Michelle Macklem
sound designer
and mix engineer
Documentary
Podcast producer work
Film
Art
Writing and talks
About
sound designer
and mix engineer
Documentary
Podcast producer work
Film
Art
Writing and talks
About
Sound design and mix engineering
Michelle’s reel:
excerpt 1 : Runway scene from Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
excerpt 2: Tilapia montage from The Fridge Light
excerpt 3: Stars scene from Emu in the Sky
Dr. Miracle
Campside Media, Sony Music Entertainment, and Dorothy Street PicturesDr. Miracle explores a wellness center some called Miracle Ranch, nestled in the scenic mountains of Southern California, promised a luxurious escape and a path to wellness through clean, alkaline living. Its leader, Dr. Robert O. Young, attracted wealthy clientele with his “groundbreaking” health protocols and friendly, family-man persona. But beneath the serene surface, Miracle Ranch harbored a dark secret. The people who stayed there didn’t get better; they got worse.
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sound designer and mix engineer
Because The Boss Belongs to Us
iHeart and Molten HeartYou know Bruce Springsteen, but did you know that he is a queer icon? Because The Boss Belongs to Us is a series presented by Jesse Lawson and Holly Casio that uses Bruce Springsteen as a lens through which to explore queer history, identity and politics. Through original reporting, tender personal narratives, and playful, sound-rich surprises, Jesse and Holly go on a journey to not only understand why The Boss low-key resonates with so many queer folks, but also what it even means to idolize a celebrity in this way.
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mix engineer
Who screwed millennials?
The GuardianAustralian millennials are the first generation to be worse off than their parents, and things are only heading in the same direction for gen Z. In this deeply researched yet tongue-in-cheek five-part podcast series, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and social media reporter Matilda Boseley investigate the mystery of who screwed young Australians out of affordable housing, education and secure work, and why inequality is rising in Australia
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mix engineer
Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
RadiotopiaWhat really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking,Transformative is a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess Shane, about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry.
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sound designer and mix engineer
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
WonderyHe was a trusted OB-GYN working inside one of the most prestigious universities in the world, an Ivy League school that is home to Nobel Prize winners and medical all-stars. Yet behind closed doors, Dr. Robert Hadden assaulted hundreds — perhaps thousands — of unsuspecting patients. When it looked like no one would be held accountable, the survivors engaged in a decade-long fight for justice.
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Over My Dead Body Season 4: Gone Hunting
WonderyWhen Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities presume he was eaten by alligators but one woman begins to suspect the true predators may lurk much closer to home. It sets her on a tireless crusade to uncover what really happened to Mike. A story about an obsessive love affair, a scandalous secret and a mother’s battle for justice.
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sound designer and mix engineer, Dolby Atmos mix engineer
Awards:
- duPont-Columbia Journalism award
- Audible’s ‘Best of the Year’ podcast award
-
Vulture’s Best True Crime podcasts
- Ambie nomination
Finding Tamika
Audible“Black girls and women disappear every day, but not without a trace. Join actress and activist Erika Alexander in a neo-noir, true crime drama as she searches for Tamika Huston, a 24-year-old Black woman from Spartanburg, SC who went missing in 2004. Her case became a rallying cry for other missing Black women in America and led to a growing demand to expose a system that ignores missing girls and women of color.”
I was the sound designer for this immersive and high impact project. Working with the Molten Heart team, I collaborated with the composer Chad Kouri and executive producer Jazmine Green to create an approach that valued and respected Tamika Huston’s life through the storytelling and sound world.
Produced by: Audible, Molten Heart, Color Farm Media, SBH Production
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sound designer
Frozen Head
WonderyWhen 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera.
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Who Killed Daphne
WonderyWhen a car bomb kills Daphne Caruana Galizia on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta, the hunt for her killers exposes secrets with consequences that go far beyond its shores. In the aftermath of her death an international team of journalists comes together to continue her work. Along the way they start to uncover clues that might lead to her killers.
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