Christopher Shutt

Christopher Shutt

Sound Designer


Biography

Christopher trained in Technical Theatre at the BOVTS in 1981/2. He has since been Head of Sound at the Bristol Old Vic, Royal Court Theatre London and the National Theatre. He is now a multi-award-winning Sound Designer working all over the world. He won a Tony Award for War Horse.

He received an honorary degree from the School in 2018.

It was always stressed that the contacts you make during your training are incredibly important, and your classmates are likely to end up being on set alongside you in the future. After working with a director of photography on one of the School’s short films, I was invited to work on a project with him outside of Bristol - proving that the professionals we meet via the School, may one day give us a call to action! Muir McFadden, Technical Graduate