Bio

I started out doing film sound, mostly Foley and cutting effects in post. Now I'm contracting on an upcoming Call of Duty title at Sledgehammer Games (Activision), doing technical sound design on one of the biggest and fastest-moving pipelines in games. A lot of that is making the pipeline itself faster.

Before that I was at Wonderstorm, a studio started by people straight out of Naughty Dog and Riot, on Xadia, an action RPG set in The Dragon Prince world. I designed over 60% of the game's audio, built the systems that played it, and owned the pipeline and documentation for the team.

I also freelance with smaller teams. Someone hands me a project that's half built on a toolchain I've never seen and I figure out how it fits together. Unreal, Wwise, whatever a studio wrote for itself.

The showcase above has examples: combat sounds, UI audio, implementation setups, and some of the tools and scripts I've built. There's more process stuff on my blog.

When I'm not working, I play guitar, hunt for records at local shops, try new coffee shops, and go to jazz jams around LA. I'm also allergic to cats and dogs but pet them anyway because I have no self-control.

Bruce Swanson

Wonderstorm Audio Lead (Ex-Audio Director at Naughty Dog)

"I can't praise Chris highly enough. He's talented, conscientious, flexible, and a real pleasure to work with. Chris' focus and dedication helped keep our mercurial production on path through all the twists, turns, and challenges. Adding Chris to the team paid off big time."

Justin Richmond

Creative Franchise Director for Overwatch
(worked together at Wonderstorm)

"Chris is a killer sound designer and a great human to boot. He came in and helped take our project from mid production through ship and into post launch content. He is easy to work with, gets stuff done on time and goes out of his way to make sure his work is the best it can possibly be. Highly recommended."

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