Film / Sound / Art
Accolades
I have worked extensively with Crossing The Line Films and many other creators, film producers and directors as a sound editor and mixer over the last decade, for cinema and international broadcasters such as Netflix, PBS, BBC, RTE, ARTE, ORF.
Awards + Nominations
Best sound nomination - Jackson Wild Media 2025 (October)
Emmy Nomination - Best Documentary Sound 2021
Best sound award - Jackson Wild Media 2021
Best sound award - Jackson Wild Media 2019
I'm a creator, an artist, film sound editor and mixer. I've been lucky enough to collaborate with world class filmmakers, musicians and artists along the way and have had our films play in cinemas, festivals and living rooms all over the world. My work has earned two Jackson Wild Media Awards and an Emmy nomination in 2021 for Best Documentary Sound. This year of 2025 i have been again nominated for best sound along side David Attenboroughs Oceans series at the Wild Jackson Media Awards. Most importantly, these creative collaborations have sparked great friendships and creative conversations and often beautiful filmic pieces.
I live on a mountain in Ireland with my wife, two kids, two dogs, and three cats — a little paradise.
I make audio and visual art of my own, and create music and audio plays. I record sounds in the wild. I enjoy filming with a big zoom lens. I have a custom built sound production studio where i work on film and create art.
I create immersive breathwork soundscapes for friends — some of which I share online under the title Beneath The Breath. I occasionally dip into writing and audio plays on Substack with Unlimitations
Conversations As Nature is a film/film series i’m currently developing that explores the interconnectedness of nature in a myriad of ways through film and sound.
About
Hell For Leather
Hell For Leather is a 5 x 52 min documentary series directed by Gerry Nelson and Produced by John Murray and Crossing The Line films.
This series explores the role of Gaelic Football in the sporting, cultural and social history of modern Ireland. Gaelic football has never looked or sounded so good
RTE, BBC
SOME RECENT WORK
Birdsong
BIRDSONG is a 52-minute documentary film directed by Kathleen Harris and produced by Ross Whitaker and Aideen O’Sullivan for True Films.
It follows ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork on a mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland. It continues to make impressions at festivals around the world.
RTE BBC CINEMA
Irelands Wild Islands
Irelands Wild Islands is a 4 x 52 min documentary series directed by john Murray and produced by Crossing The Line Films
Eoin Warner sails a 140-year-old Galway Hooker out into the Atlantic to showcase the extraordinary wild magic of Ireland's western islands, from Basking Sharks off Inishtrahull, to White Tailed Eagle off the Cork coast.
RTE, BBC
How To Tell A Secret
How To Tell A Secret is a feature documentary/film/permormative piece directed by Anna Rodgers & Shaun Dunne and produced by Zlata Filipovic for Invisible Thread Productions.
A documentary that utilises performance and genre blurring storytelling techniques to communicate a powerful message about what it is like to live with HIV in Ireland today.
Netflix, Cinema
Cuba - A Wild Caribbean Journey
Cuba is a nature doc series directed by John Murray and produced by Crossing The Line Films
Colin Stafford-Johnson journeys through one of the most bewitching islands in the world, featuring the wildlife and wild places that make it so special. In the first part of this two-part mini-series, Colin explores corners of Cuba that few outsiders have seen. Amongst the wonders he encounters is the bee hummingbird, the world's tiniest bird, found nowhere else on the planet, and the spectacle of thousands of crabs migrating en masse.
Emmy nomination for best doc sound 2021
Winner best sound - Jackson Wild 2019
Mismantler
Mismantler is an upcoming feature film directed by Andrew Keogh in collaboration with Stephen Stapleton of Nurse With Wound for Anti Worlds.
It’s impossible to describe this film. It’s incredible. A surreal and dystopian wander through a hellish landscape of human waste. Funny and disturbing and brilliant.
Christy Ring - Man And Ball
Christy Ring is a 52 min documentary directed by Gerry Nelson and produced by Crossing The Line Films.
The documentary chronicles the life and contributions of Irelands most revered and legendary hurling player Christy Ring
The Game - The Story Of Hurling
The Game is a 4 x 52 min series directed by Gerry Nelson and produced by Crossing The Line Films.
Filmed over two years, THE GAME is a ground-breaking documentary series celebrating Ireland's blistering national sport.
Transylvania
Transylvania is a 1 hour nature documentary directed by John Murray and produced by Corssing The Line Films.
Narrated by Jeremy Irons, Transylvania explores a mysterious and secretive region hiding some of Europe’s last true wilderness and Europe’s most charismatic animals – wolves, bears and lynx. History, folklore and nature create a special blend of wild magic in Transylvania. Narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Nominated for best sound Jackson Wild Media Awards 2025
PBS, ORF, RTE, BBC, ARTE
Million Dollar Pigeons
Million Dollar Pigeons is a feature documentary directed by Gavin Fitzgerald.
Pigeon masters from across the globe compete in the highest-stakes bird races on the planet. Fame, fortune and livelihoods rest on the wings of these feathered athletes in this hilarious and charming story.
Epic West
Epic West is a 2 part series directed by Maurice O’Brien and produced by Crossing The Line Films.
Tommy Tiernan tells the story of the West of Ireland through the rich body of culture it has inspired in this two-part series. In a place he calls home, Tommy travels one of the world's most evocative coastlines, bringing us a visual feast and fitting tribute to the immense beauty, rich heritage and unique spirit of the West of Ireland.
RTE
Let The Land Speak
Let The Land speak is a 2 x 52 min doc and 70 in feature directed by Maurice O Brien and produced by Crossing The Line
Manchan Magan presents the series as a kind of pilgrimage: a journey through ritual landscapes and ancient stories, and through his own reckoning with life and death.
RTE
Conversations As Nature
My own personal evolving film project that seeks to allow the seemingly unremarkable to become the remarkable. To explore themes of interconnectedness through, film and sound. It celebrates how humanity has evolved its connection with nature over the millennia. Allowing the duck, the oak tree and the rain clouds to have as much of a relevant voice as the aeroplane, the philosopher and the engineer.
