Tarn Willers

Tarn Anthony Willers (born September 1972) is a British sound engineer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film The Zone of Interest.^[1][2]

Tarn Willers
Born	England
Alma mater	Thomas Rotherham College
Occupation	Sound engineer

At the 77th British Academy Film Awards, he won a BAFTA Award for Best Sound. His win was shared with Johnnie Burn.^[3]

Life

Willers was born in England in 1972 and attended Thomas Rotherham College in his youth.^[4][5] He graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2004.^[6][7]

Willers resides in Poland.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
2011	The Veteran	—
	The British Guide to Showing Off	Credited as Tarn Willars
	Land Gold Women	—
2012	Comes a Bright Day	—
	Piggy	—
	Wasteland	—
2013	The Comedy Store: Raw & Uncut	—
	Dr. Easy	Short film
	Emily	Short film
	Fish Love	Short film
2014	Scintilla	—
	The Dark	Short film
	Fury	—
2015	The Fly	Short film
	If It Looks Like Love	Short film
	Gilt	Short film
2016	Scarlet	Short film
	The Take	—
	Kaleidoscope	—
	Don't Hang Up	—
2017	Double Date	—
2019	Zero	Short film
	Days of the Bagnold Summer	—
2021	The Power	—
	Brigitte Bardot cudowna	—
2023	Temptation	—
	The Zone of Interest	—
	O psie, który jezdzil koleja	—
	Starve Acre	—

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2009 – 2015	Holby City	33 episodes
2015	Undercover	5 episodes
	Bull	1 episode
2016	New Blood	7 episodes
2017	W1A	2 episodes
2018	Kiss Me First	2 episodes
2021 – 2022	Hotel Europa	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2023	European Film Awards	Best Sound Designer	The Zone of Interest	Won[a][8]
2024	Minnesota Film Critics Alliance	Best Sound		Nominated[a]
	North Dakota Film Society	Best Sound		Nominated[a]
	Music City Film Critics Association	Best Sound		Nominated[a]
	Association of Motion Picture Sound	Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film		Won[b]
	Gold Derby Awards	Gold Derby Film Award for Sound		Nominated[a]
	International Cinephile Society	Best Sound Design		Nominated[a]
	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Best Sound		Won[a][3]
	Academy Awards	Best Sound		Won[a][1][2]

Notes

1. Shared with Johnnie Burn
2. Shared with Johnnie Burn and Mateusz Stasiak