Wolfgang Herold is a German
film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...
and sound supervisor.
He gained his first experience working with sound at the
AFN TV and radio stations in Germany and created production music for his own publishing company. Wolfgang Herold has been giving films a "voice" since he founded his
sound studios in
Frankfurt/Main
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...
,
Germany
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in 1988. The company first focused on advertising and music, but Herold Studios has since shifted its emphasis to mixing feature films. In 1993 Wolfgang Herold introduced the D.A.N. Digital Audio Network system, a new production form for sound studios that enabled voice recordings via digital phone lines (
ISDN
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).
In 2001, he founded a film production company, Herold Productions GmbH, for concept development, co-financing, and co-production of international feature-length films. Its productions include
Uwe Boll
Uwe Boll (; born June 22, 1965) is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises which often starred international stars like Jason Statham, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, ...
films such as
''Alone in the Dark'', ''
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale'', and
''Far Cry''. Wolfgang Herold is also active as a
music supervisor
A music supervisor is a person who combines music and visual media. According to The Guild of Music Supervisors, a music supervisor is “a qualified professional who oversees all music related aspects of film, television, advertising, video games ...
and
soundtrack
A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrac ...
producer. He won both
gold
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and
platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver".
Pla ...
awards for his collaboration with
Nightwish
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for the soundtrack of Alone in the Dark.
Wolfgang Herold is member of the Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.
Awards
Special Jury Prize of the Hessian Film Prize 2007 as Executive Producer of In the Name of the King - A Dungeon Siege Tale
Special Jury Prize on hessischer-filmpreis.de
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Filmography
* ' (2013, co-producer)
* ' (2013, co-producer)
* ''Homies'' (2011, co-producer)
* ''Max Schmeling
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural ev ...
'' (2010, producer)
* ''BloodRayne 3'' (2010, associate producer)
* ''Alone in the Dark II'' (2009, V, co-executive producer)
* ''Far Cry'' (2008, executive producer)
* Die Brücke (2008, TV; co-producer)
* ''Brotherhood of Blood
''Brotherhood of Blood'' is a 2007 American-German horror film, starring Jason Connery, Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree, directed by Peter Scheerer and Michael Roesch. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Fe ...
'' (2007, co-producer)
* ''In the Name of the King
''In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale'', or simply ''In the Name of the King'', is a 2007 action-fantasy film directed by Uwe Boll and starring Jason Statham, Claire Forlani, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman and Ray L ...
'' (2007, executive producer)
* ''You Am I'' (2006, executive producer)
* ''BloodRayne'' (2005, executive producer)
* ''Alone in the Dark'' (2005, executive producer)
* Surviving the Terror
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(2005, associate producer)
* Castro (2003, TV; associate producer) (international version)
* ''House of the Dead'' (2003, producer)
* ''Heart of America'' (2003, executive producer)
* ''Blackwoods'' (2002, executive producer)
* ''Missing Link'' (1999, associate producer)
References
External links
* Wolfgang Herold at th
IMDb
Herold Studios GmbH (Sound Studios)
Herold Productions GmbH (Film Production Company)
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Living people
1961 births
German film producers