Personal info

- First Name : Frédéric
- Last Name : Furnelle
- Nationality : Belgian
- Freelance : Available
- Email : info@inguz.be
- Phone : +32 498 57 57 00
- Whatsapp : +32 498 57 57 00
- languages : French, Dutch, English. And a little Spanish, German and Russian.
30
years of experience
215
DAYS TREKKING WITH A CAMERA OR SOUND
44
COUNTRIES VISITED
38
awards won
What i Do
Communicating
5.1 Sound MIX
Sound Edit
Directing
What i Use
Brain
Pro Tools
Izotope RX
Premiere
Experience
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Independent Sound Engineer
Worked on soundtracks for several production companies; editing and mixing animation shorts, documentaries, experimental films and video installations. I specialise in recreating natural sounds from scratch with a special attention to detail; though my range also includes experimental work. Many of those movies have been selected and some awarded at major film festivals like Berlinale, Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica of Venise, Anima Brussels, etc... Expert with Izotope RX for dialogue editing and audio restauration.
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Documentary Filmmaker
"A Single Day", 2020, Director, camera and sound. Second self produced film-documentary. "Walking for Genna", 2018. First feature documentary about a trekking-pilgrimage in Ethiopia. This movie has been shown in festivals around the world and won many prizes. Previously directed 3 travel audio-visual logs with photographic-slides and sound.
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Commercial Studios
Freelance sound engineer for advertising studios. Voice over recording, editing, sound design, mixing. Freelance on feature movies for ADR, Foley, dialogue editing, sound design, etc... Chief of maintenance. Studios included La Vita e Media, A Sound, Studio 43.
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Other important Bits...
Audio workshop teacher at SAE, Music project Everything is Slow!, several music album recordings, photography courses for homeless people, exhibition of travel photography, contemporary art sound installations, member of a jury at a film festival, world traveller...
Education
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College for Recording Arts San Francisco, USA
1 year intensive, immersive studies of sound engineer. Finished with a Certificate of Excellence.
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Continuing Education
Loudness in Broadcasting, Sound Design for Pros, Video editing and Premiere, WEBDOC, Filming techniques.