Paula Fairfield
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Female
Paula Fairfield
Biography
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
Crew
Fragments
Director
(2024)
The King Tide
Sound Designer
(2024)
Mufasa: The Lion King
Sound Designer
(2023)
Spy Kids: Armageddon
Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
(2021)
The Night I Left America
Sound Designer
(2020)
(2019)
Rabid
Sound Designer
(2019)
Alita: Battle Angel
Sound Designer
(2018)
Destroyer
Sound Designer
(2018)
Feral
Sound Designer
(2017)
Buster's Mal Heart
Sound Designer
(2017)
mother!
Sound Designer
(2016)
Hands of Stone
Supervising Sound Editor
(2014)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
(2014)
Wicked Blood
Sound Designer
(2014)
Aban + Khorshid
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2014)
The Truth About Emanuel
Supervising Sound Editor
(2013)
After the Dark
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2013)
Machete Kills
Sound Designer
(2012)
Snow White and the Huntsman
Sound Effects Editor, Sound Designer
(2012)
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2010)
Predators
Sound Designer
(2009)
Push
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2008)
Solstice
Supervising Sound Editor
(2008)
Tropic Thunder
Sound Effects Editor
(2007)
Planet Terror
Sound Effects Editor
(2007)
The Reaping
Sound Effects Designer
(2007)
Redacted
Sound Designer
(2006)
The Black Dahlia
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2006)
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2006)
Lucky Number Slevin
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2005)
Assault on Precinct 13
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2005)
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Sound Effects Editor
(2005)
Sin City
Sound Effects Editor
(2004)
Wild Things 2
Sound Designer
(2003)
Wrong Turn
Sound Effects Editor
(2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Sound Editor
(2002)
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Music Editor
(2002)
Mr. Deeds
Sound Effects Editor
(2002)
Eight Crazy Nights
Supervising Sound Editor
(2002)
The Scorpion King
Sound Effects Editor
(2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sound Effects Designer, Sound Effects Editor
(2001)
The Animal
Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer
(2001)
Joe Dirt
Supervising Sound Editor
(2001)
Replicant
Sound Effects Editor
(2001)
Daddy and Them
Sound Effects Editor
(2001)
Cold Heart
Sound Effects Designer
(2001)
Along Came a Spider
Sound Effects Editor
(2000)
The Crow: Salvation
Sound Effects Editor
(2000)
Panic
Supervising Sound Editor
(1999)
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Sound Effects Editor
(1999)
Out of the Cold
Sound Effects Editor
(1999)
Jawbreaker
Sound Effects Editor
(1997)
(1996)
Maximum Risk
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
(1996)
Hard Eight
Sound Effects Editor
(1995)
National Lampoon's Senior Trip
Sound Effects Editor
(1994)
Screamers
Director
(1990)
One Goes On
Online Editor