Oriol Tarragó
Oriol Tarragó, is a film post-production supervisor and sound designer. He is also a teacher at the Escuela Superior de Cine y Audiovisuales de Cataluña (ESCAC), attached to the University of Barcelona.
He has designed the sound design of many Spanish and international films such as, The Orphanage, The Impossible, Enemy Crimson Peak, Penny Dreadful, A Monster Call, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Society of the snow. He won six Goya Awards from the Spanish Film Academy, eight Gaudí Award from the Catalan Film Academy and two Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Sound Picture Editors. In 2018 he was awarded Best European Sound Designer by the European Film Academy.
He is a member of the Spanish Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Biography
He graduated from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya -, with the documentary Pura after receiving a scholarship for a six-month stay at the Singapore`s Ngee Ann Polytechnic.Career
Upon his return from Singapore, he worked with Guillermo del Toro on The Devil’s Backbone and with fellow graduate from Escola Superior de Cinema, Juan Antonio Bayona on Bayona´s first short films.He then moved to New York, where he studied film postproduction at New York University, and on to London to work as a sound editor.
He returned to Barcelona to do The Orphanage with Bayona and began to work for directors such as Jaume Balagueró, Kike Maíllo, Denis Villeneuve or Daniel Monzón, Edmón Roch, as well as for Juan Antonio Bayona’s subsequent films.
He currently works from his studio Coser y Cantar in central Barcelona and is teaching sound design at Escola Superior de Cinema Film School. He is also involved in several projects with studios in San Francisco, Toronto and London.
Filmography (selection)
| Year | Movies |
| 2025 | Wolfgang |
| 2025 | Un fantasma en la batalla |
| 2025 | Deep water |
| 2024 | L`homme au piano |
| 2024 | Dos tumbas |
| 2024 | La Joia: Bad Gyal |
| 2024 | The Penguin Lessons |
| 2024 | Buffalo Kids |
| 2024 | Casa en flames |
| 2024 | A través de tu mirada |
| 2023 | Això no és Suècia |
| 2023 | El último día |
| 2023 | Society of the Snow |
| 2023 | Bird Box: Barcelona |
| 2023 | A través del mar |
| 2023 | Fauna |
| 2023 | Mummies |
| 2022 | A man of action |
| 2022 | El Crédito |
| 2022 | Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet |
| 2022 | A través de mi ventana |
| 2022 | Feria: La luz más oscura |
| 2021 | Tres |
| 2021 | L'homme au piano |
| 2021 | Las leyes de la frontera |
| 2021 | Xtremo |
| 2021 | Way Down |
| 2020 | Cosmética del enemigo |
| 2019 | Malnazidos |
| 2019 | Hogar |
| 2019 | 4×4 |
| 2019 | Premios Goya 33 edición |
| 2018 | Paradise Hills |
| 2018 | La Noria |
| 2018 | Superlópez |
| 2018 | Yucatán |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom |
| 2018 | Another Day of Life |
| 2017 | Marrowbone |
| 2017 | Tadeo Jones 2: El Secreto del Rey Midas |
| 2016 | Don't Blame the Karma for Being an Idiot |
| 2016 | The Invisible Guest |
| 2016 | A Monster calls |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak |
| 2015 | Capture the flag |
| 2015 | REC 4: Apocalypse| 4: Apocalypse |
| 2014 | El Niño |
| 2014 | Out of the Dark |
| 2013 | The Innocents |
| 2013 | Enemy |
| 2013 | Mamá |
| 2012 | The Body |
| 2012 | The Impossible |
| 2011 | Mientras duermes |
| 2011 | Eva |
| 2010 | The Julia's Eyes |
| 2009 | Spanish Movie |
| 2009 | REC 2|² |
| 2007 | Fermat's Room |
| 2007 | REC | |
| 2007 | The Orphanage |
| 2006 | Moscow zero |
| 2005 | The Nun |
| 2004 | Whore |
| 2003 | Beyond Re-Animator |
| 2001 | Stranded |
| 2001 | The Devil's Backbone |
Awards and nominations
27 Awards and 17 nominations!Year
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