I may be available to work on your next project! Feel free to contact me at 646-232-5122 or email me at: sam.mallery@gmail.com. Rates for my services and equipment are determined on a case by case basis.
Recent work
2010:
Production Sound Mixer for “Top Doc New York”
A commercial shoot for the Dr. Oz Show
Shot on the Canon 7D, double system sound
Production Sound Mixer for “Death is Lame”
A short narrative film directed by Stephen Winter (Tarnation)
Shot on the Canon 7D, double system sound
Production Sound Mixer for “The Chocolate Adventure Contest”
A reality TV cupcake cooking contest between Top Chef stars Elizabeth Faulkner and Johnny Iuzzini
Production Sound Mixer for “You Make My Dreams Come True”
A scene from episode 3 of this comedic web series by Amiee Cucchiaro
Production Sound Mixer for “Palace Living”
A promo trailer for a film by Zack Ordynans
Production Sound Mixer for “You Make My Dreams Come True“
Scenes from episode 2 of this comedic web series by Amiee Cucchiaro
Production Sound Mixer for Episode 6 of “Anyone But Me“
Fictional episodic web series with high production value
Produced by PJ Palmer – Directed by Tina Cesa Ward
Production Sound Mixer for Episode 5 of “Anyone But Me“
Fictional episodic web series with high production value
Produced by PJ Palmer – Directed by Tina Cesa Ward
Production Sound Mixer for Episode 4 of “Anyone But Me“
Fictional episodic web series with high production value
Produced by PJ Palmer – Directed by Tina Cesa Ward
2009:
Location Recordist & Boom Op for “Forest with Parking”
A scene from the fictional film starring Elisabeth Waterston and Louis Cancelmi
Directed by Haik Kocharian, shot on a Canon 5D Mark II, sound recorded externally
Location Mixer & Boom Op for “The Man in the Bed”
Short fictional film, several actors wearing concealed wireless lavs
Directed by David Speranza, a Kinotek Films production
Location Mixer & Sound Design for “Looks Good, Sounds Killer”
60 second commercial for the 2009 Genelec Video Contest, which took the 1st place prize
Production Sound Mixer & FOH Mix for “The Backlot”
Live music TV show shot on five HVX200A cameras.
I created the live mix for the performing musicians, and created a separate mix for the cameras.
Location Mixer & Boom Op for “Reuse Resource”
Web video series aimed at raising awareness about recycling, shot in a studio
Assistant Sound Designer & Live Engineer for “Brunch The Musical”
Off-Broadway Musical at The American Theater of Actors, involved running 9 concealed wireless lavs simultaneously, setting up and operating an elaborate amplified antenna distribution system. The play ran for three weeks.
Location Mixer & Boom Op for “Anatomy of an Audio Bag”
Episode of an educational web video series, operated the sound equipment both on and off camera.
Past Productions
Location Mixer & Boom Op for “100 Zombies Doing Yoga”
Viral video promoting the book Zen of Zombie. Featured on nytimes.com and boingboing.net
Directed by Jason Wishnow
Location Mixer & Boom Op for “Wrong and Write”
Short film for the 48 Hour Film Festival. Concealed lavs and booming. The film made it to the New York finals and won the award for “best choreography.”
Assistant Sound Designer & Live Engineer for “33 to Nothing”
Off-Broadway play at The Wild Project Theater. Involved running live sound for dialog mics, as well as mixing the live music on a Yamaha 01V96 digital mixing console. The play ran for three months.
Location Mixer & Boom Op & Sound Designer for the “B&H Web Videos” Series
Initiated the Education Web Video Department at B&H. Helped to create the first pilot episodes, and established an audio workflow for all of the future productions. Episodes include “Improve the Sound of Your Camcorder” and “Guide to Portable Digital Recorders”
Songwriter, Bassist, and Vocalist for the band “Syrup USA”
Signed to Flydaddy / V2 Records; co-produced and co-engineered full-length album at Fort Apache and Q Division studios in Boston. Album released internationally through V2’s partnership with Columbia Records. Toured extensively throughout the US and Canada.
EDUCATION
Emerson College, Boston, MA
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Writing, Literature and Publishing, minor in Mass Communication (Audio)
School of Visual Arts, New York,
Three consecutive courses: Intro to Web Languages (HTML & CSS), Dreamweaver, and Advanced Web Languages (PHP & MySQL)
The New School
Completed a course in Digital Video Production (Final Cut Pro workflows, cameras, lighting, sound, etc.)