Michelle Couttolenc is a Mexican sound engineer. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound and the BAFTA Award for Best Sound for the film Sound of Metal. Along with fellow nominees Jaime Baksht and Carlos Cortés Navarrete, she became the first Mexican sound engineer who won an Academy Award and the first Mexican woman sound engineer to ever be nominated. She is also the recipient of seven Ariel Awards for Best Sound.
Selected filmography Dracula (2025; re-recording mixer) Olmo (2025; re-recording mixer) Depeche Mode: M (2025; re-recording mixer) Pedro Páramo (2024; re-recording mixer) La cocina (2024; re-recording mixer) Memory (2023; re-recording mixer) Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023; re-recording mixer) El eco (2023; re-recording mixer) Cassandro (2023; re-recording mixer) Familia (2023; re-recording mixer) The Kings of the World (2022; re-recording mixer) Rebel (2022; re-recording mixer) A Cop Movie (2021; re-recording mixer) New Order (2020; re-recording mixer) Sound of Metal (2020; Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Sound co-won with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Phillip Bladh) I'm No Longer Here (2019; re-recording mixer) Roma (2018; adr re-recordist) Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017; re-recording mixer assistant) Ana y Bruno (2017; re-recording mixer) ¿Qué culpa tiene el niño? (2016; re-recording mixer) The 4th Company (2016; re-recording mixer assistant) You're Killing Me Susana (2016; re-recording mixer assistant) The Thin Yellow Line (2015; re-recording mixer assistant) Gloria (2014; re-recording mixer assistant) Güeros (2014; re-recording mixer assistant) Instructions Not Included (2013; re-recording mixer assistant) The Golden Dream (2013; re-recording mixer assistant) Post Tenebras Lux (2012; re-recording mixer assistant) Perras (2011; re-recording mixer assistant) Abel (2010; re-recording mixer assistant) Paradas continuas (2009; re-recording mixer assistant) Rudo y cursi (2008; re-recording mixer assistant) Presumed Guilty (2008; re-recording mixer assistant) Silent Light (2007; re-recording mixer assistant) Déficit (2007; re-recording mixer assistant) Efectos secundarios (2006; re-recording mixer assistant) Pan's Labyrinth (2006; re-recording mixer assistant)
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.2014Ariel AwardsBest Sound (Mejor sonido), shared with Jaime Baksht and Pablo Tamez SierraTercera llamadaBest Sound, shared with Jaime Baksht and Raúl LocatelliThe Golden DreamFénix AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis, Jaime Baksht and Raúl Locatelli2015Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Pedro González, Axel Muñoz, Kiyoshi Osawa, Gabriel Reyna and Jaime BakshtGüeros2016Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis and Jaime BakshtGloria2017Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime BakshtThe 4th CompanyBest Sound, shared with Fernando Cámara, Stan Mak, Steven Avila, Trip Brock and Jaime BakshtYou're Killing Me Susana2018Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis, Bernat Fortiana, Pablo Tamez Sierra and Jaime BakshtLa libertad del diabloBest Sound, shared with Emilio Cortés, Martín Hernández, Alejandro Quevedo and Jaime BakshtTigers Are Not AfraidFénix AwardsBest Sound, shared with Javier Umpierrez, Isabel Muñoz Cota and Jaime BakshtMuseo2019Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Raúl Locatelli, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Javier UmpierrezOur Time2020Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Christian Giraud, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime BakshtBelzebuthBest Sound (Mejor dirección de sonido), shared with Javier Umpierrez, Olaitan Agueh, Yuri Laguna and Jaime BakshtI'm No Longer Here2021Platino AwardsAriel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Raúl Locatelli, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime BakshtNew OrderBest Sound, shared with José Miguel Enríquez, Federico González Jordán and Jaime BakshtTragic JungleAcademy AwardsBest Sound, shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Phillip BladhSound of MetalBAFTA AwardsGold Derby AwardsCinema Audio SocietyOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Live Action, shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Phillip Bladh and Kari VähäkuopusSatellite AwardsBest Sound (Editing & Mixing), shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-GramckoLatino Entertainment Journalist Association Film AwardsBest Sound, shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-GramckoInternational Cinephile Society AwardsBest Sound Design, shared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip BladhInternational Online Cinema AwardsBest Sound Mixing, shared with Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime BakshtAssociation of Motion Picture SoundExcellence in Sound for a Feature Film, shared with Phillip Bladh, Jeremy Eisener, Nicolas Becker and Jaime BakshtMinnesota Film Critics Alliance AwardsBest Sound Work, shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Phillip BladhHollywood Professional Association AwardsOutstanding Sound - Teathrical Feature, shared with Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime BakshtGolden Reel AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film, shared with Nicolas Becker and Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko2022Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Guido Berenblum, Santiago Arroyo and Jaime BakshtEl hoyo en la cercaBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime BakshtA Cop Movie2023Macondo AwardsBest Sound (Mejor sonido), shared with Carlos García and Boris Herrera AllendeThe Kings of the WorldEnsor AwardsBest Sound (Beste Geluid), shared with Jaime Baksht, Guilhem Donzel, Jeroen Truijens and Loïc CollignonRebel2024Mucuripe Trophy Cine Ceará Ibero- American Film FestivalBest Sound (Melhor som) shared with Jaime Baksht, Valeria López Mancheva and Lena EsquenaziEn La Caliente: Tales of a Reggaeton WarriorAriel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Martin de Torcy, Lena Esquenazi and Jaime BakshtEl ecoGopo AwardsBest Sound (Cel mai bun sunet), shared with Hrvoje Radnic, Marius Leftãrache, Mariana Balan and Jaime BakshtDo Not Expect Too Much From The End of the World2025Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime BakshtLa cocinaAriel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Santiago Núñez, Skip Lievsay, Rich Bologna, Severin Favriau and Jaime BakshtPedro Páramo
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