Photo: Jeffrey Mayer

Sound re-recording mixer who entered New Zealand film with CRUSH (1992). Other notable credits include BRAINDEAD (also 1992), ONCE WERE WARRIORS and HEAVENLY CREATURES (both 1994), THE FRIGHTENERS (1996), THE UGLY (1997), WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED? (1999), Peter Jackson's THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (2001-03), PERFECT STRANGERS (2003), WATER (2004), THE BOOGEYMAN, THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN and KING KONG (all 2005), NO. 2 and OUT OF THE BLUE (both 2006), and EAGLE vs SHARK, BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS and THE WATER HORSE: LEGEND OF THE DEEP (all 2007).  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2002: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (w. Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek)  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing 2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (w. Christopher Boyes, Hammond Peek & Michael Semanick)  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing 2005: KING KONG (w. Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek) 3 nominations, 2 Awards