One of the most progressive sound practitioners working today, Nicolas Becker works across multiple art forms, combining his skills as foley artist, sound designer and composer. Working with leading filmmakers such as Danny Boyle and Roman Polanski, his many credits include Gravity, Ex Machina, Wuthering Heights, and Andrea Arnold’s forthcoming American Honey. His many collaborations with acclaimed artist Philippe Parreno include one for the Opera Garnier in Paris, with leading choreographer Benjamin Millepieds and contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly, and a new exhibition in New York, in which microorganisms anticipate the rhythms and ‘predictable’ qualities of the environment. Becker is also a research and development consultant for many audio software producers, and teaches regularly in leading film schools such as La Femis in Paris and the National Film & TV School in the UK.

Workshop: A rare opportunity to gain insight into Becker’s unique working methods and multi-disciplinary approach, and learn about designing sound across a wide array of film and arts projects. Illustrated with clips, Becker will share details of his practice – devising a bespoke process to create original and distinctive soundscapes for each project – and explain the reasoning behind his artistic approach.