John Bowen

Sound Editor

John was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1967, and lived in Seattle, Washington, and Brookline, Massachusetts, before settling in New York City in 1989.

He attended Berklee College of Music from 1985-1989 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music Degree. During this period he wrote music extensively for Boston area theatrical productions and composed two original musicals.

Since 1989 John has worked for Sync Sound in New York City. He has specialized in mixing and editing sound for film and television, with concentrations in animation, reality TV, documentaries, and classical music. Credits include: MTV animation (Beavis & Butt-head, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch), HBO (Real Sex, various documentaries) and The Metropolitan Opera (for PBS/Great Performances and home video).  A relatively complete list of credits can be found at IMDB.

In addition to his work in the sound and music fields, John has recently earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Re Nuremberg, he writes: "One challenge on the Nuremberg project was to keep Liev Schreiber’s narration sounding close to that of the original film (without sacrificing quality and intelligibility).  To accomplish this, we recorded the narration with a period ribbon microphone (RCA 44BX), alongside a modern condenser microphone (Neumann U-87). Both microphones were blended in the final mix to achieve a unique tone well suited to the feeling of the film."