Biography

Chris is a multiple Grammy and Emmy-winning recording engineer and mixer based in Los Angeles. He has recorded and mixed the scores and soundtracks for over 300 major motion pictures and television shows, including the Academy Award-winning scores for Sinners, Oppenheimer, and Black Panther, and the Emmy-winning scores for The Mandalorian and Severance.

His extensive filmography includes global blockbusters such as Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning and Final Reckoning, Tenet, Venom, Blue Beetle, Tropic Thunder, Mufasa, and Superbad. In 2024, Chris's work reached a global audience of billions when he mixed music for both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Paris.

Beyond his work in film and television, Chris has collaborated with dozens of major recording artists, including Alanis Morissette, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, U2, Childish Gambino, St. Vincent, Sheryl Crow, Aerosmith, and Robbie Robertson.

To date, Chris's career has been recognized with the following industry honors:

Academy Awards: Recorded and mixed three Oscar-winning scores, most recently for Sinners in 2026.

Grammy Awards: Five nominations and three wins (2019, 2024, and 2026).

Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards: Sixteen nominations, with wins in 2012, 2021, and 2024.

Emmy Awards: Three nominations and two wins (2020 and 2021, but was inadvertently left off of the Severance win for Best Sound in 2025).
- IMDb mini biography by: Chris Fogel

Winner of 2019 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack, and 2012 Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Movies and Mini-Series.