VR Experience
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Commissioned by MOTAT and produced by WAXEYE, this project involved sound design for a new virtual reality experience exploring the role of drone, autonomous, and monitoring technologies. The experience centers on the Wisk Generation 5 Cora, an autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft undergoing test flights in Aotearoa New Zealand. It introduces audiences to emerging applications of autonomous aviation through immersive audio-visual storytelling.
Images courtesy of WAXEYE.
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Directed by Maria-Elena Doyle, this interdisciplinary film unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine of 1847, exploring the cycle of death and rebirth. Selected for the Galway Film Fleadh (Academy Qualifier), Ireland (2023), Female Eye Film Festival, Canada (2023), HollyShorts Festival (Academy Qualifier), USA (2023), Aesthetica Film Festival (BAFTA), UK (2023), Foyle Film Festival, Ireland (2023), Cork International Film Festival, Ireland (2023), Kerry International Film Festival, Ireland (2023), Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland (2024).
Winner Best Arthouse Film (Fastnet Film Festival, Ireland, 2024).
Mycelium
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SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Te Kōtiu, produced by WAXEYE, is an immersive experience at MOTAT's Aviation Hall in New Zealand, celebrating the country's aviation history. It showcases key moments, from the migration of native Kuaka birds to the diversity within the aviation and space industries. Visitors witness historic events and hear inspiring stories from pioneers like George Bolt and Jean Batten. 4 projections and a 180 speaker array.
Winner of the Museums + Heritage Best Use of Digital – International Award (2024) and Silver Award, NZ Design Awards (2024).
“Bringing objects and stories to life, with beautiful simplicity being its strength, this great use of digital technology is both impactful and effective.”
Te Kōtiu Immersive Experience
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SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
A 3D journey directed by Brian Zahm, in the form of a 1960s perceptual art-inspired experience designed for ChromaDepth 3D glasses. Selected for the Chicago International Film Festival, USA (2023), Athens International Film + Video Festival, USA (2024), Experiments in Cinema, USA (2024), Atlanta Film Festival, USA (2024), Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA (2024).
Winner of Visionary Filmmaking Award, Athens International Film + Video Festival, USA (2024).
Photosynthesis
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Holding South
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Written & directed by Keren Green, when a mysterious package arrives, a fifteen-year-old recruit is forced to fight her troop leaders along with the invading monsters in order to overcome her fear and save the children in the South.
Selected for INDIEX Film Festival, USA (2021), Action/Adventure Film and Screenplay Festival, USA (2021), San Francisco Indie Short Festival, USA (2021), Paris International Short Festival, France (2021) Awarded Best Sound Design, Best Action Short, Outstanding Achievement Award Sci-Fi Short, INDIEX Film Festival, USA.
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Good Morning Stonus
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Written and directed by Christian Nicolson. and funded by the NZ Film Commission it is the year 2291e. The great warlord’s army are about to attack. Nothing will stand in his way if the Rebels cannot defeat them. Any man, woman or boglinoid willing to risk their life to stand against such tyranny is valued. Is this why Stonus turned up to the pre-battle meeting? Because he was willing to risk his life to stop the evil warlord and his dominion. Or did he simply come for the free breakfast? Selected for the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, Australia (2021), TOHorror Fantastic Film Festival, Italy (2021), London Movie Awards, UK (2022), First Contact Film Festival, USA (2022), Florence Film Awards, Italy (2022), New York Film Awards, USA (2022), Texas Short Film Festival, USA (2022), The London Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, UK (2022), The Roswell Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Festival, USA (2022), San Francisco Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, USA (2022), Nefiltravanae Kino, Lithuania (2022), Gencon International Film festival, USA (2023). Honourable Mention - Sound Design, London Movie Awards, UK (2022), Silver Award for Comedy, Florence Film Awards, Italy (2022), Silver Award for Comedy, New York Film Awards, USA (2022), Finalist Best International Short Film, Texas Short Film Festival, USA (2022).
Karanga o Tane Mahuta – VR Experience
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Produced by WAXEYE, Karanga a Tāne Mahuta is a bilingual virtual reality experience (VR) delivered in te reo Māori with English language options. Designed to engage young audiences, the project encourages deeper connection with the natural environment and fosters understanding of the impacts of environmental change.
Winner of the Silver Design Award at the NZ Design Awards.
Trap
WRITER, SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Trap, directed by Paul James and produced by WAXEYE is a multi-award-winning short film that follows the adoption of a young girl who finds herself struggling to adapt to her new home. Selected for more than 130 International Film Festivals.
Awarded Best Animation, Ananse Cinema International Film Festival, Republic of Ghana (2020), King Award, KINNO Short Film Festival, Moscow, Russia (2020), Winner, Gold Cineciak for Animation, Ostia International Film Festival, Italy (2020), Best Animated Short, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Argentina (2020), Best Animated Short, Varese International Film Festival, Italy (2020), Best Animated Short, Sacramento Underground Film and Arts Festival, USA (2020), Best International Animation, Oz International Film Festival, Australia (2020), Best Animated Film, 7th Pink City International Short Film Festival, India (2020), Best International Animation, New York State International Film Festival, USA (2020), Best Design, Khem Animation Film Festival, USA (2020), Best Animation, Austrian FilmFestival, Austria (2020), 3rd Best International Short, Athens ANIMFEST, Greece (2019), Film of the Month, CKF International Film Festival, UK (2019), Best Animation, Inca Imperial International Film Festival, Peru (2019), Best Animation, Motion Pictures International Film Festival, Canada (2019), Best Animation, Sydney Indie Film Festival, Australia (2019), Best Animation, International Short Film Festival of Beveren, Belgium (2019), Best Animated Short, South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile (2019), Best Animation, Motion Pictures International Film Festival, Canada (2019), Best Animation, Sydney Indie Film Festival, Australia (2019), Best Animation, International Short Film Festival of Beveren, Belgium (2019), Best Animated Short, South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile (2019), Best Animated Short, Windy City International Film Festival, Chicago, USA (2019), Best Animated Short, Ciudad De Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico (2019), Best Animated Short, Medellín International Film Festival, Colombia (2019), Best Animated Short, Berlin Underground Film Festival, Germany (2019), Best Animated Short, Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival, Malta (2019), Best Animated Short, Best Short Festival, Canada (2019), Special Award Winner, XIX International Short Film Festival Radio City, Spain (2019), Silver Award Winner, Sound & Vision International Film & Technology Festival, New York (2019).
Quiver
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Written and directed by Shayna Connelly, Quiver is a ghost story for modern times, which melds horror and passion with Virginia Woolf's idea of a woman requiring a room of her own.
Screened in numerous film festivals and won a number of awards, including Best Sound Design at the Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image in New York, Best Short Film, Reels of the Dead Festival, Atlanta, USA (2019), Nomination, Best Horror/Thriller Short, Third Eye Film Festival, USA (2019), Best Experimental Horror Short, Women in Horror Film Festival, USA (2018), 3rd Place Horror Short, Indie Suspense, Horror, SciFi Film Festival, USA (2018), Nominated, Best Musical Score, Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, USA (2018).
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Nevis 360 Experience
SOUND DESIGNER , COMPOSER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Produced by WAXEYE, a 360 experience for The Nevis, NZ’s highest bungy jump,, aimed at turning hesitant visitors into paying participants. Waxeye captured the full journey, from arrival at the site to the leap itself, using a custom-built 360° camera system.
Hominidae VR Film
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
Hominidae is an award-winning VR film directed by Brian Andrews, and premiered at Sundance. Against a landscape of X-ray imagery a mother and her children struggle for survival. Selected for Cannes XR, France (2019), Sundance Film Festival, USA (2020), VR Hamburg Virtual Reality and Arts Festival, Germany (2020), Taipei Film Festival: VR Frontline, Taiwan (2020), LUSCA Fantastic Film Festival, Puerto Rico (2020), Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taiwan (2020), Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival, Germany (2020), Nashville Film Festival, USA (2020), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada (2020), Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories, Canada (2020), New Orleans Film Festival, USA (2020), Geneva International Film Festival, Switzerland (2020), Bogota Short Film Festival, South America (2020), Barcelona 360 VR and AR Market, Spain (2020), Best VR, Lusca Film Festival, South America (2020), Harlem International Film Festival, USA (2021), DC WebFest, USA (2021), Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Greece (2021), New Media Film Festival, USA (2021), Fine Arts Film Festival, Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, USA (2021), Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films (Liberec), Czech Republic (2021), NIFFF (Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival), Switzerland (2021), Shorts International Film Festival, Italy (2021), Best VR Film, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, USA (2021) , Best VR, New Media Film Festival, USA (2021), Best VR Narrative, Fine Arts Film Festival, USA (2021), Best VR, Harlem International Film Festival, USA (2021), Gold Award, DC WebFest, USA (2021), San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, USA (2021), Avanca Film Festival, Portugal (2021), BLON Animation and Games festival, Lithuania (2021), Prague International Film Festival, Czech Republic (2021), Philip K. Dick Science Fiction and Supernatural Festival, USA (2021), Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland (2021). Awarded Best VR Film, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, USA (2021), Best VR, New Media Film Festival, USA (2021), Best VR Narrative, Fine Arts Film Festival, USA (2021), Best VR, Harlem International Film Festival, USA (2021), Gold Award, DC WebFest, USA (2021), Best VR, Lusca Film Festival, Puerto Rico (2020) .
Meniscus
SOUND DESIGNER & RE-RECORDING MIXER
A short film directed by Maria-Elena Doyle based on the poem "No Ordinary Sun" by the legendary New Zealand poet. Hone Tu Whare. Nominated Best Experimental Short Film, CFC Worldwide Shorts, Canada .