Mikhail Kuznetsov (sound designer)

Mikhail Kuznetsov (Russian: Михаил Кузнецов) is a Michigan-based Russian sound designer, sound editor who was the founder and president of Bogota Post from 1977 to 1998. Like his Italian counterpart Luca Ancelotti, he is known for his loud, ear-grating sound design. Since 2010, he currently works at Sunrise Sound Services.

Bio
Kuznetsov was born in Moscow on 1 August 1957 to his Russian father and his Indian mother. When Kuznetsov was 10, he and his family moved to Bogotá, Colombia. While the family lived in Bogotá, his parents began a tradition of the family watching a film together each night. They were fond of horror, westerns and comedy.

When he was 15, his father Andrey died. On 25 December 1977, having been arrived back at his native Moscow, Kuznetsov founded his own company Bogota Post, dedicated to sound design and editing. On 12 October 1998, he stepped down as the company's founder and president and went to Detroit, Michigan.

On 19 April 2010, Kuznetsov was employed by Sunrise Sound Services as Sound Designer/Editor. Among his recognized talents at work, he is a gifted cook, practices pilates and yoga, and finds time to travel the world with his friends and family.

Filmography

 * Star Wars: From Russia with Love (1990) - Sound Designer
 * Blood Stone (2010) - Sound Designer
 * Pyoro (2015) - Sound Designer
 * Makarov: A Pyoro Story (2016) - Sound Designer
 * Pyoro 2: Desperate Measures (2017) - Sound Designer
 * Ben Collins Strikes Again (2018) - Supervising Sound Editor
 * Olga and the Breathing Apparatus: A Pyoro Story (2018) - Sound Designer
 * Pyoro 3: Unforeseen Consequences (2019) - Sound Designer
 * Pyoro 4: The Fall of Pyoro (2020) - Sound Designer

Trivia

 * On his Detroit apartment, Kuznetsov owns the Windows 2000 and Windows 8.1 personal computers.
 * His catchphrase is "Keeping you in one piece is proving to be quite a challenge!" (Ведение вы в одной части, оказывается довольно сложной задачей!). Another one is "This makes me very angry! Very angry indeed!" (Это меня очень злит! Действительно, очень злой!), when things don't go his way.