2023 JUROR
Robert Mackenzie
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor // Film + TV
Robert Mackenzie has been enriching the film world with his creative soundscapes for over twenty-five years; completing soundtracks for some of the world’s most influential directors while garnering numerous accolades from just about every prestigious source both in Australia and internationally.
In 2021 Rob and his team completed the sound design and mixing of Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Sound, George Miller’s THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, NO EXIT, RIVER (directed by Jennifer Peedom), and Season 3 of MR INBETWEEN for which the team won the ASSG Award for Best Sound.
From January 2020 until February 2021 Rob and the RMS team spent their COVID lockdown time creating the energetically fueled, action-packed, number one at the box office, AACTA winning soundtrack for MORTAL KOMBAT, along with updating Wong Kar Wai’s masterpieces; CHUNGKING EXPRESS and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, for the Criterion Collection.
In 2019 Rob completed work on David Michôd’s medieval epic, THE KING, as well as Will Gluck’s hilariously, cheeky, PETER RABBIT 2.
In 2018 Rob completed the Sound Design and Mix on Jennifer Kent’s, THE NIGHTINGALE, Mirrah Foulkes’, JUDY & PUNCH, and MYSTIFY, the AACTA winning, Michael Hutchence Documentary.
2017, Rob brought home the Oscar, the Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Guild Award (MPSE) and Australia’s AACTA all for his work on Mel Gibson’s 2017 emotionally charged war film, HACKSAW RIDGE. This was in addition to receiving the BAFTA nomination and AACTA Win for Sound Design for Garth Davis’, internationally adored LION.
Last year Rob completed Daina Reid’s Run Rabbit Run, and Garth Davis’ FOE, and Glendyn Ivin’s seven- episode TV drama, THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART.
2023 has the RMS team working on George Miller’s, FURIOSA, the next chapter in the internationally renowned, MAD MAX saga.
