Benoit Barraud
LOCATION SOUND
About
WHO AM I?
I am a location sound mixer located in Zürich, Switzerland. I speak fluently French, my mother tongue, and have full working proficency in Swiss German, German and English.
WHAT DO I DO?
I record sound for film on location. I am mainly active in feature films, TV series and documentaries as well as the occasional commercial shoot.
Work
2025
Unsere kleine Botschaft
Maloney - Season 2
Directed by Luca Ribler & Chanelle Eidenbenz
Production: C Films
Location sound mixer
Each of us
2024
Maloney - Season 1
Directed by Micheal Schärer & Luca Ribler
Production: C Films
Location sound mixer
Aiming High
Directed by Flavio Gerber & Alun Meyerhans
Production: Filmgerberei
Location sound
Winter Palace
Directed by Pierre Monnard
Production: Point Prod
Boom Operator 2nd unit
2023
Tschugger - Season 3
Directed by David Constantin & Johannes Bachmann
Production: Shining Film
Location sound mixer
Tschugger - Season 4
Directed by David Constantin & Johannes Bachmann
Production: Shining Film
Location sound mixer
Neumatt - Season 3
Directed by Bettina Oberli & Cosima Frei
Production: Zodiac Pictures
Location sound mixer
2022
Tatort Zürich - Von Affen und Menschen
Directed by Micheal Schärer
Production: Zodiac Pictures
Location sound mixer
Tatort Zürich - Fährmann
Directed by Micheal Schärer
Production: Zodiac Pictures
Location sound mixer
Neumatt - Season 2
Directed by Andrea Staka and Christian Johannes Koch
Production: Zodiac Pictures
Location sound mixer 4 episodes / Boom Operator 4 episodes
Rivière
Directed by Hugues Hariche
Production: Beauvoirs Films
Location sound mixer
2021
Tatort Zürich - Seilschaft
Directed by Tobias Ineichen
Production: C Films
Location sound mixer
Tatort Zürich - Blinder Fleck
Directed by Tobias Ineichen
Production: C Films
Location sound mixer
Les histoires d'amour de Liv S.
Directed by Anna Luif
Production: Beauvoir Films
Location sound mixer
Wilder IV
Directed by Claudio Faeh
Production: C Films and Panimage
Location sound mixer
2020
Neumatt - Season 1
Directed by Sabine Boss and Pierre Monnard
Production: Zodiac Pictures
Location sound mixer 4 Episodes / Boom Operator 4 Episodes
Wilder III
Directed by Jan-Erik Mack
Production: C Films and Panimage
Location sound mixer 3 Episodes / Boom Operator 3 Episodes
Ich hätte am Kronleuchter hängen bleiben müssen
Directed by Diego Hauenstein
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Sound recordist
2019
Madeleine Collins
Directed by Antoine Barraud
Production: Les Films du Bélier, Close up and Frakas,
Boom Operator
Von Fischen und Menschen
Directed by Stefanie Klemm
Production: Dschoint Ventschr
Location sound mixer
Da kommt noch was
Directed by Mareille Klein
Production: Berghaus Wöbke Filmproduktion
Boom Operator
The Bubble
Directed by Valerie Blankenbyl
Production: Catpics and Golden Girls
Sound Recordist
2018
Mare
Directed by Andrea Staka
Production: Oko Films
Location sound mixer
- Nominated for best sound at the Schweizer Filmpreis 2021 -
Helvetica
Directed by Romain Graf
Production: Rita Productions
Location sound mixer - Second unit
Where we belong
Directed by Jacqueline Zünd
Production: Real Films
Sound recordist
2017
Der Bestatter - Season 6
Directed by This Lüscher
Production: Snake Films
Boom Operator 3 Episodes
Rudern am Limit
Directed by Chris Grüner
Production: Filmgerberei
Sound recordist
Kreuz und Queer
Production: Vice Switzerland and SRF
Sound recordist
2016
Glaubenberg
Directed by Thomas Imbach
Production: Oko Films
Location sound mixer and Boom Operator
King of canabis
Production: Vice
Sound recordist
2015
Die Parkour Profis
Directed by Matthias Affolter
Production: Filmformat
Sound recordist
2014
Bounty
Directed by Shyaka Kagame
Production: Les Productions JMH
Sound recordist
Equipment
Recorder: Sound Devices Scorpio and Sound Devices 888
Mixer: Sound Devices CL16
Microphones: 5x DPA 4017 / 3x DPA 4018 with MMP B, C, ES, GS
Wind protection and suspentions: Cinela Pianissimo / Albert / Cosi / Osix
Booms: Ambient QS / QP Slim long / QSM / QPS65 / QXS550
Stereo ORTF: 2x DPA 4011C
Wireless Rx: Sound Devices Astral ARX16, 16 Channels
Wireless Tx: 8x Sound Devices Astral mini / 2x Sound Devices Astral Tx / 4x Audio Limited A10Tx
Lavaliers: DPA 6060 / 4160 slim
Timecode: 6x Tentacle syncE
IFB: 2x Sennheiser SR G4 Tx / 12x Sennheiser G4 IEM Rx
Recorder: Sound Devices Mixpre 10 II
Microphones: Boom MS DPA 4017B / Schoeps CCM8
Wind protection: Cinela Pianissimo
Boom: Ambient QPS65
Wireless Rx: 2x Sound Devices A20RX
Wireless Tx: 4x Audio Limited A10TX
Lavaliers: DPA 6060 / 4160 slim
Timecode: 2x Tentacle syncE
Scratch track on camera: Sennheiser G3 Tx / Sennheiser G4 Rx
IFB: 2x Sennheiser G4 IEM Rx
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