Michelle Couttolenc

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 llamada Best Sound, shared with Jaime Baksht and Raúl LocatelliThe Golden Dream Fénix AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis, Jaime Baksht and Raúl Locatelli 2015Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Pedro González, Axel Muñoz, Kiyoshi Osawa, Gabriel Reyna and Jaime BakshtGüeros 2016Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis and Jaime BakshtGloria 2017Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime BakshtThe 4th Company Best Sound, shared with Fernando Cámara, Stan Mak, Steven Avila, Trip Brock and Jaime BakshtYou're Killing Me Susana 2018Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Matías Barberis, Bernat Fortiana, Pablo Tamez Sierra and Jaime BakshtLa libertad del diablo Best 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 BakshtMuseo 2019Ariel Awards Best Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Christian Giraud, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime BakshtBelzebuth Best Sound (Mejor dirección de sonido), shared with Javier Umpierrez, Olaitan Agueh, Yuri Laguna and Jaime BakshtI'm No Longer Here 2021Platino Awards Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Raúl Locatelli, Alejandro de Icaza and Jaime BakshtNew Order Best 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 Metal Cinema Audio SocietyOutstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures - Live Action, shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Phillip Bladh and Kari Vähäkuopus Satellite AwardsBest Sound (Editing & Mixing), shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko Latino Entertainment Journalist Association Film AwardsBest Sound, shared with Phillip Bladh, Nicolas Becker, Carlos Cortés Navarrete, Jaime Baksht and Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko International Cinephile Society AwardsBest Sound Design, shared with Nicolas Becker and Phillip Bladh International Online Cinema AwardsBest Sound Mixing, shared with Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime Baksht Association of Motion Picture SoundExcellence in Sound for a Feature Film, shared with Phillip Bladh, Jeremy Eisener, Nicolas Becker and Jaime Baksht Minnesota Film Critics Alliance AwardsBest Sound Work, shared with Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Phillip Bladh Hollywood Professional Association AwardsOutstanding Sound - Teathrical Feature, shared with Nicolas Becker, Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko, Carlos Cortés Navarrete and Jaime Baksht Golden Reel AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film, shared with Nicolas Becker and Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko 2022Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Guido Berenblum, Santiago Arroyo and Jaime BakshtEl hoyo en la cerca Best Sound, shared with Carlos García and Boris Herrera AllendeThe Kings of the World Ensor AwardsBest Sound (Beste Geluid), shared with Jaime Baksht, Guilhem Donzel, Jeroen Truijens and Loïc CollignonRebel 2024Mucuripe 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 Warrior Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Martin de Torcy, Lena Esquenazi and Jaime BakshtEl eco Gopo 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 World 2025Ariel AwardsBest Sound, shared with Isabel Muñoz Cota, Javier Umpierrez and Jaime BakshtLa cocina