 on the set of The Boy Friend (1971) |
Production sound mixer who entered British film as a sound recordist for Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE (1969). Other notable credits include Russell's THE DEVILS and THE BOY FRIEND (both 1971), and THE GREAT GATSBY (1974), TOMORROW NEVER COMES (1978), THE AWAKENING (1980), BETRAYAL (1983), "Inspector Morse" (1987, TV series), "Poirot" (1989, TV series), CIRCLE OF FRIENDS and BRAVEHEART (both 1995), SOME MOTHER'S SON (1996), METROLAND, MRS. DALLOWAY and THE PEACEMAKER (all 1997), THE SEA CHANGE, TEA WITH MUSSOLINI, CAPTAIN JACK, FELICIA'S JOURNEY and ANNA AND THE KING (all 1999), THE FOURTH ANGEL, BACK TO THE SECRET GARDEN and TAKING SIDES (all 2001), STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES and RIPLEY'S GAME (both 2002), WHAT A GIRL WANTS, LISTENING and THE GOODBYE PLANE (all 2003), LADIES IN LAVENDER, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and HEAD IN THE CLOUDS (all 2004), THE UPSIDE OF ANGER, STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH and "Empire" (TV mini-series) (all 2005), FLYBOYS (2006), 1408 and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (both 2007), and "John Adams" (2008, TV mini-series: sound mixer, Hungary).
Simmons is a founder-member and vice-chairman of AMPS (the Association of Motion Picture Sound), and a member of BAFTA, EFA and the Cinema Audio Society.
1 nomination |
Nominated for Achievement in Sound