Jane Tattersall is a

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sound editor, most noted as a six-time

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and

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winner for

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.Jim Bawden, "Award-winning editor gives audiences a real earful ; Jane Tattersall is getting noticed for her sound work". ''

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'', April 16, 2000. Born in England, Tattersall moved with her family to Canada in childhood, and was educated at Queen's University. She worked as a researcher for

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documentaries before apprenticing as a sound editor, and formed her own company, Tattersall Sound, in 1992. In 2000 the company merged with Casablanca Sound & Picture, a division of

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, to form Tattersall Casablanca.Mark Dillon
"Tattersall quits Tattersall Casablanca"
'' Playback'', March 17, 2003. She left her position as president of TC in 2003, returning to freelance sound editing work. Her first Genie win was for ''

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'', a film for which she notably had to stick her hand into a jar of

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es to achieve the desired hissing sound.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". ''

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'', May 26, 1995.

Awards

Genie Awards

Gemini Awards

Canadian Screen Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

References

External links

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