Telephone + 44 (0)1932 222704
Mobile + 44 (0)7860 753717
Fax + 44 (0)1932 241694
Scotland base +44 (0)141 632 3355
e-mail mixer@iansands.co.uk

 
 

Location Sound for: Film - Television - Commercials - Promos - Radio - Voiceover

Based in London & Glasgow, but working worldwide, I have many years of experience across a very wide range of productions including drama, commercials, documentaries, promos (with recording & playback to timecode), factual, educational and corporate. Filming work has covered everything from birth to post-mortem, from comical situations to personal tragedy, from tightly scripted to observational, and covert recording.

A great deal of my work these days is in stereo, with my own extensive inventory of well maintained equipment. Clients include BBC, Channel 4 (UK), Channel 5 (UK), Columbia Tristar, Miramax, HBO, ITV (UK), NHK (Japan) & NBC (US).

Travel is no problem, as motorway links to the rest of the UK and Europe are swift. Two national & international airports are close-by, as are most of the UKs' major film studios and television facilities.

I am a member of the Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS), Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS), and BECTU (Broadcasting, Entertainment & Cinema Trades Union). Please bear in mind, that over the years I have built up an extensive 'contacts book' so I am usually able to recommend names of other crew to suit your requirements.

For more than 20 years (10 years freelance and 10 years with a national broadcaster) I have been a location mixer/recordist ~ and before this spent a number of years as a studio sound supervisor and dubbing mixer. My earlier career included valuable time as a mixer for local & national radio and as a guarantee engineer on a 24 track mobile recording truck. In addition to my work as a sound mixer/recordist I have also been a visiting tutor and consultant at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communications in Kent.

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