Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    EmmysSuperheroes GuideSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
IMDbPro

Johnnie Burn

  • Sound Department
  • Music Department
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Venice 2023
Johnnie Burn is a British sound designer based in Brighton, renowned for his work with directors like Jonathan Glazer, Jordan Peele, and Yorgos Lanthimos. He began his career in 1998, meeting Glazer at The Type Gallery in London, and co-founded Wave Studios in 1999. Burn's notable projects include The Zone of Interest (2023), earning him a 2024 Oscar for Best Sound, Poor Things (2023), Nope (2022), and The Favourite (2018). Burn also teaches and works freelance.
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 25 nominations total

    Photos6

    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster
    View Poster

    Known for

    Nope (2022)
    Nope
    6.8
    • Sound Department
    • 2022
    The Zone of Interest (2023)
    The Zone of Interest
    7.3
    • Sound Department
    • 2023
    Colin Farrell in The Lobster (2015)
    The Lobster
    7.1
    • Sound Department
    • 2015
    Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (2013)
    Under the Skin
    6.3
    • Sound Department
    • 2013

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Sound Department



    • Tuner
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Hamnet
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Bugonia
      • sound designer
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • 28 Years Later (2025)
      28 Years Later
      7.1
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor (as Johnnie Burn CAS MPSE AMPS)
      • 2025
    • The Weeknd, Barry Keoghan, and Jenna Ortega in Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
      Hurry Up Tomorrow
      4.6
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2025
    • September Says (2024)
      September Says
      6.3
      • sound designer
      • 2024
    • Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Margaret Qualley, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, and Hunter Schafer in Kinds of Kindness (2024)
      Kinds of Kindness
      6.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2024
    • Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Stone, Christopher Abbott, Ramy Youssef, and Jerrod Carmichael in Poor Things (2023)
      Poor Things
      7.8
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer
      • 2023
    • The Zone of Interest (2023)
      The Zone of Interest
      7.3
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2023
    • Nope (2022)
      Nope
      6.8
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2022
    • Celina Ralph in First Light (2020)
      First Light
      6.0
      Video
      • sound designer
      • 2020
    • Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite (2020)
      Ammonite
      6.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2020
    • Strasbourg 1518 (2020)
      Strasbourg 1518
      6.0
      TV Short
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • 2020
    • Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell in Waves (2019)
      Waves
      7.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • sound pre-mixer ...
      • 2019
    • Nimic (2019)
      Nimic
      6.5
      Short
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • 2019
    • Olla (2019)
      Olla
      6.8
      Short
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound editor
      • 2019
    • Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman in The Favourite (2018)
      The Favourite
      7.5
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2018
    • Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz in The Mercy (2018)
      The Mercy
      6.0
      • re-recording mixer
      • sound designer
      • supervising sound editor
      • 2018

    Music Department



    • The Weeknd, Barry Keoghan, and Jenna Ortega in Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
      Hurry Up Tomorrow
      4.6
      • music editor
      • 2025
    • Willem Dafoe, Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Hong Chau, Margaret Qualley, Mamoudou Athie, Joe Alwyn, and Hunter Schafer in Kinds of Kindness (2024)
      Kinds of Kindness
      6.5
      • music editor
      • 2024
    • Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell in Waves (2019)
      Waves
      7.5
      • sync music editor
      • 2019
    • Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, and Olivia Colman in The Favourite (2018)
      The Favourite
      7.5
      • composer: additional music
      • music editor
      • 2018
    • Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, and Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
      The Killing of a Sacred Deer
      7.0
      • music editor (as Burn)
      • 2017
    • Colin Farrell in The Lobster (2015)
      The Lobster
      7.1
      • music editor
      • 2015

    Personal details

    Edit
    • Alternative names
      • Johnnie Burn CAS MPSE AMPS
    • Other works
      Sound Designer - The Skype Sound Palette

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Quotes
      If you heighten the credible realism, on such a subtle level, then it's going to buy you a lot of dramatic impact. Because the realism of that sound provides a much deeper immersion for the viewer

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.