Oriol Tarragó

Oriol Tarragó (Reus, Tarragona), is a sound designer and film post-production supervisor. He is also a teacher at the Escuela Superior de Cine y Audiovisuales de Cataluña (ESCAC), attached to the University of Barcelona.

He has designed the sound design of many Spanish and international films such as [REC], The Orphanage (2007), The Impossible (2012), Enemy (2013) Crimson Peak (2015), Penny Dreadful (2014), A Monster Call (2018), Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) and Society of the snow (2023). He won six Goya Awards from the Spanish Film Academy, eight Gaudí Award from the Catalan Film Academy and two Golden Reel Awards from the Motion Sound Picture Editors. In 2018 he was awarded Best European Sound Designer by the European Film Academy.

He is a member of the Spanish Film Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Biography
He graduated from the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya - (Cinema and Audivisuals School of Catalonia), with the documentary Pura (1999) after receiving a scholarship for a six-month stay at the Singapore`s Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Career
Upon his return from Singapore, he worked with Guillermo del Toro on The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and with fellow graduate from Escola Superior de Cinema, Juan Antonio Bayona on Bayona´s first short films.

He then moved to New York, where he studied film postproduction at New York University (NYU), and on to London to work as a sound editor.

He returned to Barcelona to do The Orphanage (2007) with Bayona and began to work for directors such as Jaume Balagueró, Kike Maíllo, Denis Villeneuve or Daniel Monzón, Edmón Roch, as well as for Juan Antonio Bayona’s subsequent films.

He currently works from his studio Coser y Cantar in central Barcelona and is teaching sound design at Escola Superior de Cinema Film School. He is also involved in several projects with studios in San Francisco, Toronto and London.

Filmography (selection)
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Awards and nominations
27 Awards and 17 nominations !Year !Award !Category !Result !Work
 * 2022
 * International Cinephile Society Awards
 * Award - Best Sound
 * 2º Place
 * Tres
 * 2022
 * Mestre Mateo Awards
 * Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Tres
 * 2020
 * SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
 * Honorary Maria Award for a lifetime career in sound design
 * Winner
 * 2020
 * Madrid Film Festival-PNR
 * Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * El Infierno
 * 2019
 * Fugaz Awards
 * Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * La Noria
 * 2018
 * Cortogenia
 * Best Sound Award
 * Winner
 * La Noria
 * 2018
 * Emile Awards
 * Award for Best Sound Design in a Feature Film Production.
 * Nominated
 * Another day of life
 * 2024
 * Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (LEJA Awards)
 * Best Sound Award
 * Nominated
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2024
 * Motion Picture Sound Editors
 * Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Foreign Language Feature Film
 * Winner
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2020
 * Motion Picture Sound Editors
 * Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR for live-action broadcast media under 35 minutes
 * Nominated
 * Battle at Big Rock
 * 2015
 * Motion Picture Sound Editors
 * Golden Reel Award - Best Sound Montage, Best Sound Effects, Best Room Effects on television
 * Nominated
 * Chapter: «Penny Dreadful: Night Work»
 * 2008
 * Motion Picture Sound Editors
 * Golden Reel Award - Best Sound Montage, Best Room Effects, Best Editing of Dialogues in a non-English speaking film
 * Winner
 * The Orphanage
 * 2017
 * European Film
 * European Sound Design Award
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2024
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2022
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Tres
 * 2017
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2016
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Anacleto, agente secreto
 * 2015
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * El Niño
 * 2013
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Impossible
 * 2012
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Eva
 * 2008
 * Goya
 * Goya Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Orphanage
 * 2024
 * CinEuphoria
 * Best Sound / Sound effects in international competition
 * Winner
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2014
 * CinEuphoria
 * Best Special Effects (sound or visual) in International Competition
 * Winner
 * The Impossible
 * 2024
 * Platino
 * Award - Best Sound Direction
 * Winner
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2017
 * Platino
 * Award - Best Sound Direction
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2024
 * International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
 * Best Sound Award
 * Nominated
 * Society of the Snow
 * 2022
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Las Leyes de la frontera
 * 2022
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Tres
 * 2019
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Jurassic World
 * 2019
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Super López
 * 2017
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2016
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Anacleto, agente secreto
 * 2016
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Capture the flag
 * 2015
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * El Niño
 * 2014
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * [REC] 4: Apocalypse
 * 2014
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Los últimos días
 * 2014
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * El cuerpo
 * 2013
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Impossible
 * 2012
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Mientras duermes
 * 2012
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Eva
 * 2011
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * The Julia's Eyes
 * 2010
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * [Rec]²
 * 2007
 * Barcelona
 * Barcelona Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Orphanage
 * 2017
 * Fenix
 * Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2019
 * Fugaz Spanish Short Film Awards
 * Best Sound award
 * Nominated
 * La Noria
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 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Impossible
 * 2012
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * Mientras duermes
 * 2012
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * Eva
 * 2011
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Nominated
 * The Julia's Eyes
 * 2010
 * The Catalan Film Academy
 * Gaudí Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * [Rec]²
 * 2007
 * Barcelona
 * Barcelona Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * The Orphanage
 * 2017
 * Fenix
 * Award - Best Sound
 * Winner
 * A Monster Call
 * 2019
 * Fugaz Spanish Short Film Awards
 * Best Sound award
 * Nominated
 * La Noria
 * }
 * 2019
 * Fugaz Spanish Short Film Awards
 * Best Sound award
 * Nominated
 * La Noria
 * }
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