STAFF: Dave Nelson

 

Dave Nelson composing original music in Outpost's Village, Photo Credit: Nancy Dionne

Dave Nelson’s career spans over twenty years in the film/sound and recording industry. His work involves an interesting mixture of documentaries, features as well as short films, and albums (some of which have been nominated for Academy, Emmy and Grammy Awards). It is his intuitive and improvisational style that constantly keeps him in demand as one of the most sought-after sound designer/engineers in the industry. In 1982, Dave was instrumental in founding a multi-media band called Autotom- one of the first bands of its kind using slide projection, and digitally pre-recorded samples as part of the show.

In 1985, along with Producer, Mitch Stein, Dave decided to build and create Poolside Studios. Working with sound pioneer's Donny Blank and Doug Murray, Dave developed an experimental and improvisational Sound Design style and gained experience at dialog and music editing. At Poolside he developed a reputation as a fun and professional engineer and worked with film luminaries such as Werner Hertzog & Haskell Wexler.

In 1996, Dave realized that SOMA was the place to be, so he embarked upon an ambitious partnership with Josh Rosen to create Outpost Film Center at 880 Folsom Street. They found an industrial and unused building, and refurbished it to meet all of their working needs. The two story building was transformed into spacious offices- a 25 X 15 foot ADR/Foley stage, the largest Dolby Digital mix theater in San Francisco, and two spacious isolation booths. At this new facility and with a new partnership, Dave and Josh worked on many projects including: V/O effects and final mix for the Academy Award Nominated "When Abortion was Illegal: Untold Stories" and Sound Design for "Fun", a 1994 Sundance Film Festival Best Actress Award Winner; Sound Effects editing, re-recording and mixing for "Dream with the Fishes" and "Cherish" by Finn Taylor. At the same time, Dave and Latin Jazz Producer, Greg Landau recorded a string of Cuban and World Beat CDs, two of which with Patato Valdez were nominated for Grammy Awards.

After weathering the dot com-induced economic downturn that affected the Bay Area, Dave revitalized his business and renamed it Outpost Studios. Forming a partnership with Roger Wiersema of Polarity Post, Outpost Studios has now created a new mix stage facility at 69 Green Street in San Francisco.

Relying upon Dave's expertise, knowledge, and reputation, Outpost Studios has become the premiere inner-city audio post-production facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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