Dennis Gross
de / EN

I have worked in film and media for 25 years. My focus is documentary film.

My work also spans television, commercials and narrative productions. On set and in sound post-production. In Berlin and internationally.

Festival audience and an illuminated stage figure in Wilde Zeiten
Wilde Zeiten · film still© WernerGrossProtz 2022

A film of our own

Wilde Zeiten

No Mask No Party

DOCUMENTARY · 81 MIN. · 2022

A film of our own. From the first shoot to the final mix.

Together with Patrick Protz, I followed the team behind the Wilde Möhre festival through the pandemic. A film about culture, community and the effort to preserve a special place.

Directors
Patrick Protz & Dennis Gross
Sound & mixing
Dennis Gross
Production
WernerGrossProtz
Explore the film & trailer

On set.
And afterwards.

I discuss requirements, potential noise sources and workflows with production, direction and camera ahead of the shoot.

Dennis Gross wearing headphones on set
On setPhoto: Christian Thiele

Documentary & factual

Interviews and observational filming need patience and an understanding of people. I work close to the action with mobile setups, attentive to moments that cannot be repeated.

Commercials & narrative film

Planned scenes, clear workflows and coordination across departments. Depending on the shoot, I work from a bag or sound cart with multitrack recording, wireless coordination and timecode.

Sound post-production

Sound editing, audio processing, sound design and mixing in DaVinci Resolve / Fairlight. Experience from location recording through to the final mix, including my own documentary.

Alongside documentaries, I record location sound for commercials and corporate films, including projects for UBS and Deutsche Telekom.

OWN EQUIPMENT

Suited to the shoot.

Sound Devices 888 · Wisycom · DPA · Sanken · Sennheiser · Tentacle Sync

Equipment & capabilities
  • Sound Devices 888, bag and sound cart setups; additional 32-bit float recorder
  • Wisycom MPR52 / MTP41, supplementary Deity THEOS system, external UHF antennas
  • Sennheiser MKH 416 / MKH 8060 · DPA 4060 · Sanken COS-11
  • Stereo, ambience and Ambisonic recording
  • Tentacle Sync, director monitoring, Dante, USB and analogue connections
  • Fairlight, Neumann studio monitors and motorised fader controller for post-production

Additional equipment and an on-set fader control surface available as required.

Other
perspectives.

Film, theatre and live broadcast. Experience in other departments.

2020 · VOLUCAP

The Matrix Resurrections

Volumetric Technician

Technical work at Volucap in connection with volumetric capture for the film.

Credit

2022 · DISNEY+ / HULU

Sam – Ein Sachse. Die Doku

First assistant camera / First AC

Documentary · UFA Fiction · Director: Poliana Baumgarten

2011 · MTV

Udo Lindenberg – MTV Unplugged

Camera assistant & data wrangler

Camera preparation and technical support, media changes and data offloading for the concert recording at Kampnagel in Hamburg.

Credit

AERIAL FILMING

Drone Operator

Drone filming for documentaries and other productions, including David Hockney – Die wiedergefundene Zeit, Lebensader Dordogne and Wilde Zeiten.

THEATRE · BERLIN

Monbijou Theater

Technical direction

As technical director at Berlin’s Monbijou Theater, I took responsibility for the theatre’s technical operations. This experience complements my work between artistic requirements and technical delivery.

LIVE & BROADCAST

Live mixing & streaming

Experience in live mixing and technical support for broadcasts and streaming productions.

CONTACT

Contact.

For documentaries, commercials, narrative productions and sound post-production. Send me your dates, location and a short outline of the project.