Stephen Muir: Résumé

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• 15+ Years of experience in film and television post-production
• Awarded the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

ACADEMIC AND TRAINING BACKGROUND

• Advanced Television and Film (ATVF) , Post-Graduate Certificate: Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, 2001
• Bachelor of Arts, Honours Film Studies: Carleton University, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Footsteps Post-Production Sound Inc.
Freelance Foley Recording Mixer, 2001-Present

• Recorded and edited foley (sound effects recorded in sync with a film) for over a hundred feature films, television programs, documentaries and short films

Harris Institute
Workshop Instructor, 2006-2007

• Taught foley recording and editing

Recording Arts Canada
Workshop Instructor, 2006

• Taught foley recording and editing

Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Foley Artist, 2010

• Performed a live foley accompaniment for “Kid Commotion” (1935)

District of Wonders Audio Fiction Magazine
Narrator, 2013

• Performed and produced podcast versions of the short stories “Reunion” by Justin Gustainis (Crime City Central No. 40) and “Glister” by Dominic Green (Starship Sofa No. 315)

Sonic Boom Conference
Workshop Instructor and Foley Mixer, 2014

• Invited to Northwest University to teach a workshop on foley sound
• Mixed the foley for live performance accompanying a screening of “The Wind” (1928)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Foley recording and mixing, both in-studio and on location
• Sound effects editing and sound design
• Dialogue editing
• ADR recording
• Music editing
• Live foley performance and choreography
• Voice acting
• Audiobook production and post-production

SELECT FILMOGRAPHY

• Hail, Caesar! (2016)
• The Big Short (2015)
• Black Mass (2015)
• Vikings (Series, 2013 to Present)
• Chappie (2015)
• The Fault in our Stars (2014)
• American Hustle (2013)
• Elysium (2013)
• 42 (2013)
• All is Lost (2013)
• Flight (2012)
• Mud (2012)
• The Help (2011)
• The Tree of Life (2011)
• Bridesmaids (2011)
• Cloverfield (2010)
• Alice In Wonderland (2010)
• Curious George (2006)
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• Meet the Fockers (2004)
• Along Came Polly (2004)