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Maarten van de Voort, VDT/BVFT

Tonmeister / sound-recording / sound-design

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Welcome and thank you for visiting my website,
on June 12th 1972, I was born in the Netherlands. After studying at the university of Amsterdam,
I moved to Hamburg. I call it my home since August 1995 and live here with my family.

In 1997 I started working freelance as a sound-engineer for filmproductions from all over the world.
I work for fictional features as well as for documentaries and commercials. The conditions and challenges for the recording of sound are totally different in these three types of storytelling. I like them all and try to keep on working in all 3 categories. You can see a selection of productions and people I worked with, scrolling down.

I recorded sound for films around the globe: from Alaska to Zimbabwe, from Zambia to Afghanistan. I worked on sailingships on oceans, the icy cold northpole and hot african deserts. Carrying my equipment, I climbed high mountains and walked through deserted rainforests and asian megacities. I worked in warzones, on military aircrafts, on banquets, with kings and queens, criminals and gangsters, homeless people and hollywood stars.

I own a modern set of equipment, which is ever growing and always being renewed so I keep up to date with modern technology. I always try to keep myself mobile and flexible, so I can adapt to different locations and teams quickly and easily. I always carry several backups with me, so I can guarantee good sound at all times. To transport my equipment and crew to whatever location we need to go, I drive a comfortable 4WD.

I am a native speaker of the english, german and dutch language and do swedish and french as well. I like painting, cooking and wine, so I play football and go swimming to keep my body and mind in shape. I don’t like dubbed movies or religious extremists nor people being loud or complaining about the weather. I do like political discussions, Liebermann, Vermeer and Banksy as well as books in hard covers and any kind of creative music...enjoy!

with sunny regards,

Maarten

fictional references

non fictional references

commercial work