Michael F. Bates

Post Production Sound

Freelance sound editor and re-recording mixer working across drama and documentary film and television.

Michael F. Bates is a freelance sound editor and re-recording mixer, working across documentary and drama.

Over the last ten years he has worked on feature films that have been nominated for BIFA and BAFTA awards, won a Grierson award and been shown at festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Tribeca, IDFA and Sheffield DocFest.

Michael was nominated for Excellence in Sound for a Factual Film at the 12th AMPS Awards for his work on Strike: An Uncivil War.

He has also worked on documentary and drama television for Discovery, National Geographic, Channel 5, UKTV, Disney+, Netflix and the BBC.

Michael is a member of the Association of Motion Picture Sound, Motion Picture Sound Editors and BAFTA Connect.

Rebellion
Feature Documentary
Re-Recording Mixer
Birds of War
Feature Documentary
Supervising Sound Editor
Dialogue Editor
Strike: An Uncivil War
Feature Documentary
Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Effects Editor
The Six Billion Dollar Man
Feature Documentary
Supervising Sound Editor
Dialogue Editor
Red Herring
Feature Documentary
Sound Effects Editor
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
Feature Documentary
Supervising Sound Editor
Dialogue Editor
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
TV Drama
Sound Effects Editor
Legends
TV Drama
Sound Effects Editor
Beyond Paradise
TV Drama
Sound Effects Editor
Christy Brown Self Portrait
TV Documentary
Dialogue Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Making of an Activist
TV Documentary
Dialogue Editor
Cecil
Feature Documentary
Dialogue Editor
Night Burns Like Cigarettes
Feature Documentary
Supervising Sound Editor
Re-Recording Mixer
Sorority
Feature
Supervising Sound Editor
Re-Recording Mixer
The World We Knew
Feature
Supervising Sound Editor
Re-Recording Mixer
Pizza Under Fire
Feature Documentary
Dialogue Editor
The Covenant
Short
Sound Designer
Re-Recording Mixer
Honesty
Short
Sound Designer
Re-Recording Mixer