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about:
Nikolay Antonov is a sound designer and music supervisor based in Berlin.
Creating emotional sound narratives through a balance between minimalism and hyperrealism, between music and sounds, between what we hear and not, he works with documentaries, fiction and hybrid films, animation, music videos, and commercials.
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-2023: Nikolay teamed up with sound designer Andrew Siedenburg to work on Lucy Kerr’s debut feature film Family Portrait, which premiered at 76º Locarno Film Festival — Concorso Cineasti del presente and won Boccalino d’Oro Locarno 2023 — Best Director. The film got numerous positive reviews.
-2021: Nikolay worked on a Grammy 2021 CBS Promo campaign: he stepped in on the early stages of pre-production and edited music & sound before the videos were actually shot. The editing team was following Nikolay’s lead, working in a sound-driven workflow. Nikolay’s creative vision set the tone and pace of the campaign.
-2019: Nikolay started an ongoing collaboration with OAMC by Luke Meier (Jil Sander, Supreme) and Arnaud Faeh (Carhartt WIP), creating the audio-visual identity of the brand through a series of works.
-2019: Nikolay worked on his first feature film “Babai“, where sound plays an essential part in the exploration of childhood trauma. The film was a part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Bright Future Competition and IndieLisboa Official Competition.
-2015: Nikolay created sound for an almost no-dialogue 16 mm short film “Douggy“ by Matvey Fiks screened at Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and many others.
-Since 2014 Nikolay has worked in commercials, where his first breakthrough was a 2018 Webby Award-winning short film “Daniel Arnold | Odds and Ends“. Music edit, sound design and mix — all of the sonic elements became ‘sound’ as a whole, driving the film through the streets of New York.
-Nikolay started his career in 2013 with a multi-award-winning animated short film “Other Shores“ by Vasilly Chirkov, which premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The 7-minute piece was his first story told with sound.