Sound
Paula Fairfield
EN, FA cinema · 67 credits
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
Filmography
Fragments
Fragments
Director
The End of Oak Street
Sound Designer
The King Tide
Sound Designer
Mufasa: The Lion King
Sound Designer
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
The Night I Left America
Sound Designer
Rabid
Sound Designer
Alita: Battle Angel
Sound Designer
Destroyer
Sound Designer
Feral
Sound Designer
Buster's Mal Heart
Sound Designer
mother!
Sound Designer
Hands of Stone
Supervising Sound Editor
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sound Effects Editor, Sound Designer
Wicked Blood
Sound Designer
Aban + Khorshid
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
After the Dark
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Machete Kills
Sound Designer
The Truth About Emanuel
Supervising Sound Editor
Snow White and the Huntsman
Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Predators
Sound Designer
Alpha and Omega
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Push
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Solstice
Supervising Sound Editor
Tropic Thunder
Sound Effects Editor
Planet Terror
Sound Effects Editor, Sound Designer
The Reaping
Sound Effects Designer
Redacted
Sound Designer
The Black Dahlia
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Lucky Number Slevin
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Assault on Precinct 13
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Sound Effects Editor
Sin City
Sound Effects Editor
Wild Things 2
Sound Designer
Wrong Turn
Sound Effects Editor
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Sound Editor
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Sound Editor
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Music Editor
Mr. Deeds
Sound Effects Editor
Eight Crazy Nights
Supervising Sound Editor
The Scorpion King
Sound Effects Editor
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sound Effects Designer, Sound Effects Editor
Serving Sara
Sound Effects Editor
The Animal
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
Joe Dirt
Supervising Sound Editor
Replicant
Sound Effects Editor
Daddy and Them
Sound Effects Editor
Cold Heart
Sound Effects Designer
Along Came a Spider
Sound Effects Editor
The Crow: Salvation
Sound Effects Editor
Panic
Supervising Sound Editor
The Right Temptation
Sound Effects Editor
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Sound Effects Editor
Out of the Cold
Sound Effects Editor
Jawbreaker
Sound Effects Editor
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
Supervising Sound Editor
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Effects Editor
Hard Eight
Sound Effects Editor
Maximum Risk
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Sound Effects Editor
Screamers
Director
One Goes On
Online Editor