Jane Tattersall

Jane Tattersall at the 2020 Canadian Film Centre Annual Gala & Auction

Jane Tattersall is a Canadian sound editor,[1] most noted as a six-time Genie Award and Canadian Screen Award winner for Best Sound Editing.[2]

Born in England, Tattersall moved with her family to Canada in childhood, and was educated at Queen's University.[2] She worked as a researcher for TVOntario documentaries before apprenticing as a sound editor, and formed her own company, Tattersall Sound, in 1992.[2] In 2000 the company merged with Casablanca Sound & Picture, a division of Alliance Atlantis, to form Tattersall Casablanca.[3] She left her position as president of TC in 2003, returning to freelance sound editing work.[3]

Her first Genie win was for Naked Lunch, a film for which she notably had to stick her hand into a jar of cockroaches to achieve the desired hissing sound.[4]

  1. ^ Etan Vlessing, "From ‘Umbrella Academy’ to ‘Handmaid’s Tale’: Inside Ontario’s Visual Effects Boom". The Hollywood Reporter, May 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Jim Bawden, "Award-winning editor gives audiences a real earful ; Jane Tattersall is getting noticed for her sound work". Toronto Star, April 16, 2000.
  3. ^ a b Mark Dillon, "Tattersall quits Tattersall Casablanca". Playback, March 17, 2003.
  4. ^ Dierdre Kelly, "Jane Tattersall's sound advice: For Naked Lunch she plunged her hands into a jar of hissing cockroaches, for Rude she used fire to enhance the growl of a lion. For this Toronto editor, determining a film's sound is a creative challenge". The Globe and Mail, May 26, 1995.