Soundproof (film)

Soundproof is a single British television drama film, written by Sukey Fisher (under the pseudonym of Joe Fisher), that first broadcast on BBC2 on 12 July 2006.[1] Directed by Edmund Coulthard, the film starred Joseph Mawle as Dean Whittingham, a profoundly deaf man accused of murder, and Susan Lynch as Penny, his sign-language interpreter. The film was commissioned in September 2005.[2] The BBC listing describes the film as "a gripping urban thriller that breaks new ground in bringing deaf and hearing actors together." As such, the film was conducted partly in sign-language and subtitles.[3]

Soundproof
Genre	Thriller
Written by	Sukey Fisher
Directed by	Edmund Coulthard
Starring	Susan Lynch Joseph Mawle Joanna Dunbar Brendan Coyle Neil Stuke Michael Colgan Eve Myles
Composers	Mark Richter Max Richter
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	EnglishBSL
No. of episodes	1
Production
Executive producers	Robin Gutch Hilary Salmon
Producer	Madonna Baptiste
Cinematography	Peter Greenhalgh
Editor	William Diver
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Blast! Films
Release
Original network	BBC2
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	12 July 2006 (2006-07-12)

Director Edmund Coulthard said of the production: "I wanted to create a rollercoaster thriller that takes the viewer into the experience of being deaf in a very different way. In trying to work out whether the lead deaf character is innocent or guilty, the viewer has to experience Dean's world through his eyes." The score for the film was composed by Mark and Max Richter. Soundproof won a BAFTA TV Award for best director in 2007, and was also nominated for an RTS Television Awards for Best Female Actor for Susan Lynch and Breakthrough for Joseph Mawle.