Defari Johnson

Sound Mixer
Sound Recordist
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA

Other

My Contact Number:
424 571 0566

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2023	Sound Mixer Commercials & Industrials	William Shatner "The Unexplained" - commercial 2023 new season The History Channel	Los Angeles, CA.
2023	Sound Mixer Television	Zooey Deschanel "What Am I Eating?" HBO Max	Los Angeles, CA.
2023	Sound Mixer Commercials & Industrials	TMobile John Travolta Zach Braff and Donald Faison Superbowl commercial 2023	Los Angeles, CA.
2022	Sound Mixer Television	Waffles + Mochi featuring Michelle Obama Netflix	Los Angeles, CA.
2020	Sound Mixer Television	Girls Room - A Lena Waithe Production (Tribeca Film Festival Award recipient) Lena Waithe / Attn. and Dove	Los Angeles, CA.
2019	Sound Mixer Television	Vice News Tonight (I have mixed a plethora of stories including an Emmy Award winner on George Floyd 2020) Vice Media LLC	Los Angeles, CA.
2007	Stage Mixer Television	Extra w/Mario Lopez (Daily TV show I worked on for 11 years) Telepictures	Burbank, CA.

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
1994	History education	Columbia university

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: I have a full production sound kit. Standard kit comes with 2 wires and a boom + 2 comtek. Additional wires and comteks are available upon request via the kit rental negotiation process.

I can use:

About me

I am a production sound mixer with over 17 years of experience mixing sound for broadcast television. I am a 3 x Emmy award recipient and I am an IATSE Local 695 member with an expertise in location sound for commercials, scripted series, talking heads, doc. work, reality, film, etc. In addition, I have a full sound kit.

License & Passport

Passport:	Yes
Driver's License:	Yes

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Sound Recordist
Job Titles	Sound Operator / Engineer, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Editor
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	IATSE