Michael F. Bates

My current run of projects ends mid-June, so I'm available from then onwards for dialogue and effects editing for either drama or documentary film/TV. Get in touch via email if you want to work together: contact@michaelfbates.com michaelfbates.com/cv/ imdb.com/name/nm4876413/

Perfectly sums up the AI evangelist problem at large: “I want to be seen and valued as a ‘creative’ person, but I don’t actually want to learn and practice a craft. This creates a resentment that must be resolved, but without me having to do the work.”

@keirburrows Free tools; Adobe Enhance is pretty good. Descript does but I found the interface a bit unintuitive. 11Labs have just released one, I haven’t tried it but the rest of their toolset is very good.

liiiiike.... is there an AI tool where I can feed in some ropey on-set dialogue with too much background noise and the AI spits out a studio-perfect replacement?

WEREE is an Offical Selection at the DokuBaku Int Documentary Film Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it is also nominated for Best Short Documentary award, Oct 1st-7th. Excited to be visiting this amazing country. Thank you @idffdokubaku for your extended invitation. 🙏🏼

Excited to share that WEREE is an Official Selection at the amazing @nbff , October 17 - 24. 🎞️🎥🔥

This Friday #RedHerring is screening at #ChichesterFilmFestival followed by a Q&A with Hannah Bush Bailey, Executive Producer from BFI Doc Society! Get your tickets and go and see her! 🎟️ chichestercinema.org/film/red-herri…

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WEREE has been selected for the Canadian Awards Qualifying @ReginaFilmFest where it’s also a nominee in the International Documentary Short Form Category 🎞️

Weree won the FAFF Impact Award at the Fine Arts Film Festival, Venice, California. veniceica.org/fineartsfilmfe…

WERRE will screen as part of @AVIFFcannes today at 2pm in Marseille, France 🇫🇷🎞️📽️

WEREE will screen in competition at the excellent @festivalsole in Palermo, Italy. Amazing lineup and it’s an honour to be selected alongside these creative doc films. Screening on July 4th at 9:30pm at the GAM - Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Palermo. 🇮🇹🎥🎞️

WERRE won Best Short Documentary at the African Diaspora Cinema Festival in beautiful Florence last night 🏆🎞️🇮🇹

WEREE screened in competition at the fantastic Sole Luna Doc Festival in Palermo, Sicily last night. Thank you to the festival directors and team for an amazing experience and hospitality. 🇮🇹🎞️

Thank you @photobookmag for your lovely review of WEREE that screened at @brooklynfest 📰 🎞️ photobookmagazine.com/features/brook…

I've released two new libraries, H2O and 101 Winds, over on Sonofex.com I'm also running a rare sale, 20% off anything on the site using code JulySFX. This includes my Soundminer and Radium Tutorials. sonofex.com/product/101-wi… sonofex.com/product/h2o/

Weree has been selected for the Fine Arts Film Festival in Venice, LA, California, screening tomorrow June 8th at the @BBLitArts at 2:20pm 📽️🎞️

Thank you @brooklynfest for hosting the East Coast premiere of WEREE! 🎞️🙏🏼

Happy to share that WEREE has been selected for the @brooklynfest, NYC, May 31 - June 9. Hope to see many of my NY friends there! brooklynfilmfestival.org/film-detail?fi…

WEREE received an Honourable Mention 🏆 at the @BIFA_film-qualifying @SundShortsFilm . Thank you so much to the Jury and Festival Director Chris J. Allan and the entire festival team! 🏆 And thank you to my brilliant collaborators!

Excited to share that Weree will screen at the amazing @MLFilmFest , screening together with the feature doc The Other Profile on Friday May 27th, 6:30pm. 📽️🎞️ Check out the amazing lineup here: mammothlakesfilmfestival.com/2024-features