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Sound design

Atmospheric soundscapes and environmental audio for film and media

Award-winning sound designer specializing in atmospheric soundscapes and impactful sound effects design for film and documentary. Collaborating with international productions including Oliver Stone, with projects premiering at Cannes, Sundance, and Venice film festivals.

Recent international features


'I Live Here Now' directed by Julie Pacino (2025) 
SOUND DESIGN: Sound effects and atmospheric background design
PREMIERE: Fantasia Film Festival 2025
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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'Lula' directed by Oliver Stone (2024) 
SOUND DESIGN: Location-specific atmospheric BG and SFX design, including all crowd and Walla sounds
PREMIERE:
77th Cannes Film Festival
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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'The Sweet East' directed by Sean Price Williams (2023) 
SOUND DESIGN: SFX and BG editing, and complex action sequence audio including memorable shootout scene
PREMIERE: 76th Cannes Film Festival
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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'My Animal' directed by Jacqueline Castel (2023) 
SOUND DESIGN: BG design; atmospheric environments: forests, snow-covered landscapes, hockey arena, bar, rural house, convenience store interiors • Complete hockey sequence design including blade and puck audio
PREMIERE: Sundance Film Festival 2023
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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'Nuclear' directed by Oliver Stone (2022) 
SOUND DESIGN: Historical sound artifact research and integration for SFX and BG's • Contemporary sound design for archival footage, backgrounds, and dynamic sound fx sequences.
PREMIERE: 79th Vienna Film Festival
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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'JFK Revisted' directed by Oliver Stone (2021) 
SOUND DESIGN: Historical audio research and modern sound design integration for additive BG and sound FX sequences.
PREMIERE: 74th Cannes Film Festival
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision by Dean Hurley

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Historical & Archive Projects


'Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage' directed by Laura Israel (2024-2025)
SOUND DESIGN: Period-appropriate sound FX, and BG design for home-shot archival Super 8 footage by Robert Frank
PROJECT:
Upcoming feature documentary and multi screen, MoMA installation (Sep 15, 2024–May 18, 2025)
SPECIALTY: Vintage home movie audio aesthetic design
COLLABORATION: Sound installation and integration by Dean Hurley


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'The Mystic' directed by Tod Browning (2023) - Criterion Collection (2023)
SOUND DESIGN: Period-appropriate sound design for 1925 silent film restoration
SPECIALTY: Recreated early sound film aesthetics for background, sound FX and detailed foley work (1925-1930 era)
COLLABORATION: Sound supervision and score by Dean Hurley
RELEASE: Criterion Collection Blu-ray restoration

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Short Films


'FEIRG' directed by Alana Auden & Edward Yates (2024)
SOUND DESIGN:
Complete sound design, dialogue editing, ADR and foley recording
SPECIALTY: Original field recording integration, and suspenseful tonal and atmospheric sound design sequences
PREMIERE: Monster Fest 2025


'Malanka' directed by Yelena Yemchuck (2023)
SOUND DESIGN: Foreign language art house film (Ukraine)
FOLEY: Background and sound fx design, and key Foley sequences, including high heel, gravel, grass footsteps, and props.
PREMIERE: Ukraine Museum, New York City 2023
COLLABORATION: Score and mix by Dean Hurley

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'Urbanality' directed by Evan McInnes (2019)
SOUND DESIGN: Original score using all original field recordings, foley and recorded sound fx.
RECOGNITION: Best Animation - Multiple festivals
FESTIVALS: Hollywood Blood Horror Festival, Melbourne Short Film Festival

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Installation Work


Quiet' - Field Recording Artist (2023)
INSTALLATION: 30-minute curated field recording composition
PRESENTATION: Headphone listening station
EXHIBITION: "In our own time" - Latrobe Regional Gallery
SOURCE MATERIAL: Found Sounds Gippsland project (2019-2021)

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'Clock In' - Composer/Performer (2021)
PERFORMANCE: 45-minute live multi-sensory audio-visual experience
ELEMENTS: Generative video, live percussion and sound design, sculptural installation
VENUE: Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia


Interested in atmospheric sound design for your project?
Contact:
[email protected]


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