Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations. I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.…

RAFAEL BERNABEU GARCÍA

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Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations. I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.…

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Hi, I’m Rafael Bernabeu García, a multidisciplinary sound designer and composer based in Montreuil, just outside Paris. I work across cinema, advertising, contemporary music, and sound installations, creating immersive soundscapes and detailed post-production for film, TV, and digital projects. I co-own and lead The Guernica Group and Eport Studio, coordinating audio postproduction, design, and creative direction for international collaborations.

I thrive in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments and enjoy shaping narratives through sound. My work spans projects with Iran, the USA, France, and Spain, and I aim to craft accessible, innovative solutions that respect the cultural and historical context of each piece while delivering top-tier audio.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Creative Producer at The Guernica Group
January 1, 2020 - Present
Design, coordination, and production of digital and audiovisual content: videos, DTP, social campaigns, etc.
Freelance Composer, Sound Designer & Audio Post-Producer at Eport Studio
January 1, 2008 - Present
Freelance composer, sound designer and audio post-producer.
Co-Manager & Artistic Director at Chacapa Films/Studio CINEMA & TV PROJECTS
December 31, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Co-Manager & Artistic Director overseeing creative direction and production coordination.
Sound Editor / Sound Designer / Foley Artist / Mixer at Mahbibi
January 1, 2022 - Present
Feature film, 188 min – sound editor, sound designer, foley artist, mixer.
Sound Editor / Mixer at Carlotta Films
January 1, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Le Majnoun et le vent | Documentary, 51 min – sound editor, mixer.
Sound Editor / Mixer at The G37 Centre
January 1, 2021 - September 25, 2025
Cauca, río arriba | Institutional documentary – client: The G37 Centre (USA).
Sound Designer at Pouya Eshtehardi
January 1, 2019 - September 25, 2025
Untimely | Feature film, 75 min – sound designer.
Full Sound Post-Production at Nathalie Valade
January 1, 2019 - September 25, 2025
Reviens à toi | Short film, 24 min – full sound post-production.
Full Sound Post-Production at Marie Carpentier & Léonore Gurrey
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Jeanne | Short film, 17 min – full sound post-production.
Sound Designer / Mixer at La Tribu Animation
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
The Profilers | Teaser – sound designer, mixer.
Full Sound Post-Production at Jean-Baptiste Huber
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Le bel horizon | 4 min – full sound post-production.
Mixer at Philippe Kastelnik
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
La mangue | Teaser – mixer.
Full Sound Post-Production at Marie Daniel & Fabien Mazzocco
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Des serpents dans la tête | 52 min – full sound post-production.
Field Sound / Editing / Foley / Mixing / Composition at Araucaria Araucana
January 1, 2017 - September 25, 2025
52 min – field sound, editing, foley, mixing, composition.
Sound Mixer at TV5 Monde
January 1, 2017 - September 25, 2025
Sound mixer for Patrick Simonet’s show at the Francophone Film Festival.
Sound Recording at Les trois Kurtágs
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
52 min – sound recording.
Sound Editor / Mixer / Composer at No Smoking in Sarajevo
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
70 min – sound editor, mixer, composer (France 3).
Full Sound Post-Production at L’entre deux tours
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
145 min – full sound post-production.
Sound Recording at Tout ce qui grouille sous la mer
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
30 min – sound recording.
Sound Editor / Mixer at Les pieds sur terre
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
80 min – sound editor, mixer.
Full Sound Post-Production at Rana Tharu: The unrooted Princesses
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
26 min – full sound post-production.
Music Recording & Mixing at L’Île Pyrénées
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
32 min – music recording and mixing.
Sound Recording at The Punishment
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
7 min – sound recording.
Sound Designer at El gran dragón
January 1, 2012 - September 25, 2025
90 min – sound designer (France/Spain).
Multichannel sound documentary/installation at L’envol des pigeons
January 1, 2024 - Present
Commission: Médiathèque Victor Hugo (France)
Producer & sound designer at Chess of the Wind (Mississippi Records)
January 1, 2024 - Present
Vinyl release production & sound design
Producer, composer, sound designer, engineer at The Guernica Accountability Podcast
January 1, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Podcast production
Sound restoration supervision at Chess of the Wind restoration
January 1, 2020 - Present
Film restoration color grading supervision
Full audio post-production at Téléchat
January 1, 2018 - Present
Animated ad – Full audio post-production
Arranger, sound designer, mixer at Clockwork – Taransaud
January 1, 2016 - Present
Ad – arranging, sound design, mixing
Sound designer, mixer at Foire de Poitiers
January 1, 2016 - Present
Ad – voice over recording, sound designer, mixer
Audiobook production at CNED
January 1, 2016 - Present
Recording, mixing, artistic direction
Music recording and mixing at L’Île Pyrénées
January 1, 2015 - Present
Music recording and mixing
Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Foley Artist, Mixer at Le Majnoun et le vent
January 1, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Sound editor and mixer for the documentary feature; collaboration with director Gita Aslani Shahrestani; Carlotta Films (France).
Sound Mixer at TV5 Monde / Francophone Film Festival (Patrick Simonet show)
January 1, 2017 - September 25, 2025
Sound mixer for a Francophone Film Festival program.
Full Sound Post-Production at L’entre deux tours (Philippe Kastelnik)
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Full sound post-production for 145 min.
Sound Recording at Tout ce qui grouille sous la mer (E. Faye & F. Légeron)
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Sound recording for 30 min.
Sound Editor, Mixer at Les pieds sur terre (B. Combret & B. Hagenmüller)
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Sound editor, mixer for 80 min.
Music Recording and Mixing at L’Île Pyrénées (M. Daniel & F. Mazzocco)
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Music recording and mixing for 32 min.
Sound Recording at The Punishment (H.W. Krebs)
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Sound recording for 7 min.
Sound Designer at El gran dragón (Gildas Nivet & Tristan Gurelotté)
January 1, 2012 - September 25, 2025
Sound designer for 90 min.
Producer, Composer, Sound Designer, Engineer at The Guernica Accountability Podcast
January 1, 2022 - September 25, 2025
Podcast production including sound design and engineering.
Multichannel Sound Documentary/Installation at L’envol des pigeons (Médiathèque Victor Hugo commission)
January 1, 2024 - Present
Multichannel sound documentary/installation.
Full Audio Post-Production at Téléchat (Animated ad) – Belgium
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Full audio post-production.
Arranger, Sound Designer, Mixer at Clockwork – Taransaud (Ad)
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Arranger, sound designer, and mixer for advertisement.
Voice Over Recording; Sound Designer, Mixer at Foire de Poitiers – Advertisement
January 1, 2016 - September 25, 2025
Voice over recording and sound design/mixing for advertisement.
Original Music Composer at Festival du film de l’insolite
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Original music composer for trailer.
Composer & Performer at Blue Panther – Ludwig Museum (Budapest)
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Composer and performer for contemporary circus.
Music Arranger, Sound Designer, Mixer at Fans de LEGO – Advertising
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Advertising soundtrack work.
Music Composer & Mixer at Agence Régionale de Santé
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Music composition and mixing for ad campaigns.
Music Composer, Sound Designer, Mixer at Signé Poitou-Charentes
January 1, 2015 - September 25, 2025
Music composition, sound design, and mixing for campaign.
Recording Engineer & Mixer at Le Souffle Continue – Fabien Deyts
January 1, 2014 - September 25, 2025
Recording engineer and mixer for music album.
Co-Manager & Artistic Director at Chacapa Films/Studio CINEMA & TV PROJECTS
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018
Co-managed and directed artistic activities, overseeing filmmaking and sound postproduction.

Education

Master of Arts at Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)
November 4, 2025 - June 15, 2003
Audiovisuals
DEM at Conservatory of Bordeaux
September 1, 2006 - June 15, 2010
Electroacoustic and Instrumental composition
DEM in Electroacoustic Music Composition at CRR Bordeaux
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Diploma in Computer-Assisted Music at CRR Bordeaux
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008
Internship at SCRIME (Studio for Creation and Research in Computer and Electroacoustic Music), University of Bordeaux 1
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2005
Higher Degree in Fine Arts, Audiovisual specialization at Polytechnic University of Valencia
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2003
Erasmus Grant, Sound Installation & Electroacoustic Music at Bauhaus Universität, Weimar
January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002

Qualifications

Best Sound, Top Indie Film Awards – Untimely
January 1, 2019 - September 25, 2025
Best Soundtrack, SHH Ushuaïa Festival – Araucaria Araucana
January 1, 2018 - September 25, 2025
Honorary Diploma, UNICA Festival – Teletrope
January 1, 2011 - September 25, 2025
1st Prize, Samobor Festival (Croatia) – Teletrope
January 1, 2010 - September 25, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Other, Non-Profit Organization, Software & Internet, Government
    uniE608 Araucaria Araucana
    In the Southern Andes, a living being survives since 200 million years: the “Araucaria Araucana” with its incredible history, little known and forever linked to an Amerindian people of Chile: the Pehuenches. This isolated community survived during centuries thanks to the Araucarias. A perfect harmony between man and nature, upset by the invasion of the Spanish colonists, the conflicts of territories and the increase of logging. Protected today, this sacred forests are the refuge of a unique and wild nature; but other dangers threaten this balance. Genre : documentary Producer : Grenouilles Productions & Chacapa Studio Director : Rémi Rappe & Santiago Serrano Country : France Year : 2017 Runtime : 52 minutes Format : 4K Color : Color Sound mix : Dolby 5.1 filmcomposer sounddesign soundmixing soundediting soundtrack…
    uniE621 The Majnoun and the Wind
    Genre : Documentary, feature Producer : Vincent Paul-Boncour & Gita Aslani Shahrestani Director : Gita Aslani Shahrestani Distributor : Carlotta Films , The Criterion Collection Country : France Year : 2022 Runtime : 51 minutes Format : Full HD Color : Color Sound mix : Stereo Storyline: After its controversial release in 1976, all the negatives of the Iranian cinema masterpiece Chess of the Wind are lost for more than 40 years. The random discovery of an original copy by the family in a flea market brings a new chance for the film. Restored by the Cineteca Di Bologna in 2020 the film knows a renaissance. In this documentary, the director’s daughter Gita Aslani Shahrestani puts together the most part of the film’s crew to give the keys for understanding the film and analyze 46 years of silence. From the genesis of the project to the discovery, the team look back at a formidable artistic adventure through numerous testimonies. documentaryfilm documentary sounddesign soundeditor soundmixer musiccomposer…
    uniE608 Untimely
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