Daniel Dewar

After working as a freelance record and mix engineer while completing a Bachelor of Sound Engineering in Brisbane, Daniel moved to New York City and worked in film & television as a sound editor and designer on productions such as the Emmy-winning documentary When I Walk, feature-western Dawn of Conviction and New York music and discussion show, The Facts. Returning to Australia, Daniel moved to Sydney where he continues to work as a sound designer on local and international productions, most recently the Namibia Nine, a documentary on nine Namibians who fled persecution and migrated to the United States.

Daniel’s critical writing is published on www.filmaday.com.au and has been published on Sydney Arts Guide. He has also just completed the production of his screenplay, Blue Morning, through Sydney production house FiveTwenty.

13 posts by Daniel Dewar

the nightmare

the-nightmare-film-review

Rodney Ascher’s infamous Room 237 explored the possible hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick’s treatment of The Shining. While each theory examined in the film became crazier and crazier, there was at least a commitment to analyse the ideas …

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99 homes

99homes

From his debut feature Man Push Cart, Ramin Bahrani has proven himself to be an effective teller of stories infused with social awareness. He has the ability to sincerely and accurately examine the micro worlds that exist at the …

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justin kerzel’s macbeth

Australian filmmaker Justin Kerzel’s (Snowtown) MACBETH opens with the funeral of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s child. It’s common for writers to add scenes to Shakespeare that help render their telling unique and develop strands of his work that …

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