
Person
Paula Fairfield
Sound
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

House of the Dragon
Sound Designer

Game of Thrones
Sound Designer

The End of Oak Street
Sound Designer

3 Body Problem
Sound Designer

Agatha All Along
Sound Designer

Mufasa: The Lion King
Sound Designer

Alita: Battle Angel
Sound Designer

The Nevers
Sound Designer

Sin City
Sound Effects Editor

The Scorpion King
Sound Effects Editor
Filmography
- 2026The End of Oak StreetSound Designer
- 2024Mufasa: The Lion KingSound Designer
- 2024Agatha All AlongSound Designer
- 2024The King TideSound Designer
- 20243 Body ProblemSound Designer
- 2023Spy Kids: ArmageddonSound Designer
- 2022House of the DragonSound Designer
- 2021The Night I Left AmericaSound Designer
- 2021The NeversSound Designer
- 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)Sound Designer
- 2019RabidSound Designer
- 2019Alita: Battle AngelSound Designer
- 2018DestroyerSound Designer
- 2018FeralSound Designer
- 2017mother!Sound Designer
- 2017Buster's Mal HeartSound Designer
- 2016Hands of StoneSupervising Sound Editor
- 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForSound Designer
- 2014Aban + KhorshidSound Designer
- 2014Wicked BloodSound Designer
- 2013Machete KillsSound Designer
- 2013After the DarkSound Designer
- 2013The Truth About EmanuelSupervising Sound Editor
- 2012Atlas Shrugged: Part IISupervising Sound Editor
- 2012Snow White and the HuntsmanSound Effects Editor
- 2011Game of ThronesSound Designer
- 2010PredatorsSound Designer
- 2010Alpha and OmegaSupervising Sound Editor
- 2009PushSound Designer
- 2008Tropic ThunderSound Effects Editor
- 2008SolsticeSupervising Sound Editor
- 2007RedactedSound Designer
- 2007Black IrishSound
- 2007Planet TerrorSound Effects Editor
- 2007The ReapingSound Effects Designer
- 2006The Black DahliaSupervising Sound Editor
- 2006I'll Always Know What You Did Last SummerSupervising Sound Editor
- 2006Lucky Number SlevinSound Designer
- 2005Urban Legends: Bloody MarySound Effects Editor
- 2005Sin CitySound Effects Editor
- 2005Assault on Precinct 13Supervising Sound Editor
- 2004Wild Things 2Sound Designer
- 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverSound Editor
- 2003Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesSound Editor
- 2003Wrong TurnSound Effects Editor
- 2002Eight Crazy NightsSupervising Sound Editor
- 2002Serving SaraSound Effects Editor
- 2002Martin Lawrence Live: RunteldatMusic Editor
- 2002Mr. DeedsSound Effects Editor
- 2002The Scorpion KingSound Effects Editor
- 2002The Count of Monte CristoSound Effects Designer
- 2001Daddy and ThemSound Effects Editor
- 2001The AnimalSound Designer
- 2001ReplicantSound Effects Editor
- 2001Joe DirtSupervising Sound Editor
- 2001Along Came a SpiderSound Effects Editor
- 2001Cold HeartSound Effects Designer
- 2000PanicSupervising Sound Editor
- 2000The Right TemptationSound Effects Editor
- 2000The Crow: SalvationSound Effects Editor
- 1999Turbulence 2: Fear of FlyingSupervising Sound Editor
- 1999Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's ReturnSupervising Sound Editor
- 1999The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks StorySound Effects Editor
- 1999Out of the ColdSound Effects Editor
- 1999JawbreakerSound Effects Editor
- 1997The Third TwinSound Effects Editor
- 1997Hard EightSound Effects Editor
- 1997It Happened in the StacksSound
- 1996Maximum RiskSupervising Sound Effects Editor
- 1995National Lampoon's Senior TripSound Effects Editor
- 1994ScreamersDirector
- 1990One Goes OnOnline Editor
- —FragmentsDirector
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