Simon Hayes

Simon Hayes is a British production sound mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and the BAFTA Award for Best Sound for his work on Les Misérables. He earned two further nominations in those categories for his work on No Time to Die (2021) and Wicked (2024).

Career After starting work as a runner for a commercial production company when he was 16 years old, Hayes moved into the sound department as an assistant and then boom operator, before mixing his first feature film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at the age of 27. Hayes was the production sound mixer for the 2012 epic period musical film Les Misérables, for which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing at the 85th Academy Awards, alongside Andy Nelson and Mark Paterson. Hayes and his team undertook complex recording, editing and mixing processes to achieve Hooper's aim. They captured recordings of the actors amidst loud film sets, edited the vocals, then overdubbed the orchestration.

Personal life Hayes is a 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt and coaches at Carlson Gracie London. He also holds a 2nd dan blackbelt in Judo. Hayes raced BMX in the 1980s, winning the 1985 European BMX Championships in Barcelona.

Awards 2008: Conch Award for Production Sound Mixer of the Year 2012: Conch Award for Production Sound Mixer of the Year 2012: Satellite Award for Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) for Les Misérables 2013: CAS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action for Les Misérables 2013: BAFTA Award for Best Sound for Les Misérables 2025: Satellite Award for Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) for Wicked 2025: Academy Award for Best Sound for Wicked

Filmography + BFI Filmography Year Title Role 1998 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Sound recordist 1999 Fanny and Elvis Production sound mixer 2000 Snatch Sound mixer 2002 Birthday Girl Additional UK shooting crew 2002 Mean Machine Sound mixer 2003 Swept Away Production sound mixer 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Production sound mixer 2004 Layer Cake Sound mixer 2004 Shaun of the Dead Sound recordist 2004 The Calcium Kid Production sound mixer 2005 Nanny McPhee Production sound mixer 2005 Revolver Sound recordist 2006 Sixty Six “A True…Ish Story” Production sound mixer 2007 28 Weeks Later Production sound mixer 2007 Copying Beethoven Production sound mixer 2007 Stardust Production sound mixer 2008 Incendiary Production sound mixer 2008 Mamma Mia! Production sound mixer 2008 The Bank Job Production sound mixer 2009 Franklyn Production sound mixer 2009 Harry Brown Production sound mixer 2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers Production sound mixer 2010 Green Zone Production sound mixer 2010 Kick-Ass Production sound mixer 2010 Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Production sound mixer 2011 X-Men: First Class Production sound mixer 2012 Bel Ami Production sound mixer 2012 Prometheus Production sound mixer 2012 'Les Misérables' Production sound mixer 2013 The Counselor Production sound mixer 2013 Trance Production sound mixer 2014 Before I Go to Sleep Production sound mixer 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Production sound mixer 2015 Kingsman: The Secret Service Production sound mixer 2016 Allied Production sound mixer 2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Production sound mixer 2017 The Legend of Tarzan Production sound mixer 2017 Eat Locals Sound consultant 2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Production sound mixer 2017 Life Production sound mixer 2018 Cats Production sound mixer 2019 Aladdin Production sound mixer 2019 Yesterday Production sound mixer 2021 No Time to Die Production sound mixer 2023 The Little Mermaid Production sound mixer 2024 Argylle Production sound mixer 2024 Wicked Production sound mixer 2025 Snow White Production sound mixer