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Chris Burt

Sound

Chris Burt is an Auckland-based sound designer. Coming from a background in music (as a drummer in the Techtones and Stridulators, and as a sound mixer) he began in the screen industry as an assistant on 1983 movie Trial Run, and later designed the sound for classic short film Kitchen Sink. Since setting up his own studio The Inside Track in 1992, Burt has worked on dozens of projects — and won awards for his sound work on everything from In My Father's Den to TV movies Siege and Jean.  

We’re just trying to help tell a story, which is why I see sound designing as an art rather than a technical exercise. Sure we do technical things to get there but ultimately we’re enhancing the story and the drama. Chris Burt in a 1998 OnFilm interview

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Peter Peryer: The Art of Seeing

2019, Sound Mix - Film

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My Brother Mitchell

2018, Sound Design - Short Film

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Mahana

2016, Sound Design, Supervising Sound Editor - Film

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Chasing Great

2016, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Design - Film

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Jean

2016, Sound Design, Sound - Re-recording Mixer - Television

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How to Murder Your Wife

2015, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Television

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I Am Innocent - Series One

2015, Sound Mix - Television

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K' Road Stories - The Event

2015, Sound - Rerecording Mixer - Web

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Consent - The Louise Nicholas Story

2014, Supervising Sound Editor, Rerecording Mixer - Television

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Agent Anna

2013 - 2014, Sound - Re-recording Mixer - Television

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Harry

2013, Sound - Television

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Harry - This is Personal (First Episode)

2013, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Mix - Television

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Mt. Zion

2012, Sound - Rerecording Mixer - Film

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Siege

2012, Sound Mix - Television

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Sione's 2 - Unfinished Business

2012, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Mix - Film

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Blue

2011, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Huhu Attack!

2011, Sound Supervisor - Short Film

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Christine Hellyar - Artist and Naturalist

2009, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Untouchable Girls

2009, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Film

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The Vintner's Luck

2009, Sound - Film

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Allan Wilson: Evolutionary

2008, Sound Design - Film

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An Island Calling

2008, Sound Mix - Television

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Apron Strings

2008, Sound - Film

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Burying Brian

2008, Sound - Television

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Burying Brian - First Episode

2008, Post-Production Sound - Television

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Jinx Sister

2008, Sound Design - Film

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The Devil Dared Me To

2007, Sound Design - Film

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The Ferryman

2007, Sound - Film

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The Tattooist

2007, Sound - Film

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We're Here to Help

2007, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Film

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Made in Taiwan

2006, Sound - Television

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Reflections - Gretchen Albrecht

2006, Sound - Television

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Sione's Wedding

2006, Sound Mix, Sound Designer - Film

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Contemplating the Landscape - Stanley Palmer in Karamea

2005, Sound Mix - Television

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Christmas

2004, Sound - Film

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No Ordinary Sun

2004, Sound - Short Film

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In My Father's Den

2004, Sound, Re-recording Mixer - Film

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New Faces Old Fears

2004, Sound Mix - Television

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From Where I'm Standing

2003, Sound - Short Film

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Sweet As Candy

2003, Sound Design - Short Film

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Two Cars, One Night

2003, Sound - Short Film

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Ngāti Porou East Coast 2001 - True Colours

2002, Sound - Television

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The Hill

2002, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Junk

2001, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Watermark

2001, Sound Mix - Short Film

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1951

2001, Sound Mix - Television

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Cow

2001, Sound Design - Short Film

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Early Days Yet

2001, Sound - Television

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Rain

2001, Sound Mix - Film

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Falling Sparrows

2000, Sound Design - Short Film

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Home Kill

2000, Sound Designer - Short Film

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Savage Honeymoon

2000, Sound Mix, Sound Design - Film

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Teach You a Lesson

2000, Sound - Short Film

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The Price of Milk

2000, Sound - Film

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The Topp Twins - Highland Games

2000, Sound Mix - Television

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Wild Blue

2000, Sound Design - Film

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Popstars - Series Excerpts

1999, Sound - Television

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Channelling Baby

1999, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Film

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Lawless

1999, Sound Design - Television

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Letters about the Weather

1999, Sound - Short Film

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Popstars - First Episode

1999, Sound Mix - Television

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Scarfies

1999, Sound Design, Sound Mix - Film

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Staunch

1999, Sound Design - Television

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The Lunatics' Ball

1999, Sound Mix - Film

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Speedway

1998, Sound Mix - Television

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Through the Eyes of Love

1998, Sound Mix - Television

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Motormania - First Episode

1998, Sound Design - Television

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Bella

1998, Sound Design - Short Film

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I'll Make You Happy

1998, Sound Design - Film

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Memory and Desire

1998, Sound - Film

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Motormania - Episode Two

1998, Sound Design - Television

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Playing Possum

1998, Sound Design - Short Film

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Point Your Toes, Cushla!

1998, Sound - Short Film

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The Bay Boys

1998, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Otago

1998, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: Pasifika

1998, Sound Mix - Television

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Radicals

1997, Sound Mix - Television

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Beth's World

1997, Sound Mix - Television

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Witi Ihimaera

1997, Sound - Television

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Journey to Arras

1997, Sound - Television

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Kiwiana - Kiwi As

1997, Sound Mix - Television

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Possum

1997, Sound - Short Film

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The Road to Jerusalem

1997, Sound Mix - Television

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Topless Women Talk about Their Lives

1997, Sound - Film

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Heartland - Reefton

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: The Beach

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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Chinese Whispers

1996, Sound - Short Film

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Heartland - The Catlins

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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Footage

1996, Sound Design - Television

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Heartland - Lyttelton

1996, Sound - Television

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Heartland - Queen Street

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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The Game of Our Lives - Tries and Penalties

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: A & P Show

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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The Topp Twins - Do Not Adjust Your Twin-Set: The Waka

1996, Sound Mix - Television

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Voiceover

1996, Sound - Short Film

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Nuclear Reaction

1995, Sound - Television

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Trifecta

1995, Sound - Television

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First Hand - Bedtime Stories

1995, Production Team - Television

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Heartland - Alexandra

1995, Sound Post-Production - Television

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Heartland - Desert Road

1995, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Devonport

1995, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Dunedin North

1995, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - High Country: Autumn Muster

1995, Sound Post Production - Television

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Plain Tastes

1995, Sound - Television

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Planet Man

1995, Sound Design - Short Film

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Heartland - Fendalton

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - French Pass

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Riverton Races

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Far North

1994, Sound - Television

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Dave Dobbyn in Concert

1994, Sound Mix - TV - Television

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First Hand - Just Words

1994, Production Team - Television

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Heartland - Bluff

1994, Sound - Television

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Heartland - East Coast

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Lawrence

1994, Sound Post-Production - Television

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Heartland - Ngāruawāhia

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Waimarino

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Wainuiomata

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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Heartland - Waipū

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

1994, Sound - Short Film

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Old Bastards

1994, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Peter Peryer: Portrait of a Photographer

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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The People Next Door

1994, Sound Mix - Television

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It's in the Genes Girls

1993, Sound Mixer - Television

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Heartland - Ōmarama

1993, Sound Mix - Television

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The Nightwatchman

1993, Sound - Short Film

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First Hand - Two Men from Tūākau

1993, Production team - sound - Television

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Heartland - Hokianga

1993, Sound - Television

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Sense of Place: Robin Morrison, Photographer

1993, Sound - Television

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Split Enz - Spellbound

1993, Sound - Television

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Sure to Rise

1993, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Great New Zealand River Journeys: The Whanganui River with Sam Hunt

1992, Sound Mix - Television

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Revelations

1992, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Great New Zealand River Journeys: The Clutha with Jon Gadsby

1992, Sound Mix - Television

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Great New Zealand River Journeys: The Waikato River with Lynda Topp

1992, Sound Mix - Television

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Lovelock

1992, Sound Mix - Short Film

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Over Here

1992, Sound Mix - Television

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The Summer the Queen Came

1992, Sound Mix - Television

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The Wall

1992, Sound Post-Production - Short Film

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Heartland

1991 - 1996, Sound - Television

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One Man's Meat

1991, Sound Editor - Short Film

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A Bitter Song

1990, Sound Editor - Short Film

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Strangers - Full Series

1989, Sound Editor - Television

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Zilch!

1989, Sound Editor - Film

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Porters (Episode Five)

1987, Sound Mix - Television

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Arriving Tuesday

1986, Sound Editor - Film

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Footrot Flats - The Dog's Tale

1986, Sound - Film

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The Maintenance of Silence

1985, Sound - Short Film

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Trial Run

1984, Sound - Film