Keane | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2005 | A Player to Be Named Later | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 65 Fair |
| 2004 | Eros | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Undertow | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Undertow | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Criminal | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Equilibrium | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Before Sunset | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 75 Good |
| 2004 | Ball and Chain | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Ball and Chain | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Scrapple | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Straight Into Darkness | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Chicken Party | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Solaris | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Solaris | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 56 Average |
| 2002 | Welcome to Collinwood | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Coastlines | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 73 Good |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 73 Good |
| 2001 | Waking Life | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 69 Fair |
| 2001 | The Journeyman | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2001 | The Journeyman | Sound | Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Traffic | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 68 Fair |
| 2000 | Traffic | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 68 Fair |
| 2000 | Housebound | Sound | Sound Effects | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Housebound | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Housebound | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 72 Good |
| 2000 | Erin Brockovich | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 72 Good |
| 1999 | The Limey | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 62 Fair |
| 1999 | The Limey | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 62 Fair |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Schizopolis | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Love Jones | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 1997 | Love Jones | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1996 | Deep in the Heart | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Gray's Anatomy | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Pallbearer | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 57 Average |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 58 Average |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Fresh | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 62 Fair |
| 1993 | Lush Life | Sound | Sound Editor | 59 Average |
| 1993 | King of the Hill | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 61 Fair |
| 1993 | King of the Hill | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor | 61 Fair |
| 1991 | Kafka | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 60 Fair |
| 1991 | Kafka | Sound | Sound Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1989 | sex, lies, and videotape | Sound | Sound Editor | 65 Fair |
| 1989 | sex, lies, and videotape | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 65 Fair |
| 1988 | Monkey Shines | Sound | Sound Effects Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | The Last Slumber Party | Sound | Sound | 57 Average |
| 1985 | Yes - 9012 Live | Sound | Sound | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Access All Areas | Sound | Sound Recordist | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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| 1985 | Access All Areas | Camera | Director of Photography | N/A N/A |
Crew |
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| 2020 | Let Them All Talk | Crew | Thanks | 58 Average |