John Simpson

Biography

Career Overview

John Simpson has 57 screen credits in a career dating back to 1990. Their work spans 7 cinematic universes — most prominently The Lego Movie with 3 titles. Signature works include Mad Max: Fury Road, World War Z, The Truman Show. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Sound

Gender

male

Known Credits

57

Known For

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  Mad Max: Fury Road
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  World War Z
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  The Truman Show
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  The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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  The Lego Movie

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 7 universes

• The Lego Movie (3 titles)
• Middle-earth (Tolkien) (2 titles)
• The Bad Guys (1 titles)
• Mad Max (1 titles)
• Happy Feet (1 titles)
• Wolf Creek Collection (1 titles)
• Babe Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Peter Jackson (8 collaborations)
• Richard Taylor (7 collaborations)
• Simon Harding (4 collaborations)
• Ingrid Kleinig (4 collaborations)
• Simon Bright (4 collaborations)
• Peter Swords King (4 collaborations)
• Fran Walsh (4 collaborations)
• Carolynne Cunningham (4 collaborations)
• Philippa Boyens (4 collaborations)
• Howard Shore (4 collaborations)

Credits

• sound (56 credits)

  • Monkey Man

    foley artist

    sound
    2024
  • The Bad Guys

    foley artist

    sound
    2022
  • Container

    foley

    sound
    2020
  • 2067

    foley recordist

    sound
    2020
  • Allone

    foley artist

    sound
    2020
  • The Wretched

    foley artist

    sound
    2019
  • Our Friend

    foley artist

    sound
    2019
  • Once Upon a Time in London

    foley artist

    sound
    2019
  • Velvet Buzzsaw

    foley artist

    sound
    2019
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie

    foley artist

    sound
    2017
  • Berlin Syndrome

    foley artist

    sound
    2017
  • The Lego Batman Movie

    foley artist

    sound
    2017
  • Hounds of Love

    foley artist

    sound
    2016
  • Pete's Dragon

    foley artist

    sound
    2016
  • The Darkness

    foley artist

    sound
    2016
  • Gods of Egypt

    foley

    sound
    2016
  • Regression

    foley

    sound
    2015
  • The Rezort

    foley

    sound
    2015
  • Survivor

    foley

    sound
    2015
  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    foley

    sound
    2015
  • Ashby

    foley artist

    sound
    2015
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

    foley

    sound
    2014
  • Automata

    foley

    sound
    2014
  • The Babadook

    foley artist

    sound
    2014
  • The Lego Movie

    foley artist

    sound
    2014
  • Diana

    foley artist

    sound
    2013
  • Galore

    foley artist

    sound
    2013
  • World War Z

    foley artist

    sound
    2013
  • Les Misérables

    foley

    sound
    2012
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    foley artist

    sound
    2012
  • Emperor

    foley

    sound
    2012
  • The Palace

    foley artist

    sound
    2011
  • Snowtown

    foley

    sound
    2011
  • Daybreakers

    foley artist

    sound
    2010
  • Lake Mungo

    foley artist

    sound
    2009
  • Mary and Max

    foley

    sound
    2009
  • Australia

    foley

    sound
    2008
  • Happy Feet

    foley artist

    sound
    2006
  • Macbeth

    foley

    sound
    2006
  • King Kong

    foley supervisor

    sound
    2005
  • The World's Fastest Indian

    foley artist

    sound
    2005
  • Wolf Creek

    foley artist

    sound
    2005
  • The Honourable Wally Norman

    foley artist

    sound
    2003
  • Travellers and Magicians

    foley

    sound
    2003
  • Tempted

    foley artist

    sound
    2001
  • Sample People

    foley artist

    sound
    2000
  • Soft Fruit

    foley artist

    sound
    1999
  • The Cup

    foley

    sound
    1999
  • Babe: Pig in the City

    foley artist

    sound
    1998
  • The Truman Show

    foley

    sound
    1998
  • Oscar and Lucinda

    foley artist

    sound
    1997
  • Fistful of Flies

    foley artist

    sound
    1997
  • The Last of the Ryans

    foley artist

    sound
    1997
  • Alien Visitor

    sound editor

    sound
    1997
  • Spider and Rose

    foley artist

    sound
    1994
  • Hammers Over the Anvil

    foley mixer

    sound
    1994

• actors (1 credits)

  • Have I Got News for You

    - Richard Blackwood, John Simpson (2000) ... Self actor actors
    1990