GF SOUNDSCAPES DOCUMENTARY
Director: Alfred George Bailey
A Soundscape should move and transport its audience.Yet all too often, it’s treated as an afterthought.At George Foulgham Soundscapes it’s our aim to address your post audio needs from where they actually start: Pre-production. From treatment to filming to rough cuts - and finally, of course, to the mix itself - it’s our mission to offer personal and considered support to steer your project to the polished and compelling Soundscape it deserves.
The GF Soundscapes team are happy to discuss and give guidance on your project, regardless of which stage you have reached in the audio post process, so get in touch with us today to see how we can help.
ABOUT GEORGE FOULGHAM
As a distinguished Sound Re-Recording Mixer and Supervising Sound Editor, George has set the gold standard for documentary soundscapes.
George headed the renowned feature documentary audio department at London post production house Molinare since 2002, before starting GF Soundscapes in 2021. During his time there, the department continuously hit new technical heights, whilst endeavouring to stay at the forefront of the ever-evolving world of factual audio post production.
A personal highlight came in 2008, when George’s work on the Oscar-winning feature documentary Man On Wire was widely recognised as a breakthrough for feature documentary as a genre. On its way to the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Man on Wire also picked up the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and a BAFTA. George’s work on the film played a vital role in its success:
With perfect sound, on a large screen, Petit’s bizarre obsession with the towers is touchingly reconstructed …
Nick Fraser, Producer, Man on Wire (Series Editor Storyville)
Aside from this prodigious achievement, George has also won a BAFTA for his work on Trawlermen in 2010, and an RTS Craft & Design award for Fighting the War in 2003. His work has also been recognised with further BAFTA nominations for Brazil with Michael Palin, New Europe, Trawlermen: Pick of the Catch, Himalaya with Michael Palin, Sahara with Michael Palin and Soho Stories, and a Broadcast Tech Innovation award nomination for Terms & Conditions: A UK Drill Story.
In 2021, George was thrilled to have won the Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Excellence in Factual Sound Award for Ronnies.
In 2023, George Foulgham Soundscapes Ltd won the prestigious Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Award for Outstanding Sound Documentary – If These Walls Could Sing, directed by Mary McCartney for Disney+.
George has supervised and mixed many extraordinary, brilliant and diverse documentaries that have been celebrated around the world. These credits include Orlando von Einsiedel’s and Joanna Natasegara’s Oscar-nominated Virunga and Oscar-winning The White Helmets, Ed Perkins Oscar-nominated Black Sheep, Alex Gibney’s Citizen K, Kevin Macdonald’s Sky Ladder: the Art of Cai Guo-Qiang and Alfred George Bailey’s Grierson-winning Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall.
Under the GFSoundscapes banner, George and his team are thrilled with the 2024 Oscar Nomination for Bobi Wine: The People’s President, directed by Chris Sharp & Moses Bwayo, and produced by John Battsek.
George prides himself on forging continuing relationships with ambitious directors who create an emotional, compelling story that the world has to see and hear – and not only does this apply to established filmmakers, but also to the burgeoning directors and producers of tomorrow. Through established bodies such as the National Film & Television School, the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Arizona, George lectures and helps to support students studying documentary and sound design, and has participated in the BAFTA Give Something Back mentoring scheme.
He is also a member of the Cinema Audio Society (CAS), BAFTA and a serving council member of AMPS.
George’s extensive credit list demonstrates a wealth of experience, knowledge and flexibility that will safeguard your entire audio post production process from start to finish.