Antoine Bonfanti
Sound·October 26, 1923·† March 4, 2006 — 82 years old·Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Antoine Bonfanti (23 October 1923 - 4 March 2006) was a French sound engineer and a professor at cinema schools and institutes in France and other countries. He taught regularly at INSAS in Brussels and EICTV in Cuba, and occasionally at Fémis and ENSLL.
He was born 26 October 1923 in Ajaccio, Corsica, and died 4 March 2006 in Montpellier, France.
He began learning his profession as a trainee boom-operator on the film La Belle et la Bête by Jean Cocteau. He is considered as being one of the pioneers of direct-sound in film-making on location: “the school of direct-sound is French - said the sound-engineer Jean-Pierre Ruh- it began with Antoine Bonfanti”.
Known For
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966·7.9
Last Tango in Paris
1972·6.9
Pierrot le Fou
1965·7.3
Delusions of Grandeur
1971·7.4
The Sucker
1965·7.4
Day for Night
1973·7.8
Band of Outsiders
1964·7.5
Happiness
1965·7.4
Sans Soleil
1983·7.5
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
1967·6.2
Muriel, or the Time of Return
1963·6.9
Up to His Ears
1965·7.1
Filmography · 106
2020Un soupçon d'amourSound2002Antoine Bonfanti, sonic traces of an engaged listeningSelf2001Fragile as the WorldSound Designer1995Life LessonSound Mixer1993Rosa NegraSound Editor1989Guys in the CafeSound1989Earthen ManSound Mixer1988Killing the SaudadesSound · Sound Mixer1987Repórter XSound Mixer1987Silent as a FishSound Mixer1986Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangreSound mixer1986Rosa la rose, fille publiqueSound Mixer1985The Insomniac on the BridgeSound Designer1985Notre mariageSound Mixer1984The JudgeFoley Recordist1983Lucky Luke: Daltons on the LooseMixing Engineer1983Sans SoleilSound Mixer1983Salut la puceSound Mixer1982AnaSound Mixer1982Le rose et le blancSound Mixer1982Carnaval de Guinée BissaoSound1981Instinct de femmeMixing Engineer1981OxaláSound Mixer1981C'est la vie !Sound1980Simone Barbès or VirtueSound Re-Recording Mixer1980To Woody Allen from Europe with LoveSound Mixer1979UtopiaSound1979West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of LibertySound1978Le rouge de ChineSound1978DaguerréotypesSound1978Ciné regardsTVSelf1978Djerrahi: une cérémonie soufieSound1978Exit 7Sound1977The Theatre of the MattersSound1977The Moving-Picture ManSound1977La MachineSound1977Last Exit Before RoissySound Director1977We shall have the whole of death to sleepSound Mixer1977Aide-mémoire... pour une autre histoireSound1976Gloria MundiSound Editor1976Je suis Pierre RivièreSound Engineer1976I Love You, I Don'tSound1975Guerre du peuple en AngolaDirector1975Hu-ManSound Mixer1975Met Dieric BoutsOther1975India SongSound Mixer1975Zig ZigSound1975Raging FistsSound1975The AmbassadorsSound1974Le voyage d'AmélieSound1974Sweet MovieSound Mixer1974The Madwoman of ToujaneSound1973SOUVENIR DE GRASSE, Un certain 12 Juin 1973Sound1973Day for NightSound Mixer1973The Vertical SmileSound1973BelleSound1972Last Tango in ParisSound Engineer1972To Be Twenty in the AuresSound1972Tout Va BienSound1972The Inner ScarSound1972Les jonquillesSound · Mix Technician1971Delusions of GrandeurSound1971Struggle in ItalySound1971Vladimir and RosaSound1971Love Is Gay, Love Is SadSound Mixer1970The House of the BoriesSound Mixer1970Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution)Sound Mixer1970La Fin des PyrénéesMusic1970The People and Their GunsSelf · Sound1970Les AjoncsSound1969ThreeSound1969Mr. FreedomSound1969The Pan-african Festival in AlgiersAssistant Director · Sound1968Rocky Road to DublinSound Engineer1968One Night... a TrainSound1968La CharnièreDirector1968Je T'Aime, Je T'AimeSound1968Be Seeing YouSound · Production Assistant1967A Question of RapeSound Mixer1967Far from VietnamSound1967The Killing GameSound1967Law of SurvivalSound19672 or 3 Things I Know About HerSound1966Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!Sound1966Naked HeartsSound1966If I Had Four DromedariesSound1966Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?Sound Recordist1966The Man Who Had His Hair Cut ShortSound1966The War Is OverSound1966Santa Claus Has Blue EyesSound Mixer1965Up to His EarsSound Engineer1965Pierrot le FouSound1965The SuckerSound Engineer1965HappinessSound Assistant1964The Married WomanSound1964The UnvanquishedSound1964Band of OutsidersSound1964Joy HouseSound Designer1964Le temps d'EmmaSound1963Muriel, or the Time of ReturnSound1963Method 1Sound Engineer1963The Lovely Month of MaySound1963Bay of AngelsSound1963Bon pour le service1962Bird of ParadiseSound Recordist1960Magritte or the Object LessonSound Engineer