Jaime Baksht is a Mexican sound engineer and one of the top film dubbing mixers in Mexico City. He is also the chief engineer for Astro LX, a new state-of-the-art mix stage. He was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for his work on the acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro’s gothic fairy tale set in Franco’s Spain. He has worked as sound re-recording mixer in films such as La primera noche (1998), Herod's Law (1999), Sangre (2005), Batalla en el cielo (2005), En el hoyo (2006), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Efectos secundarios (2006), Arráncame la vida (2008), Rudo y Cursi (2008), Abel (2010), La otra familia (2011), Post Tenebras Lux (2012), Colosio: El asesinato (2012), La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas (2012), Instructions Not Included (2013), Club Sándwich (2013), Besos de azúcar (2013), The Golden Dream (2013), among others. He has been nominated in several occasions for the Ariel Award for Best Sound, winning in three occasions: in 2002 for Cuentos de hadas para dormir cocodrilos, in 2004 for Zurdo, and in 2007 for El hoyo. He won a Goya Award (also for Best Sound) for Pan's Labyrinth (2006).
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