Michelle Macklem

sound designer & mixer

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    The Roses (2025)
    Foley editor
    Boom tracks sound



    Nice Jewish Girl (2025)
    Co-sound designer
    with Eleanor Brezzi



    Surfs Down (2026)
    Sound designer




    Signal and Noise (2022)
    Mixer



    Dancing on the Waves:
    The Layne Beachly Story (2022)
    Sound designer



    Romantic Comedy
    Additional Sound recording



    Signal and Noise

    What are the sounds of Guantánamo Bay Detention Center? In 2015, poet Jordan Scott set out to record the ambient sounds of the prison as a means of bypassing its strict media censorship rules. Today, former detainee, Mansoor Adayfi, recalls how sound shaped his experiences there— both of torture and of hope. The year of the 20th anniversary of the prison, Scott’s field recordings and Adayfi’s memories come together to create a visceral new landscape of this notoriously secret place.

    Dir. Jess Shane and Katie Mathews
    Produced in collaboration with Mansoor Adayfi
    Sound design by Kaija Siirala
    Mixing by Michelle  Macklem

    Screening History

    Prismatic Ground Film Festival, Premiere, May 2022, New York City, NY
    Mimesis Film Festival, August 2022, Boulder, CO
    Third Horizon Film Festival, June 2022, Miami, FL
    Nashville Film Festival, September 2022, Nashville, TN
    Hot Springs Film Festival, October 2022, Albuquerque, NM
    Antimatter Film Festival, October 2022, Victoria, BC
    New Orleans Film Festival, November 2022, New Orleans, Experimental Short: Special Jury Recognition
    Future of Film Showcase, May 2023, TorontoSight/Geist: Policing Reality - Screening at The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation / The 8th Floor
    Sound of Fire - Exhibition at VisArts, Rockville, MD; Curated by Gabrielle Tillenburg     role:
    re-recording mixer

    Dancing on the Waves:
    The Layne Beachly Story


    Resilience builds strength, the story of Australian world champion surfer Layne Beachley. This short animation follows Beachley’s journey to becoming the most successful female surfer in history. Full film screening at the Australian Sports Museum, MCG, Melbourne.

    Narrated by Layne Beachley
    Written, Directed and Animated by Isobel Knowles
    Produced by Rathicca Chiandra
    Addition Animation by Rebecca Hayes
    Sound Design by Michelle Macklem
    Music by Lehmann B. Smith
    Narration recorded by Gus Franklin at Electric Dreams
    Commissioned by the MCC

    Watch the trailer here.

    role:
    sound designer

    © Michelle Macklem 2025