James Wu (Y.C.C.) • 718.885.LAV2 • P. O. Box 770602, Woodside, NY 11377-0602
James Wu is a graduate of Mannes the New School for Music (BM '11 violin, MM '13 composition).
James has been recording concerts and musical performances since 2014. Sometimes they've occurred in strange and unconventional spaces but, given his conservatory refined hearing abilities and awareness of how musicians operate, he's always been up for the challenge.
During that time, James picked up on film audio techniques as well, using the same tools that allows him to create accurate and clean recordings: his ears. He's been a fully capable boom operator and mixer since 2016.
James prides himself on stitching and blending together pieces of audio seamlessly for a final mix that sounds like it was recorded in a single take. In sound design, he also understands how sound tells a story, with or without an image.
Music production
SoHo (2016), The Jasmine Tree (2018) producing, editing, mixing Malek Jandali Trio
Listen Closely Inwood Chamber Music Initiative sound recordist, videographer recordings from 2014-2018
Salon/Sanctuary Concerts sound recordist, videographer various recordings from 2015-2017
Patrych Sound Studios co-producer, assistant various recordings since 2016
Various private recordings and sessions
Production sound (selection)
Necromurder (2018 short) sound recordist Pablo Vergara
AU (2017 short) sound recordist Maya Korn (Columbia University)
Ode to Passion (2017 musical feature) sound recordist Jack Danini Productions
Nest (2017 short) sound recordist, sound designer Anna Holburn (NYU)
The Closing of the Palace (2017 short) sound recordist Patrick Ford (Columbia University)
Stuck (2017 short) sound recordist Saladin White (Columbia University)
The Wolves We Feed (2017 short) sound recordist, equipment manager David Corey Leos
Dramatis Personae (2017 web series) sound recordist Kreativnost Productions
Weight (2017 feature) sound recordist Rob Margolies
The Deported (2018 web series) sound recordist, sound designer Shalini Tripathi
Not a Love Story (2017 short) sound recordist Jokerface Films
Compliance (2017 short) sound recordist, BTS photographer Dominick LaRuffa, Jr.
Bananas (2017 short) sound recordist Ashish Pant (Columbia University)
Ratso (2017 short) sound recordist Punching Up Productions
Hi, I Am Sam (2017 short) sound recordist Ashish Pant
Skymark Ventures (2016 corporate) sound recordist, equipment manager 2Bridges Productions
Renegade Darlings (2017 feature) sound recordist Ringtail Motion Pictures
Zombieland Long Island (2017 web series) sound recordist Jim Bonney
Bodega Cat (2017 short) sound recordist Reggie Street
The Art of the Lift (2016 trailer for web series) sound recordist Musa Bacon
The Art of Unrequited Love (2017 short) sound recordist, DP, gaffer Shaniyah Barnabela (NY Film Academy)
Monday Lemons (2016 short) sound recordist, equipment manager 2Bridges productions
The Shit List (2017 web series) sound recordist Armando Bloom
Cocina de Soul (2016 web series) sound recordist Desiree Monae-Gibbs (the New School)
Not Another Corny Romance Story (2016 short) sound recordist Mitchell Welsh (NY Film Academy)
Embers (2016 short) sound recordist Ashish Pant
Charlie (2016 short) sound recordist Jokerface Films
Beserk Reunion (2016 trailer for web series) sound recordist Cesar Cross
Reactivation (2016 trailer for web series) sound recordist, director of photography Stewart Thomas
I’m No Hero (2016 web series) sound recordist, equipment manager 2Bridges Productions
Butterfly (2016 short) sound recordist, composer Şerife Potuk
Suddenly, Banana (2017 short) sound recordist, production assistant Edan Jacob Levy
Master and Servant (2016 feature) sound recordist Ashish Pant
#10007 (2015 short) sound recordist Reginald Beltran