Paula Fairfield
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.
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
Mufasa: The Lion King
Agatha All Along
The King Tide
3 Body Problem
Spy Kids: Armageddon
House of the Dragon
The Night I Left America
The Nevers
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Rabid
Alita: Battle Angel
mother!
Buster's Mal Heart
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Aban + Khorshid
Wicked Blood
Machete Kills
After the Dark
Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Snow White and the Huntsman
Game of Thrones
Predators
Push
Tropic Thunder
Solstice
Redacted
Planet Terror
The Reaping
The Black Dahlia
I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Lucky Number Slevin
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Sin City
Assault on Precinct 13
Wild Things 2
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Wrong Turn
Eight Crazy Nights
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat
Mr. Deeds
The Scorpion King
Daddy and Them
The Animal
Replicant
Joe Dirt
Panic
The Crow: Salvation
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Out of the Cold
Jawbreaker
The Third Twin
Hard Eight
Maximum Risk
Senior Trip
Screamers
One Goes On
Sound
2020
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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