Michael F. Bates
freelance sound editor
AMPS | MPSE | BAFTA Connect

The Lost Bass, what a story and great fun working on it!
Coming to cinemas 2nd & 4th April 2026
Director: @arthur_cary
Produced by: @passionpicturesfilms
Editor: @carlin9032
Composer: Tim Atack
Sound Post Producer: @comans @flyingfoxtv
Sound Post Production by @gfsoundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: @georgefoulgham
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer / Music Editor: @sammosounds
Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor: @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor: @rickblything
Mix Facility: @bangpostprod

Birds of War, what an extraordinary film and a wonderful experience helping make it. So happy it has done so well at Sundance and Thessaloniki.
Directors: Janay Boulos & @abd_alkader_habak
Producer: @sonjahenrici
Editor: @willhefilmit
Post Supervisor: @comans @flyingfoxtv
Picture Post by @thefinishline.pro
Composers: @harps_mudhar @darrrrrensng
Sound Post Production by @gfsoundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: @georgefoulgham
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: @sammosounds
Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor: @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor: @janetherealm
Sound Effects & Foley Editor: @rickblything
Mix Facility: @bleatpost

Birds of War, what an extraordinary film and a wonderful experience helping make it. So happy it has done so well at Sundance and Thessaloniki.
Directors: Janay Boulos & @abd_alkader_habak
Producer: @sonjahenrici
Editor: @willhefilmit
Post Supervisor: @comans @flyingfoxtv
Picture Post by @thefinishline.pro
Composers: @harps_mudhar @darrrrrensng
Sound Post Production by @gfsoundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: @georgefoulgham
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: @sammosounds
Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor: @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor: @janetherealm
Sound Effects & Foley Editor: @rickblything
Mix Facility: @bleatpost

Birds of War, what an extraordinary film and a wonderful experience helping make it. So happy it has done so well at Sundance and Thessaloniki.
Directors: Janay Boulos & @abd_alkader_habak
Producer: @sonjahenrici
Editor: @willhefilmit
Post Supervisor: @comans @flyingfoxtv
Picture Post by @thefinishline.pro
Composers: @harps_mudhar @darrrrrensng
Sound Post Production by @gfsoundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: @georgefoulgham
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: @sammosounds
Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor: @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor: @janetherealm
Sound Effects & Foley Editor: @rickblything
Mix Facility: @bleatpost

Birds of War, what an extraordinary film and a wonderful experience helping make it. So happy it has done so well at Sundance and Thessaloniki.
Directors: Janay Boulos & @abd_alkader_habak
Producer: @sonjahenrici
Editor: @willhefilmit
Post Supervisor: @comans @flyingfoxtv
Picture Post by @thefinishline.pro
Composers: @harps_mudhar @darrrrrensng
Sound Post Production by @gfsoundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: @georgefoulgham
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: @sammosounds
Supervising Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor: @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor: @janetherealm
Sound Effects & Foley Editor: @rickblything
Mix Facility: @bleatpost

The Six Billion Dollar Man
Director: Eugene Jarecki
Official Selection at Festival de Cannes 2025
Sound Post Production by GF Soundscapes
Re-Recording Mixer: George Foulgham
Sound Editor & Assistant Re-Recording Mixer: Sam Morris
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael F. Bates

Thrilled to share the feature documentary Pizza Under Fire, directed by Adrian Pennink, has begun its festival journey!
A massive thank you to George Foulgham (GFS) for leading the full audio post-production and for having me onboard.
Credit to the whole sound crew:
Re-recording Mixer @gfsoundscapes
Assistant Mixer @sammosounds
Dialogue Editor @michaelfbates_
Sound Effects Editor @rickblything
Mix Facility @bangpostprod
#PizzaUnderFire #Documentary #FilmFestival #AudioPostProduction #SoundDesign

‘Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes’ - Disney+
Alex Gibson was the sound effects editor on this series and kindly asked me to join him on episodes 2&3.
Whether you remember the events or not, I think the series will raise a mixture of horror and anger at the sheer ineptitude of the police operation that led to Jean Charles murder by the Met and then the rank self interest that went into the subsequent cover up of what really happened.

‘Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes’ - Disney+
Alex Gibson was the sound effects editor on this series and kindly asked me to join him on episodes 2&3.
Whether you remember the events or not, I think the series will raise a mixture of horror and anger at the sheer ineptitude of the police operation that led to Jean Charles murder by the Met and then the rank self interest that went into the subsequent cover up of what really happened.

Feeling quite emotional about being nominated for the AMPS Awards Excellence in Sound for a Factual Film for Strike: An Uncivil War, especially alongside such amazing fellow nominees.
I think it’s a testament to how powerful the story that the film tells is, as well as the whole sound crews work and the amazing work of director Daniel Gordon, DP Michael Timney, editor Kevin Konak and composer Tim Atack.
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