Michael F. Bates

Post Production Sound

Feature Film


To A Cinder | Supervisor, Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Henry Scriven | Produced by Ça Marche Media | 2022


Sorority | Supervisor, Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by James Webber | Produced by The Springhead Film Company | 2020


The World We Knew | Supervisor, Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by WW Jones & Luke Skinner | Produced by Powis Square Pictures | 2019


Widow’s Walk | Supervisor and Sound Effects Editor
Directed by Alexandra Boyd | Produced by New Thirty Pictures | 2019


The Haunted | Supervisor and Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Directed by David Holroyd | Produced by Triple S Films | 2018


Waking David | Supervisor and Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Directed by Kevin Nash | Produced by PaintLick Films | 2016


TV Drama


Beyond Paradise Christmas Special (1 x 60’) | Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for Jumbuck | Produced by Red Planet Pictures for BBC | 2023


Feature Documentary


Christy Brown: Self Portrait
| Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for GF Soundscapes | Directed by Joel Verner | Produced by Averner Films for RTÉ | 2024


Strike: An Uncivil War
| Sound Effects Editor and Supervising Sound Editor
Freelance for GF Soundscapes | Directed by Daniel Gordon | Produced by Very Much So | 2024


Making of an Activist | Dialogue Editor
Freelance for GF Soundscapes | Directed by Alexander Atta-Mora | Produced by Andscape for Hulu | 2024


Creation Story | Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for GF Soundscapes | Directed by Alastair Siddons | Produced by Quiet | 2024


Cecil | Dialogue Editor
Freelance for GF Soundscapes | Directed by Arthur Cary | Produced by Arrow Media for Film4 | 2023


Red Herring (BIFA nominated) | Sound Effects Editor
Directed by Kit Vincent | Produced by Edward Owles | 2022


Rebellion (BAFTA & BIFA nominated) | Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Maia Kenworthy & Elena Sánchez Bellot | Produced by Halcyon Pictures | 2022


My Name Is Happy (Grierson winner) | Re-Recording Mixer (pre-mix only)
Directed by Nick Read & Ayse Toprak | Produced by October Films / Red Zed Films / Horovel Films | 2022


Ship Of Dreams | Supervisor, Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Alexandra Boyd | Produced by Nick Loren & Elizabeth Yng-Wong | 2023


Night Burns Like Cigarettes | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Elisabeth Felson | Produced by Steppenwolves Films | 2021


Small Kingdom | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Elisabeth Felson | Produced by Steppenwolves Films | 2019


TV Documentary / Factual / Entertainment


Secrets of the Lost Liners S2 (1 x 60’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Freelance for Directors Cut Films | Produced by Bossa Nova Media for Sky History | 2024


Anton and Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain (1 x 60’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for Directors Cut Films | Produced by BBC Studios Entertainment for BBC | 2023


Emma Willis: Delivering Babies (1 x 60’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Freelance for MSVPost | Produced by Firecracker Films for UKTV | 2022


Traffic Cops (1 x 60’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Freelance for MSVPost | Produced by Mentorn Media for C5 | 2022


Mary Kay Letourneau: Notes On A Scandal (1 x 120’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for Mahoney Audio Post | Produced by Arrow Media for Discovery | 2022


Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom (1 x 60’) | Dialogue Editor
Freelance for Mahoney Audio Post | Produced by Arrow Media for National Geographic / Disney+ | 2022


Love, Honor & Betray (3 x 60’) | Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor
Freelance for Mahoney Audio Post | Produced by Arrow Media for Discovery | 2022


Short Film


Born On Sunday Silent | Supervisor, Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Eelyn Lee | Produced by Tyke Films | 2023


Sandwich Man | Supervisor, Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Jessica Henwick | Produced by EMU Films | 2022


Honesty (BIFA nominated) | Supervisor, Dialogue & Sound Effects Editor and Re-Recording Mixer
Directed by Roxy Rezvany | Produced by Somesuch | 2021