Per Hallberg
There is no shortage of enthusiasm for sound excellence when Per Hallberg is at work. “It’s still a great thrill for me when I sit in the screening room and see it all come together in the finished film,” he confides. “I think of my role as a team leader, and my strength comes from working with highly creative people.” Hallberg’s impressive credit list includes The Bourne Ultimatum, Seabiscuit, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Devil's Advocate, Replacement Killers, and Courage Under Fire, among many others. His work on both The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart earned him an Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing as well as a British Academy Award and a Golden Reel Award.
A native of Sweden, where he taught high school math and worked as a ski instructor, Hallberg happened to meet Soundelux co-founder Wylie Stateman while visiting Los Angeles and became fascinated with the world of sound for film. Beginning at Soundelux in 1984, he quickly developed his signature approach to sound design and editing.
“It starts when you read the script and you hear the sounds in your mind. You get ideas, feelings, emotions that can help to tell the story. We have such a wealth of material within our library to draw from, which allows us to focus on creating new, better and more spectacular sound effects for each movie. Because I am a Swede, my approach may be somewhat minimal — in many cases when it comes to sound, less is more. There is a time when sound must be huge and intense, but sometimes the subtleties or even the absence of sound can be equally powerful.”
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Golden Reel Nominee
2009
Sound Effects/Foley
EAGLE EYE
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British Academy Award Winner
2008
Sound
BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE
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Academy Award Winner
2008
Best Sound Editing
BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
2008
Dialogue/ADR
BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE
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Golden Reel Winner
2008
Sound Effects/Foley
BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
2004
Sound Effects/Foley
SEABISCUIT
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Golden Reel Nominee
2004
Dialogue/ADR
SEABISCUIT
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British Academy Award Winner
2004
Sound
RAY
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Golden Reel Nominee
2004
Dialogue/ADR
BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
2004
Sound Effects/Foley
BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
2003
Dialogue/ADR
BOURNE IDENTITY, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
2003
Sound Effects/Foley
BOURNE IDENTITY, THE
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British Academy Award Nominee
2002
Sound
BLACK HAWK DOWN
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Golden Reel Winner
2002
Sound Effects/Foley
BLACK HAWK DOWN
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Golden Reel Winner
2002
Dialogue/ADR
BLACK HAWK DOWN
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British Academy Award Nominee
2001
Sound
GLADIATOR
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Golden Reel Winner
2001
Sound Effects/Foley
GLADIATOR
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Golden Reel Winner
2001
Dialogue/ADR
GLADIATOR
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Golden Reel Nominee
2001
Sound Editing
PATRIOT, THE
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Golden Reel Nominee
1999
Sound Effects/Foley
GODZILLA
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Golden Reel Nominee
1999
Sound Editing
TARZAN
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Academy Award Nominee
1998
Best Sound Editing
FACE / OFF
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Golden Reel Nominee
1998
Sound Editing
FACE / OFF
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Golden Reel Nominee
1997
Sound Effects/Foley
COURAGE UNDER FIRE
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Academy Award Winner
1996
Best Sound Editing
BRAVEHEART
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British Academy Award Winner
1996
Sound
BRAVEHEART
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Golden Reel Winner
1996
Sound Editing
BRAVEHEART
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Golden Reel Nominee
1994
Sound Editing
PAGEMASTER, THE
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