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Former Pupil Biographies

Chris Burdon ( - current)

Chris Burdon was a pupil at Madras College in the 1980s.

He has worked as a sound engineer in the movie and TV business.

In 2013 he and fellow sound engineers were nominated for a BAFTA and an Oscar for their work on the film Captain Phillips.

In 2023 the team won the Oscar for Best Sound for the film Top Gun: Maverick. During the award ceremony he gave a shout out to Madras College and the interviewer Colin Paterson called it "A St Andrews moment at the Oscars".

 

 

His extensive catalogue of work includes:
 

2023 Top Gun: Maverick re-recording mixer
  Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One re-recording mixer
  Tetris re-recording mixer
2022 A Man Called Otto re-recording mixer
  The School for Good and Evil re-recording mixer
  The Banshees of Inisherin re-recording mixer
  Empire of Light re-recording mixer
  Thirteen Lives re-recording mixer
  Top Gun: Maverick re-recording mixer
2021 Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas re-recording mixer
  Robin Robin re-recording mixer
  Pennyworth (2019) re-recording mixer
  Tom & Jerry: The Movie re-recording mixer
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 additional re-recording mixer
2019 Last Christmas re-recording mixer
  Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon re-recording mixer
2018 Outlaw/King re-recording mixer
  22 July re-recording mixer
  Mission: Impossible - Fallout additional re-recording mixer
  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society re-recording mixer
  Early Man re-recording mixer
  The Commuter re-recording mixer
2017 The Current War re-recording mixer
  Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri re-recording mixer
  Wonder Woman re-recording mixer
  King Arthur: Legend of the Sword re-recording mixer
2016 The Healer re-recording mixer
  A United Kingdom re-recording mixer
  Jason Bourne re-recording mixer
  Anthropoid re-recording mixer
  The Nice Guys re-recording mixer
2015 Eddie the Eagle re-recording mixer
  In the Heart of the Sea re-recording mixer
  Pan re-recording mixer
  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. re-recording mixer
  The Gunman re-recording mixer
2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service additional sound re-recording mixer
  Before I Go to Sleep re-recording mixer
  Hercules re-recording mixer
  Edge of Tomorrow re-recording mixer
2013 The Counsellor re-recording mixer
  Captain Phillips re-recording mixer
  Philomena re-recording mixer
  Kick-Ass 2 re-recording mixer
2012 Seven Psychopaths re-recording mixer
  Anna Karenina re-recording mixer
  Hyde Park on Hudson re-recording mixer
  The Cold Light of Day re-recording mixer
  Contraband re-recording mixer
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows re-recording mixer
  X-Men: First Class re-recording mixer
  Unknown re-recording mixer
  Paul re-recording mixer
  Gnomeo & Juliet re-recording mixer
2010 The Nutcracker: The Untold Story re-recording mixer
  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World re-recording mixer
  Kick-Ass re-recording mixer
2009 Planet 51 (Planet One) re-recording mixer
  Dust re-recording mixer
  Creation re-recording mixer
  The Descent: Part 2 re-recording mixer
  The Boat That Rocked re-recording mixer: temp mix
2008 The Edge of Love re-recording mixer
  10,000 BC re-recording mixer
  Incendiary re-recording mixer
  Kiss of Death dubbing mixer
2007 Stardust re-recording mixer
  Grow Your Own re-recording mixer
  Treasured Island re-recording mixer
2006 Casino Royale additional sound re-recording mixer
  Fear of Fanny sound mixer
  Children of Men re-recording mixer
  Viva Blackpool re-recording mixer
  United 93 additional sound re-recording mixer
  Basic Instinct 2 re-recording mixer
  The Virgin Queen TV Mini Series dubbing mixer & re-recording mixer
  Wild at Heart TV Series dubbing mixer
2005 All About George TV Series dubbing mixer
  Footprints in the Snow TV Movie dubbing mixer
  Stoned re-recording mixer
  Corpse Bride re-recording mixer
  Fingersmith TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
2004 Murder City TV Series (2004 to 2006) re-recording mixer
  Blackpool TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  Lie with Me TV Movie re-recording mixer
  Layer Cake re-recording mixer
  Vera Drake re-recording mixer
  King Arthur additional sound re-recording mixer
  Every Time You Look at Me TV Movie re-recording mixer
  The Koala Brothers TV Series dubbing mixer
2003 Collusion re-recording mixer
  Wasp re-recording mixer
  Ned Kelly re-recording mixer
  A Short Film About John Bolton re-recording mixer
2002 Bollywood Queen re-recording mixer
  Tipping the Velvet TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  Swept Away re-recording mixer
  Pure re-recording mixer
  The Secret TV Series dubbing mixer
2001 Jonathan Creek TV Series dubbing mixer & re-recording mixer
  Walking with Beasts TV Mini Series dubbing mixer & re-recording mixer
  Swallow TV Series re-recording mixer
  Buried Treasure TV Movie dubbing mixer
  Revelation re-recording mixer
  Green-Eyed Monster TV Movie dubbing mixer
  Space TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  Messiah TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  The Body adr recordist
2000 Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings TV Special dubbing mixer
  Without Motive TV Series dubbing mixer
  Glasgow Kiss TV Series dubbing mixer
  Fish TV Series dubbing mixer
1999 Human, All Too Human TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  Boom Boom Clap dubbing editor
  The Greatest Store in the World TV Movie dubbing mixer
  The League of Gentlemen TV Series dubbing mixer
  The Vice TV Series re-recording mixer
1998 Solti: The Making of a Maestro TV Movie re-recording mixer
  Hetty Wainthropp Investigates TV Series dubbing mixer
  The O-Zone TV Serie dubbing mixer
  In the Red TV Mini Series dubbing mixer
  The Human Body TV Mini Series re-recording mixer
1997 Oasis: Right Here Right Now TV Movie dubbing mixer
1996 Watchdog Healthcheck TV Series dubbing mixer
  Silent Witness TV Series dubbing editor