about Ben
Hi.
You probably Googled my name because you need a sound mixer and someone recommended me.
That’s great. A good sound mixer is hard to come by. Am I right?
Having a good sound mixer on your project can make everybody happier. Seriously! Think about what it’s like to have amicable, helpful people on a crew. People who work well together and value each other’s effort and contribution. Isn't it nice when that happens?
When you have a crew like that, you have less to worry about -
less worry equals more happy. That's why I keep getting call backs.
In addition to location sound mixing I also:
-Voice Over (Some say my dulcet tones are very pleasant)
-Produce both for Podcast and Picture
-Edit for both sound and picture.
I can work Local in NYC Metro and Boston Metro Areas
Thank You,
Ben
A Selection of Credits
Harry & Meghan - Netflix
Doc Series 2022 for Netflix
I worked on this project. It was a tough one. The original showrunner stropped working on it so the entire crew was replaced, myself included. They still used footage we shot in the final. I don’t think I can say any more about it…. for reasons… It was wild.
Sound Mixer
Make or Break - Apple tv+
Doc Series Seasons 1 and 2 - 2022/23
This fast paced series follows the surfers of the World Surf League around the world as they vie for the Championship title. Surfers are a strange bunch. This is one of the most fun projects I have ever worked on.
Sound Mixer
Don't Pick Up the Phone - Netflix
Doc Series 2022 for Netflix
Follows the investigation into a hoax caller who convinced managers to strip-search employees at fast food businesses across the United States.
Sound Mixer
You Ain't Got These - Roku Channel
2020
Originally on Quibi (womp womp) Lena Waithe hosts an exploration of sneaker culture, fitting in and belonging to something bigger than oneself.
Questlove, Hasan Minaj, Billie Jean King- They all have strong opinions on kicks. This really should have gotten more love. Such a fun project.
Sound Mixer
New York Times - If/Then
Documenting the World in 3D
2019
Inside look at the R&D Department at NYTimes
This episode looks at how a simple DSLR camera can be used to create 3D renderings of Room, Streets, and even neighborhoods!
Watch Here
Sound Mixer
Losers - Season 1 - 2019
Netflix
Athletes who have faced bitter defeat are forced to take a look at their lives and make some big changes. What is the cost of failure and how does it change you?
Sound Mixer
Fyre Fraud - Documentary - 2019
Feature Doc on HULU
oof. What a mess… It’s just…like…such a bizarre scene. There are few things people like to watch more than a catastrophic failure, am I right? And Fyre? Well Fyre is just a perfect storm of schadenfreude.
Sound Mixer
New York Time magazine - Voyages
This special issue of the New York Times Magazine featured gorgeous images accompanied by an audio soundtrack so you could hear the photos. The entire issue had only one advertiser, GE. They sent me and a team from T-Brand Studios all over the world to record the sounds and stories of energy production and it’s impacts.
Released September 23rd, 2018
Sound Recordist, Mixer & Producer
Rest IN Power - The Trayvon Martin Story - 2018
6-part Series on Paramount Network
Emmy Nominated
A deep dive into the murder of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman. The Cinemart and Jay-Z team up again to fully explore one of the most galvanizing events in modern US history.
Sound Mixer
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
Netflix
2017 - 6-part documentary series on Netflix.
Peabody Award Winner 2017
The first 2 episodes premiered @ 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Sound Mixer
Dina - Documentary Feature
Winner of Sundance Grand Jury Prize 2017
Dina, an outspoken and eccentric 49-year-old in suburban Philadelphia, invites her fiancé Scott, a Walmart door greeter, to move in with her. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses a new challenge.
http://dina.film/
Sound Mixer
Gaycation - Season 2 - 2016
Multipart series on Viceland
2016 Emmy Nominee
Elliot Page and his best friend, Ian Daniel, set off on a personal journey to explore LGBTQ cultures around the world.
Sound Mixer
Woman W/ Gloria Steinem
Season 1 - 2015/16
Multipart series on Viceland
2016 Emmy Nominee
At the intersection of violence and stability, of oppression and progress, are women.
Sound Mixer
GEAR
Mixer/Recorder-
Zaxcom Nova- 16 track with 8 channels of wireless (AKA Lil’ Bae Rig)
Sound Devices MixPre6 for Stereo, Remote Recording and Podcasts/Radio
Wireless-
Zaxcom Wide-Band Microphone System
These wireless systems are great, they have on-board recording with Timecode. Even if someone gets in a car and drives 30 miles away their audio is still captured
Zaxcom Zaxnet IFB and Timecode Distribution
URX50 and 100 for longer range- 100% digital audio transmission
ERX3TCD - Wireless Timecode and Scratch Track to Camera
Microphones-
DPA 4017b Shotgun Mic
DPA 4018b Hyper Cardioid
Sanken CS3-e Shotgun Mic
2x Schoeps CMC6-MK4 Cardioid Mic
Schoeps CMC6-MK8 for M/S Stereo (See fun video below)
DPA 4060 Lavs Mics for Wireless
FCC Call Sign- WRVX446
“PS - the sound is good. no issues there!”
“ I’m going to put it in my contract that I only go on shoots with you😃”
