Hugh Strain

Highlighted works

A schoolboy learns the sexual and social rules of the game at the dawn of the 20th century in Joseph Losey’s Palme d’Or-winner.

The Dam Busters

An obsessive inventor and a squadron of courageous airmen pull off an audacious but costly raid on a dam in wartime Germany.

The Long Good Friday

An East End underworld boss faces his greatest ever challenge in John MacKenzie’s iconic thriller, featuring a tour-de-force performance from Bob Hoskins.

Withnail & I

Two unemployed actors go on a disastrous country weekend in Bruce Robinson’s cult comedy tribute to the horrors of friendship.

Get Carter

Newcastle-born hardman Jack Carter (Michael Caine) returns from London to his birthplace to avenge his brother’s murder.

Monty Python's Life of Brian

With brilliant gags and robust production values, the legendary comic troupe riff on the life of Christ to satirise religious faith.

Filmography

1949

Maytime in Mayfair [Boom Assistant]

1950

Night and the City [Sound Floor Assistant]

1953

Mogambo Sound Assistant

1955

Oh... Rosalinda!! [Boom Assistant]
The Dam Busters Boom Assistant
The Dark Avenger [Boom Assistant]

1956

Invitation to the Dance [Music Playback Operator]

1968

Hammerhead Sound Recordist
Witchfinder General Sound Mixer
Secret Ceremony Sound Recordist
Hannibal Brooks Sound Recordist
Magus Sound Recording
The Desperados Sound Recording
Yellow Submarine Dubbing Mixer
Curse of the Crimson Altar Dubbing Mixer

1969

The Games Sound Recording
The Body Stealers sd
The Engagement Dubbing Mixer
Scream and Scream Again Dubbing Mixer
What's Good for the Goose Dubbing Mixer
The Virgin and the Gypsy Dubbing Mixer
Hell Boats Sound Re-recording
All Neat in Black Stockings Dubbing Mixer

1970

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Sound Recording
Figures in a Landscape Sound Mixer
Lawman Sound Recording
Blues Like Showers of Rain Sound
Perfect Friday Re-recordist
The Adventures of Gerard Sound Re-recordist
All the Way Up Sound Mixer
Freelance Dubbing Mixer
The Night Visitor Dubbing Mixer
Bartleby Dubbing Mixer

1971

The Go-between Sound Recordist
The Hagenbeck Story Sound Recording
The Arp Statue Sound Re-recording
Get Carter Dubbing Mixer
Wake in Fright Sound Mixer

1972

The Nightcomers Sound Recordist
A Factory of Johln Player & Sons Sound
Scorpio Sound Re-recording
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Re-recording Mixer

1973

Water for Wales Sound
The Catch That Nobody Wants Sound
Class of '44 sd
A Chapter of Accidents Sound
The Double-headed Eagle sd
Wedgwood Sound
Marihuana, Marihuana sd
Born to Swing Sound Re-recording
Blue Blood Dubbing Mixer
Cat Stevens Somewhere...Not So Far from Here Sound Re-recording
The Stone Killer Sound Re-recording
Scream - And Die! Dubbing Director
The Prison Dubbing Mixer

1974

Monty Python and the Holy Grail Sound Mixer
Paradise Garden Sound
Basic Oxygen Steelmaking Sound
Arabia the Fortunate Sound
Death Wish Sound Re-recording
Sweet Virgin Sound Re-recording
The Terminal Man Sound Re-recording
Son of Dracula Dubbing Mixer
Regan Dubbing Mixer
Sea Song Dubbing Mixer

1975

Exposé Sound
Vampyres Sound
Europa Nostra Sound
I Want the Man Dubbing Mixer
Country Boy Dubbing Mixer
Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Sound Re-recording
Rachel's Man Dubbing Recordist
Ringer Dubbing Mixer
Erotic Inferno Sound Mixer
In Sickness and in Health Dubbing Mixer
When Day Is Done Dubbing Mixer
Thou Shalt Not Kill Dubbing Mixer

1976

Proteins Sound
The Slender Chance Sound
Pay Off Dubbing Mixer
Selected Target Dubbing Mixer
Lady Luck Dubbing Mixer
Sweeney! Sound Re-recording
Tigers Don't Cry Sound Re-recording
The Sentinel Sound Re-recording
John and the Magic Music Man Sound Re-recording
Double Exposure Sound Re-recording

1977

Columbus Link Sound
Sea Symphony Sound
The Little Match Girl Sound
The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation As We Know It Dubbing Mixer
The Duellists Dubbing Mixer
Black Joy [Dubbing Mixer]
Minack Dubbing
Treasure of the Junk Yard Dubbing Mixer

1978

Nightmare Dubbing Mixer
Drag Act Dubbing Mixer
Natural High - The Commodores on Tour Sound
One of Your Own Dubbing Mixer
Bait Dubbing Mixer
World of Communication Sound
Sweeney 2 Sound Re-recording
The Quatermass Conclusion Sound Re-recording
The Big Sleep Re-recordist
Agatha Dubbing Mixer
Hard Men Dubbing Mixer
Hazell Meets the First Eleven Dubbing Mixer
Hearts and Minds Dubbing Mixer
Messenger of the Gods Dubbing Mixer

1979

Stories from a Flying Trunk Sound
Scum Dubbing Mixer
The Long Good Friday Dubbing Mixer
Firepower Sound Re-recordist
What Lies Beneath Dubbing Mixer
Monty Python's Life of Brian Dubbing Mixer
Charlie Muffin Dubbing Mixer
Lovely Lightning Dubbing Mixer
Ringstone Round Dubbing Mixer

1980

No Man an Island Sound
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's Sound
Prostitute Sound Re-recording
Cry Wolf Sound Re-recording
The Awakening [Sound Re-recording]
The Alternative Miss World Sound Re-recording
National Pelmet Dubbing Mixer
Kings and Desperate Men Re-recording Mixer
The Dollar Bottom Dubbing Mixer
Mixed Doubles Dubbing Mixer

1981

The Nightingale Sound
The Cultivated Flame Sound
Shock Treatment Sound Re-recording
Death Wish II Re-recordist

1982

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
Photography
Britannia Hospital Dubbing Mixer
Ivanhoe Dubbing Mixer
Brimstone & Treacle Dubbing Mixer
The Sender Sound Re-recording
If You Could See What I Hear Dolby Stereo Dubbing Mixer
Twilight Time Dubbing Mixer
Discovered in a Graveyard Dubbing Mixer

1983

Space Riders Sound Re-recording
Those Glory Glory Days Sound Re-recording
The Wicked Lady [Sound] Re-recordist
The Honorary Consul Sound Re-recording
Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight Sound Re-recording
Real Life Sound Re-recording
Bullshot Sound Re-recording
Champions Sound Re-recording
The Lords of Discipline Sound Re-recording

1984

Comfort and Joy Sound Re-recording
Scream for Help Re-recordist
Break Out Sound Re-recording

1985

Water Sound Recording
No Surrender Sound Re-recording
Death Wish 3 Sound Re-recording
Defence of the Realm Sound Re-recording
The Bride Sound Re-recording
The Holcroft Covenant Re-recording Mixer
Restless Natives Sound Re-recording
Nightmare Weekend Sound Mixer
Insignificance Sound Recordist

1986

Withnail & I Dubbing Mixer
Sid and Nancy Sound Re-recording
Highlander Sound Re-recording
Murrow Sound Re-recording
Shanghai Surprise Sound Re-recording
Nanou Sound Re-recording

1987

Promised Land Sound Re-recording
Hidden City Dubbing mixer
A World Apart Sound Re-recording
Housekeeping Sound Re-recording
The Kitchen Toto Sound Re-recording
Comrades Re-recording Mixer - Sound England
The Whales of August Dubbing Mixer
Eat the Rich Dubbing Mixer

1988

We Think the World of You Sound Re-recording
The Strike Sound Re-recording
Joyriders Sound Re-recording
The Fruit Machine Re-recording Mixer
Scandal Dubbing Mixer
Crusoe Sound Re-recording

1989

Danny the Champion of the World Sound Re-recording
Erik the Viking Sound Re-recording
Lenny Live and Unleashed Dubbing Mixer

1990

Close My Eyes Sound Mixer
Paper Mask Sound Re-recording
The Last of the Finest Sound Re-recording
Dark City Dubbing Mixer
Windprints Sound Re-recording

1991

Where Angels Fear to Tread Sound Recordist
Liebestraum Sound Re-recording
Fellow Traveller Sound Re-recording
The Pope Must Die Sound Re-recording
Clarissa Part 1 Dubbing Mixer

1992

Phone Sound

1993

Maria's Child Sound Recording
Anchoress Dubbing Mixer
The Bullion Boys Dubbing Mixer

1994

Deadly Advice Sound Re-recordist
London Re-recording Mixer
Kris Kristofferson: Pilgrim His Life and Work Dubbing Mixer
Before the Rain Re-recording Mixer

1995

Solitaire for 2 Dubbing Mixer
The Hawk Dubbing Mixer
The Hurting Dubbing Mixer
Priest Dubbing Mixer
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain Dubbing Mixer

1996

Century Sound Mixer
Dah Dit Dah Re-recording Mixer
Alive and Kicking Dubbing Mixer

1997

Painted Angels Dubbing Mixer
Food of Love Dubbing Mixer
Spice World Dialogue Mixer