Larry Blake

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Magic Mike's Last Dance

(2023) Sound Designer

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Kimi

(2022) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Ocean's Eleven

(2001) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Traffic

(2000) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Ocean's Twelve

(2004) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Ocean's Thirteen

(2007) Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Logan Lucky

(2017) Supervising Sound Editor

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Contagion

(2011) Supervising Sound Editor

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1980	Upside-Down Man (uncredited)	Airplane! 1980-07-02 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Sound Designer	Magic Mike's Last Dance 2023-02-09 Movie
2022	Sound Designer	Kimi 2022-02-10 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Kimi 2022-02-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Kimi 2022-02-10 Movie
2021	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	No Sudden Move 2021-06-24 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	No Sudden Move 2021-06-24 Movie
	Sound Designer	No Sudden Move 2021-06-24 Movie
2019	Sound Designer	The Laundromat 2019-09-27 Movie
2018	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cut Off 2018-04-20 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Cut Off 2018-04-20 Movie
	Sound Designer	Mosaic 2018-01-22 TV Show
	Sound Recordist	Shirkers 2018-01-21 Movie
2017	Sound Designer	Logan Lucky 2017-08-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Logan Lucky 2017-08-17 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Logan Lucky 2017-08-17 Movie
2016	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Camera Store 2016-12-09 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Camera Store 2016-12-09 Movie
2015	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Magic Mike XXL 2015-07-01 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Magic Mike XXL 2015-07-01 Movie
2014	Supervising Sound Editor	King of Herrings 2014-04-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	King of Herrings 2014-04-04 Movie
	ADR Mixer	The Voices 2014-01-19 Movie
2013	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Tim's Vermeer 2013-12-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Behind the Candelabra 2013-05-26 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Behind the Candelabra 2013-05-26 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Side Effects 2013-02-07 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Side Effects 2013-02-07 Movie
2012	Supervising Sound Editor	Magic Mike 2012-06-28 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Magic Mike 2012-06-28 Movie
2011	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Haywire 2011-11-01 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Haywire 2011-11-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Contagion 2011-09-08 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Contagion 2011-09-08 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Love, Wedding, Marriage 2011-06-03 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Love, Wedding, Marriage 2011-06-03 Movie
2010	Sound Editor	Race 2010-12-13 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Cyrus 2010-06-18 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Cyrus 2010-06-18 Movie
2009	Supervising Sound Editor	The Informant! 2009-09-17 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Informant! 2009-09-17 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Girlfriend Experience 2009-05-22 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Girlfriend Experience 2009-05-22 Movie
2008	Supervising Sound Editor	Che: Part Two 2008-12-12 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Che: Part Two 2008-12-12 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Che: Part One 2008-09-05 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Che: Part One 2008-09-05 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans 2008-04-01 Movie
2007	Supervising Sound Editor	Ocean's Thirteen 2007-06-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ocean's Thirteen 2007-06-06 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Snow Angels 2007-03-07 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Snow Angels 2007-03-07 Movie
2006	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Good German 2006-12-08 Movie
	Sound Designer	The Good German 2006-12-08 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	By Invitation Only 2006-08-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Puffy Chair 2006-06-02 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Downtown Locals 2006-01-20 Movie
2005	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Syriana 2005-11-23 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Syriana 2005-11-23 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Keane 2005-09-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Keane 2005-09-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	A Player to Be Named Later 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Supervising Sound Editor	Ocean's Twelve 2004-12-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ocean's Twelve 2004-12-09 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Eros 2004-12-03 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Undertow 2004-10-22 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Undertow 2004-10-22 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Criminal 2004-10-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Equilibrium 2004-09-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ball and Chain 2004-05-14 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Ball and Chain 2004-05-14 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Before Sunset 2004-02-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Straight Into Darkness 2004-01-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Scrapple 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Chicken Party 2003-10-14 Movie
2002	Supervising Sound Editor	Solaris 2002-11-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Solaris 2002-11-27 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Full Frontal 2002-08-02 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Welcome to Collinwood 2002-05-24 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Coastlines 2002-01-15 Movie
2001	Supervising Sound Editor	Ocean's Eleven 2001-12-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Ocean's Eleven 2001-12-07 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Waking Life 2001-10-19 Movie
	Sound Editor	The Journeyman 2001-03-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Journeyman 2001-03-10 Movie
2000	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Housebound 2000-09-02 Movie
	Sound Effects	Housebound 2000-09-02 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Housebound 2000-09-02 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Traffic 2000-03-23 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Traffic 2000-03-23 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Erin Brockovich 2000-03-17 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Erin Brockovich 2000-03-17 Movie
1999	Supervising Sound Editor	The Limey 1999-05-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Limey 1999-05-15 Movie
1998	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Out of Sight 1998-06-26 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Out of Sight 1998-06-26 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	How to Make the Cruelest Month 1998-01-16 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	How to Make the Cruelest Month 1998-01-16 Movie
1997	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Love Jones 1997-03-14 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	Love Jones 1997-03-14 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Schizopolis 1997-03-12 Movie
1996	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Deep in the Heart 1996-10-10 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Gray's Anatomy 1996-09-11 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	The Pallbearer 1996-05-03 Movie
1995	Supervising Sound Editor	The Underneath 1995-04-28 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	The Underneath 1995-04-28 Movie
1994	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Fresh 1994-06-15 Movie
1993	Sound Editor	Lush Life 1993-10-01 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	King of the Hill 1993-08-20 Movie
	Supervising Sound Editor	King of the Hill 1993-08-20 Movie
1991	Sound Editor	Kafka 1991-11-15 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Kafka 1991-11-15 Movie
1989	Sound Editor	sex, lies, and videotape 1989-08-04 Movie
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	sex, lies, and videotape 1989-08-04 Movie
1988	Sound Effects Editor	Monkey Shines 1988-07-29 Movie
1987	Sound	The Last Slumber Party 1987-08-13 Movie
1985	Sound Recordist	Access All Areas 1985-11-07 Movie
	Sound	Yes: 9012 Live 1985-11-07 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Thanks	Let Them All Talk 2020-12-10 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Post Producer	Che: Part Two 2008-12-12 Movie
	Post Producer	Che: Part One 2008-09-05 Movie
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Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1985	Director of Photography	Access All Areas 1985-11-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv