BethTredray
- Sound designer
Beth Tredray began working in sound at Radio New Zealand, and the National Film Unit. Often on contract to TVNZ, she worked on shows Close Up and Top Town. Going freelance as a sound recordist in the early 90s, she began moving into sound design in the mid 2000s. Since then Tredray has designed the soundtracks for hit documentary Tickled and Emmy-nominated telefilm The Golden Hour.
Screenography
Biography
Working in a Wellington office job, future sound designer Beth Tredray would often gaze down from the sixth floor, watching people carrying big square cases along the road. One day curiosity proved too much, and a moment of boldness permanently changed her trajectory. She asked one of the box carriers what was inside. Her suspicions that they were filled with vinyl records were confirmed — the person was in fact a radio announcer, carrying the day’s playlist to Broadcasting House. They suggested she apply. She began her cadetship three months later.
Awards
2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Nominated for Best Sound (with Phil Judd, Nick Emond, Johanna Emond, Les Fiddess and Jennifer Sochackyj): for Mad Bastards
2012 Canberra Short Film Festival
Nominated for Best Sound Design: for Great Western
“Challenging, rewarding, exacting, creative, exciting and technical — all the things I love about sound editing and design. I guarantee if you throw a sound design/ mix to a bunch of fellow sound people, we would all produce a very different sounding landscape.”