About A–B Foley

Portrait of Nicholas Allan outdoors in autumn light

  Nicholas Allan

Sound Editor, Foley Mixer & Field Recordist

Nic is an Emmy award-winning and BAFTA, Jackson Wild and RTS-nominated sound editor, specialising in sound effects editing and sound design for drama and natural history documentary. He has worked across roles and genres in his nearly two decades of experience in audio post production, including sound supervision, foley mixing and as foley artist. Outside of the studio he has recorded sound effects and natural and urban environments at locations across Europe and Africa for several feature films and for his sound effect library series Fleeting Sound.

nicholas@a-bfoley.com
Portrait of George Baynes against a copper wall

George Baynes  

Foley Artist & Mixer

George was mentored by renowned Bristol re-recording mixer Martyn Harries before spending several years as the foley supervisor at Wounded Buffalo’s foley barn. He supervised sessions and recorded foley for many of the leading blue-chip natural history productions over recent years and was awarded an Emmy for his work on Apple TV’s The Secret Lives of Animals before founding A–B in 2026.

george@a-bfoley.com

The studio

We lean on our experience across all aspects of audio post production and recording and utilise the environments the South West has to offer; working not only in our Gloucestershire-based studio but also in the field.

We record certain elements or layers in their natural environment where space, a natural acoustic and perspective will help the performance and/or help to achieve a natural sound in the mix.

Microphones in fur windshields on a stand in a misty meadow at sunrise
In the field
George Baynes's Daytime Emmy statuette for The Secret Lives of Animals on a wooden shelf
Daytime Emmy, The Secret Lives of Animals