---
name: "Nicolas Becker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicolas-becker"
roles: ["Supervising sound editor"]
born: "1 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-20T08:08:45.590150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nicolas Becker

Supervising sound editor. Born 1 January 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Supervising sound editor
- **Born:** 1 January 1970
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 90 (1), 2000s 74 (3), 2010s 83 (3), 2020s 77 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Science Fiction 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,831m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Becker_(sound_engineer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95770518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0065545/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17428

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Metal*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md) (81)

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## Biography

Nicolas Becker is a French composer and sound engineer. He is credited with the music for the film *Sound of Metal* (2020), on which he also worked as sound designer.

Becker began his career as a foley artist and sound designer on films including *Gravity* (2013) and *Arrival* (2016). He later moved into composition, with credits including *A Prayer Before Dawn* (2018) and *Asphalt City* (2023).

For *Sound of Metal*, Becker shared an Academy Award for Best Sound in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Bird* (2024), Fi1m 73, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/bird.md)
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Fi1m 81, Original Music Composer, Supervising Sound Editor, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *American Honey* (2016), Fi1m 81, Supervising Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-honey.md)
- *Ex Machina* (2015), Fi1m 82, Foley — [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)
- *Gravity* (2013), Fi1m 85, Foley — [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Fi1m 72, Foley — [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005), Fi1m 68, Foley Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, Foley Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *La Haine* (1995), Fi1m 90, Foley Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)

## Complete filmography (165)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salón de Belleza* (2026), Sound Designer
- *Milk Teeth* (2026), Sound Designer, Additional Music
- *Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang* (2026), Sound Designer
- *Dandelion's Odyssey* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Krakatoa* (2026), Sound Designer, Music
- *Arco* (2025), Sound Designer
- *Harvest* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *The Islanders* (2025), Music
- *Bird* (2024), Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/bird.md)
- *Dahomey* (2024), Sound Designer
- *Viktor* (2024), Sound Designer
- *Asphalt City* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *De Humani Corporis Fabrica* (2023), Sound Designer
- *Mariupolis 2* (2022), Sound Designer
- *BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths* (2022), Supervising Sound Editor
- *Magellan's Extraordinary Odyssey* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *To the North* (2022), Supervising Sound Editor
- *Prologos* (2022), Sound Designer
- *Memory House* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Man on Earth* (2022), Music
- *Earwig* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Cow* (2022), Supervising Sound Editor
- *John and the Hole* (2021), Sound Designer
- *Beckett* (2021), Foley Artist
- *The Invisible Mountain* (2021), Sound
- *Oxygen* (2021), Foley Artist
- *Night Birds* (2021), Music
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Original Music Composer, Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *My Cousin* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *DAU. Cinema* (2020), Supervising Sound Editor
- *Tokyo Telepath 2020* (2020), Sound Designer
- *Ayahuasca: Kosmik Journey* (2019), Sound Designer
- *Slam* (2019), Sound Designer
- *Parthenon* (2019), Sound
- *Kursk* (2018), Sound Designer
- *Suspiria* (2018), Foley Artist
- *Treat Me Like Fire* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *The Night Eats the World* (2018), Sound Designer
- *A Prayer Before Dawn* (2017), Music
- *Tokyo Ghoul* (2017), Special Sound Effects
- *Ghost Hunting* (2017), Sound Designer
- *Arrival* (2016), Special Sound Effects, Foley Artist — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/arrival.md)
- *American Honey* (2016), Supervising Sound Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/american-honey.md)
- *Foreign Body* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *La Capture* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Disorder* (2015), Sound Designer
- *Mediterranea* (2015), Sound Designer
- *The Summer of Sangaile* (2015), Foley
- *Ex Machina* (2015), Foley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)
- *The Salt of the Earth* (2014), Foley
- *Incident Urbain* (2014), Music
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2014), Sound Designer
- *The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet* (2013), Foley Artist
- *My Name Is Hmmm...* (2013), Foley Artist
- *Gravity* (2013), Foley — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *9 Month Stretch* (2013), Supervising Sound Editor
- *A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness* (2013), Sound Designer
- *The Day of the Crows* (2012), Foley Artist
- *Painless* (2012), Foley Artist
- *The Impossible* (2012), Foley Artist
- *Punk* (2012), Music
- *Cosmopolis* (2012), Foley Artist
- *Dans la tête d'un bruiteur* (2012), as Producer
- *Black Gold* (2011), Foley
- *Rebellion* (2011), Foley
- *Wuthering Heights* (2011), Foley Artist, Sound Designer
- *The Exchange* (2011), Foley Artist
- *The Screen Illusion* (2010), Foley Artist
- *127 Hours* (2010), Foley Editor, Foley Artist — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/127-hours.md)
- *Enter the Void* (2010), Foley Artist
- *Off Limits* (2010), Foley Artist
- *The Round Up* (2010), Foley Artist
- *The Ghost Writer* (2010), Foley Artist
- *Micmacs* (2009), Foley Artist
- *Lebanon* (2009), Music
- *Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky* (2009), Sound Editor
- *Happy End* (2009), Sound Effects
- *Park Benches* (2009), Foley Artist
- *Agora* (2009), Foley
- *Baby Love* (2008), Foley Artist
- *Trouble at Timpetill* (2008), Foley Artist
- *Babylon A.D.* (2008), Sound Designer, Foley Artist
- *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008), Foley Artist
- *Le Voyage aux Pyrénées* (2008), Foley Artist
- *I Want to See* (2008), Foley Artist
- *Paris* (2008), Foley Artist
- *The Golden Compass* (2007), Foley Artist
- *Max & Co* (2007), Foley Editor
- *28 Weeks Later* (2007), Foley — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/28-weeks-later.md)
- *Sunshine* (2007), Foley Artist
- *Hellphone* (2007), Foley Artist
- *Angel* (2007), Foley Artist
- *Private Fears in Public Places* (2006), Foley Artist
- *Red Road* (2006), Foley Artist
- *Shark Bait* (2006), Foley Artist
- *Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait* (2006), Foley Artist
- *Silent Hill* (2006), Sound Designer
- *Heading South* (2006), Foley
- *Angel-A* (2005), Foley Artist
- *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005), Foley Artist — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire.md)
- *Joyeux Noel* (2005), Foley Artist
- *The Child* (2005), Foley Artist
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Foley Artist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Batman Begins* (2005), Foley Artist — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md)
- *The Antidote* (2005), Foley Artist
- *Sometimes in April* (2005), Foley Artist
- *Iznogoud* (2005), Foley Artist
- *Me and My Sister* (2004), Foley Artist
- *Rolling Family* (2004), Foley Artist
- *14,58 euros* (2004), Original Music Composer, Sound
- *The Great Challenge* (2004), Foley
- *Loser Takes All!* (2004), Foley Artist
- *Tomorrow We Move* (2004), Foley Artist
- *Love Me If You Dare* (2003), Foley Artist
- *Le Divorce* (2003), Foley Artist
- *La vie nue* (2003), Sound Engineer
- *Playing 'In the Company of Men'* (2003), Foley Artist
- *Bon Voyage* (2003), Foley Artist
- *Motus* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)* (2003), Foley Artist
- *All the Fine Promises* (2003), Foley Artist, Original Music Composer
- *Nearest to Heaven* (2002), Sound
- *24 Hours in the Life of a Woman* (2002), Foley Artist
- *Kedma* (2002), Foley
- *The War in Paris* (2002), Foley Artist
- *Summer Things* (2002), Foley Artist
- *Man's Gentle Love* (2002), Foley Artist
- *Les acteurs anonymes* (2001), Sound
- *Replay* (2001), Foley Artist
- *Brotherhood of the Wolf* (2001), Sound Designer, Foley Artist
- *The Crimson Rivers* (2000), Sound
- *The Captive* (2000), Sound Effects Editor
- *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000), Sound Effects Editor
- *The Taste of Others* (2000), Foley
- *Bad Company* (1999), Foley Artist
- *The Ninth Gate* (1999), Foley Artist
- *Skin of Man, Heart of Beast* (1999), Foley Artist
- *Venus Beauty Institute* (1999), Sound Effects Editor
- *The New Eve* (1999), Sound
- *The Dreamlife of Angels* (1998), Sound
- *La Femme du cosmonaute* (1997), Sound Effects Editor
- *Fire in Paradise* (1997), Sound
- *After Sex* (1997), Foley Artist
- *Voyage to the Beginning of the World* (1997), Foley Artist
- *Hikers* (1997), Foley Artist
- *Select Hotel* (1997), Foley Artist
- *Nitrate Base* (1997), Foley Artist
- *Everything Must Disappear* (1997), Sound Effects Editor
- *Le Livre de minuit* (1996), Foley Artist
- *A Single Girl* (1995), Foley Artist
- *Bad Kid* (1995), Foley Artist
- *Adultery (A User's Guide)* (1995), Foley Artist
- *La Haine* (1995), Foley Artist — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/la-haine.md)
- *Open Your Eyes* (1995), Sound Effects
- *The African Child* (1995), Foley
- *The Golden Ball* (1994), Foley
- *13 figures de Sarah Beauchesne au 71, rue Blanche* (1993), Sound
- *Emma Zunz* (1993), Sound
- *La fable des continents* (1991), Sound Effects
- *L'Exote* (1991), Sound
- *My Best Life*, Sound Designer
- *Culebra Cut*, Sound Designer, Original Music Composer
- *Lions of the Sea*, Sound Designer
- *Last Days*, Sound Designer
- *Riverrun*, Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Sound (won), for *Sound of Metal*
- 2020: Best Sound (nominated), for *Sound of Metal*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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