Tarn Willers

Tarn Willers
Born
England
Alma materThomas Rotherham College
OccupationSound engineer

Tarn Anthony Willers (born September 1972) is a British sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film The Zone of Interest.[1][2]

At the 77th British Academy Film Awards, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Sound. His win was shared with Johnnie Burn.[3]

Life

Willers was born in England in 1972 and attended Thomas Rotherham College in his youth.[4][5] He graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2004.[6][7]

Willers resides in Poland.[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Notes
2011 The Veteran N/a
The British Guide to Showing Off Credited as Tarn Willars
Land Gold Women N/a
2012 Comes a Bright Day N/a
Piggy N/a
Wasteland N/a
2013 The Comedy Store: Raw & Uncut N/a
Dr. Easy Short film
Emily Short film
Fish Love Short film
2014 Scintilla N/a
The Dark Short film
Fury N/a
2015 The Fly Short film
If It Looks Like Love Short film
Gilt Short film
2016 Scarlet Short film
The Take N/a
Kaleidoscope N/a
Don't Hang Up N/a
2017 Double Date N/a
2019 Zero Short film
Days of the Bagnold Summer N/a
2021 The Power N/a
Brigitte Bardot cudowna N/a
2023 Temptation N/a
The Zone of Interest N/a
O psie, który jezdzil koleja N/a
Starve Acre N/a

Television

Year Title Notes
2009 – 2015 Holby City 33 episodes
2015 Undercover 5 episodes
Bull 1 episode
2016 New Blood 7 episodes
2017 W1A 2 episodes
2018 Kiss Me First 2 episodes
2021 – 2022 Hotel Europa 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2023 European Film Awards Best Sound Designer The Zone of Interest Won[a][8]
2024 Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Best Sound Nominated[a]
North Dakota Film Society Best Sound Nominated[a]
Music City Film Critics Association Best Sound Nominated[a]
Association of Motion Picture Sound Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film Won[b]
Gold Derby Awards Gold Derby Film Award for Sound Nominated[a]
International Cinephile Society Best Sound Design Nominated[a]
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Sound Won[a][3]
Academy Awards Best Sound Won[a][1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Shared with Johnnie Burn
  2. ^ Shared with Johnnie Burn and Mateusz Stasiak

References

  1. ^ a b "The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Oscar Nominations 2024 List: Nominees by Category". ABC. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards: The Nominations". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b Mitchell, Wendy. "'The Zone Of Interest' sound team on recreating the overheard horrors of Auschwitz". Screen Daily. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ n.a. "BAFTA & Oscar Nomination for TRC Graduate". Thomas Rotherham College. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ n.a. "Tarn Willers CV" (PDF). AMPS. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Our Alumni". National Film and Television School. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Winners 2023". European Film Awards. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2024.