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Paula Fairfield
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Best known for her work on the iconic TV shows Game of Thrones and Lost, Paula has garnered numerous awards and nominations for her work in both Canada and the US, including 10 Emmy nominations and 1 win for her work on Game of Thrones.
TV, film, commercials, and basically anything that makes noise. Her passion is high-concept sound design, and her main interest is working with visionary filmmakers, as clearly reflected in her resume and her background as an artist. During the course of her career, she has worked with auteurs including James Cameron, Darren Aronofsky, Robert Rodriguez, Brian DePalma, Paul McGuigan, and The Soska Sisters. And she has done work for a range of platforms, including film, TV, commercials, mnemonics, VR, installations, and immersive concerts. She was born and raised in Nova Scotia and is a graduate of NSCAD University. During her career as an exhibiting artist, she was the co-director of Canada's foremost media art centre, Charles Street Video. Her art work resides in several collections worldwide, including the National Gallery of Canada.
In addition to her commercial work, Paula has recently started her immersive sound composition, Ocean of Tears, a sonic poem about grief. She presented a work-in-progress act from this work in London, in conjunction with the University of Greenwich and the L-Acoustics’ L-ISA team, in August 2019. The full work will premiere in 2020. Stay tuned here for more information to come.
TV, film, commercials, and basically anything that makes noise. Her passion is high-concept sound design, and her main interest is working with visionary filmmakers, as clearly reflected in her resume and her background as an artist. During the course of her career, she has worked with auteurs including James Cameron, Darren Aronofsky, Robert Rodriguez, Brian DePalma, Paul McGuigan, and The Soska Sisters. And she has done work for a range of platforms, including film, TV, commercials, mnemonics, VR, installations, and immersive concerts. She was born and raised in Nova Scotia and is a graduate of NSCAD University. During her career as an exhibiting artist, she was the co-director of Canada's foremost media art centre, Charles Street Video. Her art work resides in several collections worldwide, including the National Gallery of Canada.
In addition to her commercial work, Paula has recently started her immersive sound composition, Ocean of Tears, a sonic poem about grief. She presented a work-in-progress act from this work in London, in conjunction with the University of Greenwich and the L-Acoustics’ L-ISA team, in August 2019. The full work will premiere in 2020. Stay tuned here for more information to come.
Paula Fairfield Filmography
| 2024 | Mufasa: The Lion King · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | Agatha All Along (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | 3 Body Problem (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2023 | The King Tide · as Sound Designer |
| 2023 | Spy Kids: Armageddon · as Sound Designer |
| 2022 | House of the Dragon (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2021 | The Nevers (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey · as Sound Designer |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Destroyer · as Sound Designer |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Mother! · as Sound Designer |
| 2016 | Buster's Mal Heart · as Sound Designer |
| 2016 | Hands of Stone · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For · as Sound Designer |
| 2014 | Wicked Blood · as Sound Designer |
| 2013 | After the Dark · as Sound Designer |
| 2013 | Machete Kills · as Sound Designer |
| 2013 | The Truth About Emanuel · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2012 | Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman · as Sound Designer |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2010 | Predators · as Sound Designer |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Planet Terror · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2007 | The Reaping · as Sound Effects Designer |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2006 | I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer · as Sound Designer |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin · as Sound Designer |
| 2005 | Urban Legends: Bloody Mary · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2005 | Sin City · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2004 | Wild Things 2 · as Sound Designer |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over · as Sound Editor |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines · as Sound Editor |
| 2003 | Wrong Turn · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2002 | Eight Crazy Nights · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2002 | Serving Sara · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2002 | Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat · as Music Editor |
| 2002 | Mr. Deeds · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2002 | The Scorpion King · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo · as Sound Effects Designer |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2001 | The Animal · as Sound Designer |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2001 | Cold Heart · as Sound Effects Designer |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Right Temptation · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1999 | The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1999 | Out of the Cold · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1999 | Jawbreaker · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1997 | Der dritte Zwilling (TV Series) · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1996 | Maximum Risk · as Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| 1996 | Hard Eight · as Sound Effects Editor |
| 1995 | National Lampoon's Senior Trip · as Sound Effects Editor |