Peter Albrechtsen – Sound Designer

In an interview with Martin Langenbach, Danish sound designer Peter Albrechtsen explains the indispensability of foley in documentary films. It’s about closeness, authenticity, the right tone and the feeling of experiencing what you see. In the second part of the conversation, Peter Albrechtsen lets us know how he worked on the sound for the films […]

Interview on the state of post-production sound

»Every cent is haggled over« There is great dissatisfaction among foley artists, a small but important branch of the industry that is fighting against unacceptable working conditions and fearing for young talent. Martin Langenbach and Hanse Warns, masters of their field, in conversation. Go to Article

Max Bauer at DLF Kultur

Max Bauer has hundreds of shoes and all kinds of floor coverings in his repertoire. Because steps are the main business in scoring films. He has been creating sounds for film, theater and radio for 30 years. Eine Handwerkskunst, die bald verschwinden könnte. (What we don’t see that way – AI is able to clean […]

Max Bauer explains his profession to the Goethe Institute

Creaking doors, singing swords and crunching snow – foley brings the stories to life. In an interview, the foley artist Max Bauer talks about his job and explains how he creates a cinematic experience in the listener’s head and gives them goosebumps. Go to Article

LIVE FOLEY 18.11.23

Foley-Live Performance mit Luis Schöffend, mit Musik zu einem Kurzfilm bei „Sound & Vision“ während des Interfilm-Festivals in Berlin in der Volksbühne Berlin. Zur Interfilm Berlin

Maxi Pongrats bei Audio:Visionen

Maxi Pongratz is a ›Foley Artist‹. What is that? This is what interested listeners will find out in this episode of AUDIO:VISIONEN, which – like the second season of the podcast – is less about film music in the narrower sense and more about sound in the film, i.e. about sounds, noises and props. We […]

Heikki Kossi – Foley Artist

The “Interview” series is a series of interviews with various interlocutors from film production. In an interview with Martin Langenbach, the Finnish foley artist Heikki Kossi, who has been working for Skywalker Sound in California since the beginning of 2023, answers questions about his career and the differences between European and American working methods. The […]

Mel Kutbay

The German foley artist legend talks about his passion at the Go Short festival pavilion in Nijmegen in 2012 and reveals some tricks.

Foley Artists

In Theresa Müller’s student graduation film, a short documentary about the art of dubbing, the foley artists Luis Schöffend, Volker Armbruster, Max Bauer and Jörg Klinkenberg, as well as the foley mixer Normann Büttner and the doctoral student in film history at the University of Cologne Maria Adorno have their say.