Jo Caron
Encyclopedia
Jo Caron is a production sound mixer
. She is currently
nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound
for Shake Hands with the Devil (shared with Eric Fitz
, Gavin Fernandes
, Benoit Leduc).
Production sound mixer
A production sound mixer, location sound recordist, location sound engineer or simply sound mixer is the member of a film crew or television crew responsible for recording all sound recording on set during the filmmaking or television production using professional audio equipment, for later...
. She is currently
28th Genie Awards
The 28th Genie Awards were held on March 3, 2008 to honour films released in 2007. The ceremony was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound
The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian sound designer.-1st Genie Awards:* Karl Scherer, Austin Grimaldi, Dino Pigat, Joe Grimaldi, The Changeling...
for Shake Hands with the Devil (shared with Eric Fitz
Eric Fitz
Eric Fitz is a production sound mixer. He won the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for Shake Hands with the Devil .- Recognition :...
, Gavin Fernandes
Gavin Fernandes
Gavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...
, Benoit Leduc).
Recognition
- 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Shake Hands with the Devil - Nominee (shared with Eric FitzEric FitzEric Fitz is a production sound mixer. He won the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound for Shake Hands with the Devil .- Recognition :...
, Gavin FernandesGavin FernandesGavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...
, Benoit Leduc) - 2007 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - A Sunday in KigaliA Sunday in KigaliA Sunday in Kigali is a 2006 Canadian feature film set during the Rwandan genocide.Directed by Robert Favreau, it relates the story of Bernard Valcourt, a documentary film maker and journalist who falls in love with a young Rwandan woman, Gentille, who works at the Hôtel Des Mille Collines...
- Nominated (shared with Hans Peter Strobl, Claude La Haye,Benoit Leduc, Bernard Gariépy Strobl) - 2005 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Head in the CloudsHead in the CloudsHead in the Clouds is a 2004 drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The original screenplay focuses on the choices young lovers must make as they find themselves surrounded by increasing political unrest in late-1930s Europe.-Plot synopsis:...
- Nominated (shared with Pierre Blain, Michel Descombes, Gavin FernandesGavin FernandesGavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...
) - 2005 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Mémoires affectivesMémoires affectivesMémoires affectives is a French language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Francis Leclerc. Marcel Beaulieu also wrote the script...
- Nominated (shared with Christian Bouchard, Luc Boudrias, Clovis Gouaillier,Benoit Leduc) - 2002 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Karmina 2 - Nominated (shared with Luc Boudrias, Yvon Benoît,Benoit Leduc)
- 2001 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - The Art of WarThe Art of WarThe Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise that is attributed to Sun Tzu , a high ranking military general and strategist during the late Spring and Autumn period...
- Nominated (Hans Peter Strobl, Don Cohen, Bernard Gariépy Strobl) - 2000 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Le Dernier souffle - Nominated (shared with Michel Descombes, Michel Charron, Gavin FernandesGavin FernandesGavin Fernandes, CAS, is a re-recording mixer based in Montreal, Quebec. He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Cinema Audio Society .- Recognition :...
) - 1999 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Le Violon Rouge - Won (shared with Claude La Haye,Bernard Gariépy Strobl,Hans Peter Strobl)
- Spring 1998 Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series - HiroshimaHiroshima (film)Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors,...
- Nominated (shared with Viateur Paiement, Mathieu Beaudin, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias, Louis Collin, Jérôme Décarie, Michel Descombes, Carole Gagnon, Antoine Morin, Guy Pelletier, Jacques Plante, Claire Pochon, Myriam Poirier, François B. Senneville) - 1997 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge - Nominated (shared with Dominique Chartrand,Hans Peter Strobl)
- 1997 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - KarminaKarminaKarmina is an American pop/rock music duo of sister singer-songwriters Kelly Rudisill and Kamille Rudisill . Karmina means “song” in Latin...
- Nominated (shared with Luc Boudrias, Don Cohen, Bruno Ruffolo) - 1997 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Le Siège de l'âme - Nominated (shared with Hans Peter Strobl,Daniel Bisson, Marcel Chouinard)
- 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Le Polygraphe - Nominated (shared with Claude Hazanavicius,Hans Peter Strobl, John Nestorowich)
- 1996 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Le Confessionnal - Nominated (shared with Jean-Claude Laureux,Hans Peter Strobl)
- 1994 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Mouvements du désir - Nominated (shared with Hans Künzi, François Musy, Florian Eidenbenz)
- 1994 Gémeaux AwardGémeaux AwardThe Prix Gémeaux or Gémeaux Awards honour French Canadian achievements in Canadian television. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1985. In 2005 the Prix Gémeaux celebrated its 20th anniversary. Its English-language counterpart is the Gemini Awards.-External...
for Best Overall Sound - Dramatic (Meilleur son d'ensemble: Toutes catégories dramatiques) - Scoop III - Nominated (shared with Guy Pelletier,Antoine Morin,Viateur Paiement,Jérôme Décarie) - 1994 Gémeaux Award for Best Overall Sound - Dramatic (Meilleur son d'ensemble: Toutes catégories dramatiques) - Les Marchands du silence - Nominated (shared with Martin Pinsonnault, Louis Dupire, Ismael Cordeiro)
- 1993 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Le Sexe des étoiles - Won (shared with Hans Peter Strobl, Richard Besse)
- 1993 Gémeaux Award for Best Overall Sound - Dramatic (Meilleur son d'ensemble: Toutes catégories dramatiques) - Scoop - Nominated (shared with Serge Lacroix,Viateur Paiement,Antoine Morin,Gabor Vadnay)
- 1992 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Being at Home with ClaudeBeing at Home with ClaudeBeing at Home with Claude is a 1992 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois.The film stars Roy Dupuis as Yves, a gay man who has just murdered his lover Claude , and is attempting to explain his reasons to the police investigator .At the 13th Genie...
- Nominated (shared with Michel Descombes, Michel Charron, Luc Boudrias) - 1992 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - LéoloLéoloLéolo is a 1992 film by Quebecois director Jean-Claude Lauzon.The film tells the story of Léo Lauzon , a young boy living in a Montreal tenement with his dysfunctional family. He uses his active fantasy life and the book L'avalée des avalés by Québécois novelist Réjean Ducharme to escape the...
- Nominated (shared with Yvon Benoît, Jack Jullian,Hans Peter Strobl) - 1992 Gémeaux Award for Best Overall Sound - Dramatic (Meilleur son d'ensemble: Toutes catégories dramatiques) - AgantukAgantukAgantuk is a 1991 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's last film, and is based on one of his short stories, Atithi .-Plot summary:...
- Nominated (shared with Michel Descombes, Michel Hinton,Jérôme Décarie,Viateur Paiement) - 1991 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Love-moi - Nominated (shared with Yvon Benoît,Michel Descombes)
- 1991 Genie Award for Best Overall Sound - Moody Beach - Nominated (shared with Michel Descombes,Luc Boudrias,Richard Besse)
- 1990 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Jésus de Montréal - Won (shared with Patrick Rousseau, Adrian Croll,Hans Peter Strobl)
- 1988 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Cudowne dziecko - Nominated (shared with Michel Charron, André GagnonAndré GagnonAndré Gagnon, OC is a Canadian musician and composer. He shifted from a classical musical style to an adult contemporary style in the mid-1970s with albums such as Neiges....
,Michel Descombes) - 1988 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Le Frère André - Nominated (shared with Diane Boucher,Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier,Antoine Morin)