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Karen Baker Landers

  • Sound Department
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Karen Baker Landers
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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
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Baker Landers first displayed an affinity for sound at age eleven when her parents gave her a tape recorder. She would walk around her house and make up stories just through sound effects. While studying Film at California State University at Long Beach, she impressed sound designers Richard Anderson and Mark Mangini, and they hired her to work at their company. In the early days of her career she met Per Hallberg. Realizing that they worked very well together, they began a professional partnership that has lasted over 25 years. Baker Landers appreciates having a colleague like Hallberg to bounce ideas off of. While she frequently supervises her own projects, she still enjoys collaborating with him whenever possible. Baker Landers was selected for Variety's Women's Impact List in 2013, and she is the first woman to ever win two Academy Awards for Sound Editing.
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    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 15 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Known for

    Daniel Craig in Skyfall (2012)
    Skyfall
    7.8
    • Sound Department
    • 2012
    Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    The Bourne Ultimatum
    8.0
    • Sound Department
    • 2007
    Josh Hartnett in Black Hawk Down (2001)
    Black Hawk Down
    7.7
    • Sound Department(as Karen M. Baker)
    • 2001
    Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan, Ryan Reynolds, and Mark Strong in Green Lantern (2011)
    Green Lantern
    5.5
    • Sound Department
    • 2011

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    Sound Department



    • Road Trip
      • sound designer
      • Completed
      • Short
      • 2024
    • The Truth About the War in Heaven: Declaration of War
      • supervising sound editor
      • Pre-production



    • Mary (2024)
      Mary
      5.2
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2024
    • Mia Goth in MaXXXine (2024)
      MaXXXine
      6.2
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2024
    • Thanksgiving (2023)
      Thanksgiving
      6.2
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2023
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Joe Manganiello in The Kill Room (2023)
      The Kill Room
      5.5
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2023
    • Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Brett Gelman, Jessica Rothe, Sharlto Copley, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, and Andrew Koji in Boy Kills World (2023)
      Boy Kills World
      6.4
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2023
    • Ghosts of Beirut (2023)
      Ghosts of Beirut
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2023
    • Dermot Mulroney, Courteney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Tony Revolori, Liana Liberato, Josh Segarra, Mason Gooding, Samara Weaving, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion, and Devyn Nekoda in Scream VI (2023)
      Scream VI
      6.4
      • supervising sound editor: Formosa Features
      • 2023
    • David Harbour in Violent Night (2022)
      Violent Night
      6.7
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
      Hocus Pocus 2
      6.0
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound design editor (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • For Love (2022)
      For Love
      8.3
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Mia Goth in Pearl (2022)
      Pearl
      7.0
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Mens vi venter (2022)
      Mens vi venter
      5.9
      Short
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Rainey Qualley in Shut In (2022)
      Shut In
      5.7
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis in Redeeming Love (2022)
      Redeeming Love
      6.7
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Marley Shelton, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Sonia Ammar, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mikey Madison in Scream (2022)
      Scream
      6.3
      • supervising sound editor: Formosa Group
      • 2022

    Editorial Department



    • Enigma (1982)
      Enigma
      5.9
      • assistant editor (as Karen Baker)
      • 1982
    • Petula Clark in Never Never Land (1980)
      Never Never Land
      7.0
      • assistant editor (as Karen Baker)
      • 1980

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      We're storytellers. We just tell our stories with sound. If it's creating an atmosphere for a different planet, creating creature vocals, or finding the right wind to convey the loneliness that the character may be feeling, we think through every choice we make

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