In 2017, tanned, well trimmed beard, smiling but modest, he had been awarded the César for best sound for his work on the film L'Odyssée by Jérôme Salle which retraced the life of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Marc Engels was also the faithful sound engineer of Éric Rochant. After Möbius in 2013, he accompanied him on the great adventure of the spy series The Office of Legends .
Thursday, April 9, this respected and loved expert in French and Belgian seventh art died of coronavirus. He was 54 years old. In the world of cinema in France as in Belgium, its disappearance arouses many emotions on social networks.
Pierre Niney, who played one of Cousteau's sons in L'Odyssée , remembered this " super sound engineer with whom we had traveled the world to Antarctica ." For Éric Rochant, “ my pain is infinite. Marc, loved by all, recorded from Ukraine to Morocco the voice of all our actors. This virus is a filth. Stay home. Alex Berger, the producer of the equally touched Bureau of legends, writes: " Marc Engels was an amazing guy and the whole team mourns the disappearance of a remarkable sound engineer. Another victim of Covid19. "Jérôme Salle:" I now know that covid-19 kills not very old, healthy types and above all, above all, good types. "
Trained at the Institute of Broadcasting Arts in Belgium, Marc Engels had started in 2004 on the film Calvary by his compatriot Fabrice du Welz. Since his name has appeared on many films including Hors la loi by Rachid Bouchareb (2010), Largo Winch 2 by Jérôme Salle, Unhappy event (2011), Nos futures (2015) and Le mystère Henri Pick by Rémi Besançon (2011) , Möbius by Éric Rochant (2013), Goodbye Morocoo (2013) and Lola Pater (2017) by Nadir Moknèche. The economics of the couple (2016) and Continue (2019) by Joachim Lafosse.