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Don Paulin

Sound

Don Paulin has worked as a sound recordist and sound editor for more than 40 years, contributing to numerous television dramas, feature films and documentary series. Alongside extended periods working for TVNZ and Cloud 9 Entertainment, he has spent over two decades recording sound for Country Calendar. His contributions have been recognised with three New Zealand Film and Television Awards.

Sometimes the simplest sound in the right place can tweak the viewer’s imagination of what the world looks like outside of the frame. Don Paulin

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Northspur

2022, Sound Design - Film

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Milk

2021, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Short Film

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He Paki Taonga i a Māui

2019, Sound Design, Sound Recordist - Television

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Doubt: The Scott Watson Case

2016, Sound Design, Sound Recordist - Television

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Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

2015, Sound Design - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - Ettie Rout

2015, Sound - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - Hāmi Grace

2015, Sound Recordist - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - Lottie Le Gallais

2015, Sound - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - Ormond Burton

2015, Sound - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - The Executed Five

2015, Sound - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - The Harper Brothers

2015, Sound Recordist - Television

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Great War Stories 2 - William Malone

2015, Sound Recordist - Television

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Topp Country

2013, Sound Recordist - Television

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War News - The Gallipoli Evacuation (excerpt)

2014, Sound Design - Television

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Nancy Wake: The White Mouse

2014, Sound Design - Television

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War News

2014, Sound Design - Television

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Making New Zealand - Power

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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Making New Zealand - Railways

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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Making New Zealand - Roads

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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Making New Zealand - Shipping

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Naughty Bits - Free Speech and Sensitive Information

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Naughty Bits - The 'S' Word

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Naughty Bits - Violence, Drugs and the 'F' Word

2014, Sound Recordist - Television

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Girl vs. Boy

2012-2013, Sound Design - Television

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The Banker, the Escorts and the $18 Million

2011, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Television

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Rage

2011, Sound Design - Television

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Tangiwai - A Love Story

2011, Sound Design - Television

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Country Calendar - A Bird in the Hand

2011, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor - Television

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The WotWots - Whistle Wots (Series Two, Episode 63)

2011, Sound - Television

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Eruption

2010, Sound Design, Sound Design - Television

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Reservoir Hill - Series One

2009, Sound Mix - Web

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Aftershock

2008, Sound Design - Television

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The Killian Curse

2006 - 2008, Sound Design - Television

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Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby

2005 - 2006, Sound Design - Television

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Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby - Period Three: Human Relationships

2005, Sound Design - Television

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Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby - Period One: The Appalling Mr Gormsby

2005, Sound Design - Television

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Freaky - First Episode

2003, Sound Design - Television

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The Mole - Series One

2000, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Tribe

1999 - 2003, Sound Recordist - Television

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William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale

1998, Sound Design - Television

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Broken English

1996, Sound Design - Film

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Face Value - Her New Life

1995, Sound - Television

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War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us

1995, Sound Editor - Film

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Once Were Warriors

1994, Sound Editor - Film

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The Last Tattoo

1994, Sound Design, Sound Editor - Film

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Bread and Roses

1993, Sound Editor - Television

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Desperate Remedies

1993, Sound Design - Film

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Joyful and Triumphant

1993, Senior Sound - Television

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Absent Without Leave

1992, Sound Editor - Film

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The Footstep Man

1992, Sound Editor - Film

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Chunuk Bair

1991, Sound Recordist - Film

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Living Treasures - Friedensreich Hundertwasser

1990, Sound Mix - Television

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Kaleidoscope - Vincent Ward

1989, Sound Mix - Television

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Frontline

1988, Sound Recordist - Television

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The Marching Girls

1987, Sound Editor - Television

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Close Up - Following the Leader (Jim Bolger)

1986, Sound - Television

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Mark II

1986, Sound Editor - Television

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Roche

1985, Sound - Tracklayer - Television

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Roche - First Episode

1985, Sound - Tracklayer - Television

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Inside Straight

1984, Sound Editor - Television

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Sea Urchins - Series Three, Episode Five

1983, Sound - Track layer - Television

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Country Calendar

1980 - ongoing, Sound Recordist - Television