Peter Albrechtsen – Storytelling through Sound

Wednesday 12 May 2021, 12-2pm [online via Minerva]

Peter Albrechtsen is a Danish sound designer, re-recording mixer and music supervisor based in Copenhagen and working on both feature films and documentaries.

Among Peter Albrechtsen’s recent doc credits are the festival favorites Bill Nye: Science Guy, Land of the Free and True Conviction. Recent fiction credits include the Danish thriller smash hit Darkland, Finnish Cannes winner The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, and sound effects recording for Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. This year, Peter was invited to become a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is also a member of the US association of sound designers, MPSE.

Along with his work as sound designer and sound re-recording mixer, Peter Albrechtsen has worked as a music supervisor and music editor and has collaborated closely with globally acclaimed musicians such as Antony and the Johnsons, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Efterklang.

Peter has also written about music and movies for different Danish and international magazines and has been lecturing about sound design around the world and moderating seminars and teaching at The Danish Film School.

For more information about Peter’s work, please see his imdb page.

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