Known for Sound
Grammy®-winning engineer, mixer, and supervising music editor Mark Willsher works internationally across film scoring, classical recording, and immersive audio. His credits span major film and classical projects, including The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Netflix's Ultraman Rising, the San Francisco Symphony, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Deutsche Grammophon's release of Kaija Saariaho's Adriana Mater, which earned him a Grammy® Award for Best Opera Recording (engineer/mixer). In addition to his production and post-production work, Willsher has been active in audio education, lecturing at institutions such as MIT, The Peabody Institute, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music. He served for seventeen years as guest audio faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts and joined the Verbier Festival as guest faculty in 2023. He is also part of the ECHO Project, an international research initiative exploring immersive orchestral recording techniques. With a background in music performance and a deep understanding of the technical and narrative aspects of scoring, Willsher focuses on creating emotionally engaging recordings that remain transparent to the listener. He works from a calibrated immersive mixing environment supporting Dolby Atmos and other spatial formats, using a hybrid analogue/digital workflow.
Born
August 14, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Cuckfield, West Sussex, England, UK
Filmography
27 films, 1 show


Ali G: Who Iz I?
2026
country: United States
After twenty years spent "chillin', tokin' and bonin'", Ali G is shocked to discover that his long-term girlfriend, Julie, is 8 months pregnant. Faced with an extra mouth to feed, he gets off his batty and heads to America to reclaim his former glory… but soon encounters adversaries who will ultimately threaten his and his child's very existence.


The Union
2024 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A New Jersey construction worker goes from regular guy to aspiring spy when his long-lost high school sweetheart recruits him for an espionage mission.


Wonka
2023 · 1h 57m
country: United Kingdom
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.


Emma.
2020 · 2h 5m
country: United Kingdom
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.


All Is True
2018 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stops writing and returns to his hometown, where his wife Anne and daughters Judith and Susanna get surprised to hear he intends to stay there definitively, after two decades working in the capital, neglecting his sincere affections for them.


Bumblebee
2018 · 1h 54m
country: China
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.


Age of Sail
2018 · 12m
country: United States
An old, down on his luck sailor rescues a young girl at sea after she fell off a passenger ship.


The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · 2h 4m
country: United Kingdom
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.


Mary Magdalene
2018 · 2h
country: Australia
In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.


The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · 2h 49m
country: New Zealand
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.


Pig Hunt
2008 · 1h 40m
country: United States
When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!


Presto
2008 · 5m
country: United States
Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit one too many times, the magician finds he isn't the only one with a few tricks up his sleeve!


The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · 2h 59m
country: New Zealand
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.


Panic Room
2002 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.