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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.
Known For
Predators
(2010)
Sound Designer
Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
Sound Designer
Tropic Thunder
(2008)
Sound Effects Editor
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
(2020)
Sound Designer
mother!
(2017)
Sound Designer
Wrong Turn
(2003)
Sound Effects Editor
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(2003)
Sound Editor
The Scorpion King
(2002)
Sound Effects Editor
Mufasa: The Lion King
(2024)
Sound Designer
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2014)
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor
Sin City
(2005)
Sound Effects Editor
Snow White and the Huntsman
(2012)
Sound Effects Editor and Sound Designer
Mr. Deeds
(2002)
Sound Effects Editor
Spy Kids: Armageddon
(2023)
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor
The Reaping
(2007)
Sound Effects Designer
Planet Terror
(2007)
Sound Effects Editor
Full Filmography
Sound
Maximum Risk
(1996)
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Hard Eight
(1997)
Sound Effects Editor
It Happened in the Stacks
(1997)
Sound
Jawbreaker
(1999)
Sound Effects Editor
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
(1999)
Sound Effects Editor
Out of the Cold
(1999)
Sound Effects Editor
The Crow: Salvation
(2000)
Sound Effects Editor
Panic
(2000)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Animal
(2001)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Replicant
(2001)
Sound Effects Editor
Daddy and Them
(2001)
Sound Effects Editor
Joe Dirt
(2001)
Supervising Sound Editor
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
(2002)
Music Editor
Eight Crazy Nights
(2002)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Scorpion King
(2002)
Sound Effects Editor
Mr. Deeds
(2002)
Sound Effects Editor
Wrong Turn
(2003)
Sound Effects Editor
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
(2003)
Sound Editor
Wild Things 2
(2004)
Sound Designer
Assault on Precinct 13
(2005)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
(2005)
Sound Effects Editor
Sin City
(2005)
Sound Effects Editor
The Black Dahlia
(2006)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Lucky Number Slevin
(2006)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
(2006)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
The Reaping
(2007)
Sound Effects Designer
Redacted
(2007)
Sound Designer
Planet Terror
(2007)
Sound Effects Editor
Tropic Thunder
(2008)
Sound Effects Editor
Solstice
(2008)
Supervising Sound Editor
Push
(2009)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Predators
(2010)
Sound Designer
Snow White and the Huntsman
(2012)
Sound Effects Editor and Sound Designer
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
(2012)
Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer
After the Dark
(2013)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Machete Kills
(2013)
Sound Designer
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2014)
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor
Wicked Blood
(2014)
Sound Designer
Aban + Khorshid
(2014)
Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor
Buster's Mal Heart
(2017)
Sound Designer
mother!
(2017)
Sound Designer
Alita: Battle Angel
(2019)
Sound Designer
Rabid
(2019)
Sound Designer
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
(2020)
Sound Designer
The Night I Left America
(2021)
Sound Designer
Spy Kids: Armageddon
(2023)
Sound Designer and Sound Effects Editor
The King Tide
(2024)
Sound Designer
Mufasa: The Lion King
(2024)
Sound Designer
Editing
Directing
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