About me

Bilingual Japan Based Sound Recordist, Christian Storms.
Clean, consistent, intelligible audio for films, CMs, TV, docos and sports.
Chasing light and stories following a tell-it-like-it-is narrative of the human condition.

FILM/DOCO/TV
FINDING SATOSHI / NHK World | Sound Mixer Narrator: Willem Dafoe. Best Feature Documentary Annual Copenhagen Film Festival 2022
AUM: THE CULT AT THE END OF THE WORLD | Sound Mixer: Japan Sundance Film Festival 2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
WAYNE | Sound Mixer: Japan Feature film on the 1987 World Moto GP Champion Wayne Gardner.
ILLUSIONS OF CONTROL | Sound Mixer: Japan Feature film of folks creating new relationships with landscapes disrupted by human activity. Hot Docs and DOXA festivals.
HYPER EVOLUTION: RISE OF THE ROBOTS / BBC FOUR | Sound Mixer
72 DANGEROUS ANIMALS ASIA / NATGEO and NETFLIX | Sound Mixer
THE GENIUS OF DESIGN / BBC2 / WALL TO WALL | Sound Mixer
ENTER THE ANIME / ANIME CREATOR SERIES / NetFlix | Sound Mixer
COMBAT SHIPS / HISTORY CHANNEL + SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL | Sound Mixer How technology transformed naval warfare and the stories of the greatest maritime battles, escapes and disasters.
TEAM HAKUTO / GOOGLE LUNAR XPRIZE | Sound Mixer Eight jobs for DISCOVERY / DAILY PLANET, the nightly science magazine show.
MT. ASO EARTHQUAKE / DISCOVERY DAILY PLANET | Sound Mixer
BABY METAL / BBC RADIO 1 and IPlayer | Sound
IN ORBIT: HOW SATELLITES RULE OUR WORLD / BBC 2 | Sound Mixer
SCOTCH! THE STORY OF WHISKEY / BBC SCOTLAND | Sound Mixer
POWER TRIP: The Story of Energy / PBS | Sound Mixer
MAN'S BEST FRIEND / NHK WORLD | Additional Sound. AIBO Robot dog funeral.
THE BROKEN FAMILY: JAPAN, CHINA AND CONFUCIANISM | Sound / Sound Editor
JAPAN'S AGING POPULATION / KESHET 12 ISRAEL | Sound Mixer

MUSIC
WATCH THE SOUND WITH MARK RONSON / APPLE TV+ / Tremolo Productions | Sound Mixer music documentary series with many live performances, directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville exploring how different technologies have shaped the sound of modern music.
JOE HISASHI / Ashitaka and San from the Studio Ghibli film, 'Princess Mononoke'. Mothership | Production Sound Mixer Music video + interviews (Universal Music Group).
YOSHIKI | Sound Mixer, feature documentary about X-Japan's Yoshiki.
SPORTS
NADESHIKO / FIFA+ | Sound Mixer How Japan overcame all odds to win the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
TOM BYER / HBO REAL SPORTS | Sound
FINDING FOOTBALL / NATGEO and YOUTUBE RED | Sound Engineer F2 Football Freestyler's Billy and Jeremy with Steve Aoki. Whistle Sports and PIG USA. Nominated for an Emmy in the Travel and Adventure category.
CNN LIVING GOLF / CNN | Sound
TREVOR BAUER'S BROADLY BASEBALL: JAPAN / MOMENTUM FILMS | Sound Cincinnati Red's pitcher explores Japanese baseball.
TOKYO OLYMPICS Skateboarding / IOC MEDIA | Sound Mixer
TOKYO OLYMPICS OBS Broadcast Training Programme / IOC MEDIA | Sound Mixer
TOKYO OLYMPICS Volunteers / IOC MEDIA | Sound Mixer
TOKYO OLYMPICS Olympic Agora / IOC MEDIA | Sound Mixer
TOKYO OLYMPICS Inclusion and Diversity / IOC MEDIA | Sound Mixer
JAPANESE HORSE BREEDING / SKY RACING | Sound Mixer
MADE IN JAPAN / NASCAR Production | Sound Mixer
THE AFL FOOTY SHOW / Channel 9 | Sound Recordist
SOCCER AND BOXING DOCOS / DAZN | Sound Recordist
2016 and 2015 ASIAN LEMANS FUJI SPEEDWAY / EPM | Sound Mixer From qualifying moments to inside the pits interviews.
GARY PLAYER INVITATIONAL / GOLFING WORLD | Sound Conducted all interviews, translation output as well.
BADMINTON WORLD MAGAZINE / TOTAL SPORTS ASIA | Sound Half hour feature focusing on the Yonex Open Japan Super Series. Fans and players.

COMMERCIALS
SAPPORO BEER North America | Sound for commercial and social media spots.
LEXUS | Sound Lemonade Films and PIG USA.
NISSAN NISMO PHASE | Sound Recordist / Foley Ember Digital.
ACUVUE / 2018 Behind the Lens | Sound SuiteSpot.
HONDA / Honda Design | Sound
TILLAMOOK / Superfandom | Sound
ADIDAS / Run City Pack - Neighborhood | Sound
IKEA | Boom Operator
Corporate Films: JP Morgan, Abbott Laboratories, Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet, Hitachi: Smart Manufacturing, Tetra Pak, AccuRna, Kao, Lenovo, Panasonic: #Follow Siya

EPK / BTS / DVD
GI JOE: SNAKE EYES / PARAMOUNT | EPK Sound
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS / CINELICIOUS PICS | Sound 1973 Japanese psychedelic anime. Director, Art Director and Composer day-in-the-life.
NINJA ASSASSIN FEATURE FILM / WARNER BROTHERS | DVD bonus Sound

Skills

Equipped to handle multi-camera wireless.

Sector Experience

Automotive, Broadcasting, Film (Short / Documentary), Sports

Awards

Copenhagen Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival 2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize

Clients

AXN, BBC, BBC Scotland, Channel 4, CNN, CNN Living Golf, Discovery Networks International, FIFA, Fox Sports, Golfing World, HBO Real Sports, IMG, IMG Productions, NASCAR Productions, National Geographic, October Films, Sky Racing, UEFA

Trade Associations

Audio Engineering Society, The Institute of Professional Sound

Recommendations
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Currently No Recommendations
Availability
Looking for work
Achievements
Project featured:Wayne: Feature film on the 1987 World Moto GP Champion Wayne Gardner.
on 29th August 2019
Project featured:WATCH THE SOUND WITH MARK RONSON
on 15th February 2023
Tagged Job Titles
Contract
Freelance
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Skill Level
Senior
Languages
Japanese, English
Creativepool member since 7 February 2017