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Christopher Barnett
Sound · Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Biography
Christopher Barnett is a re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound, whose work spans documentary features, episodic television, animation, virtual reality, and special-venue projects, based at the renowned Northern California facility. Barnett's documentary work includes Dirty Wars (2013), which earned the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in a Documentary Feature Film, shared with Brandon Proctor. He later received Golden Reel nominations for Bully (2011), Racing Extinction (2015), Icarus (2017), The Apollo (2019), John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020), and Rebuilding Paradise (2020). His sound editing contributions have also been acknowledged for episodic nonfiction television, including Mars (2016), episode "Novo Mundo", which earned a Cinema Audio Society nomination shared with Roy Waldspurger and Jason Butler. Beyond documentaries, Barnett has contributed to high-profile animation and franchise projects, receiving Golden Reel nominations for Despicable Me (2010), The Little Prince (2015), Ferdinand (2017), and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He was part of the team that won the Golden Reel Award for Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I (2019), a special venue project recognised for its comprehensive sound editing across effects, Foley, music, dialogue, and ADR. More recently, his work on Music by John Williams (2024) earned nominations from the Cinema Audio Society, the Primetime Emmy Awards, and the Motion Picture Sound Editors.
Known for

Ant-Man
Dialogue Editor

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Sound Mix Technician

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dialogue Editor

Despicable Me 2
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wonder Man
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Sound Effects Editor

Echo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mother Mary
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Into the Wild
Sound Effects Editor
Filmography
- 2026The Cat in the HatSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2026Mother MarySound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2026The Plastic DetoxSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2026Wonder ManSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2025In Your DreamsFoley Mixer
- 2025The Legend of the Happy WorkerSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2025OsirisSound Editor
- 2024Music by John WilliamsSupervising Sound Editor
- 2024Julia's Stepping StonesSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2024EchoSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2023Songs About FuckingSound Editor
- 2023Willow: Behind the MagicSupervising Sound Editor
- 2022Spin Me RoundSound Designer
- 2021Joy Womack: The White SwanOriginal Music Composer
- 2021The Green KnightSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2020Come AwaySound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2020Horse GirlAdditional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2018Black Smoke RisingMusic
- 2018Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomSound Effects Editor
- 2017FerdinandFoley Editor
- 2017The Little HoursSupervising Sound Editor
- 2017IcarusSound Designer
- 2016TranspecosSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2016AllegiantADR Supervisor
- 2015The Little PrinceSupervising Sound Editor
- 2015Ant-ManDialogue Editor
- 2014RudderlessSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2014HigherDialogue Editor
- 2014Dawn of the Planet of the ApesAdditional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2014Regarding Susan SontagSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierDialogue Editor
- 2013Despicable Me 2Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2010Friends and LoversSound Editor
- 2008Home MovieSound Re-Recording Mixer
- 2008Hellboy II: The Golden ArmySound Designer
- 2008The Judge and the GeneralSound Editor
- 2007Into the WildSound Effects Editor
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestSound Mix Technician
- 2006AbominableSound Re-Recording Mixer
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