Professor Damian Candusso
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Practice
Biography
Damian provides a unique nexus between academia, research and professional industry practice. He has extensive experience across all aspects of the creative industries with senior leadership and supervision experience managing teams across academia, research and the film industry. Areas of expertise include immersive media and virtual reality, spatial sound design, film, television and music. Damian has been nominated and awarded at both national and international levels including: a Centenary Medal, awarded on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, the City of Los Angeles Certificate of Recognition, and many peer reviewed awards. Some notable screen credits include: Better Watch Out, The LEGO Movie, The Great Gatsby, Australia and Happy Feet. Damian has also worked on over 150 episodes of television including the Henson produced US television sci-fi series Farscape and he has recorded, mixed, produced and re-mixed for many artists and bands. Damian was also the first Australian to serve on the Board of Directors for the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), based in Los Angeles.Personal details
Positions
- Head of School
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Practice
Qualifications
- PhD (Australian National University)
Professional memberships and associations
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts - AACTA Motion Picture Sound Editors - MPSE Australian Screen Sound Guild - ASSG Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association - ASPERA
Teaching
Damian has a background in lecturing for screen, sound and music technology at undergraduate level. Damian also has experience in supervising postgraduate students in study areas that include:
- Musical online Collaboration
- Analogue and Digital Sound production
- Sound Design and Post Production
- Spatial Sound
- Radio and narrative
- Virtual Reality
- Project Management
Publications
- Candusso, D., (2020). Designing sound for 3D films. In M. Filimowicz (Ed.), Foundations in sound design for linear media: A multidisciplinary approach (Sound Design) (pp. 191–210). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/197375
- Candusso, D., (2019). Creating and designing the contemporary soundtrack: A case study. In C. Batty, M. Berry, K. Dooley, B. Frankham & S. Kerrigan (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screen Production (pp. 221–230). Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/201034
- Candusso, D., (2017). Designing spatial sound: Adapting contemporary screen sound design practices for virtual reality. Proceedings of the Australia Section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Conference: Embracing Connective Media, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135057
- Candusso, D., (2016). Designing a sonic landscape: A practice-led approach to creating 3-D sound space for screen. Fusion, 10, 144–161. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135025
- Candusso, D., (2016). Digital 3D and the contemporary soundtrack: Competing cinema spaces. The New Soundtrack, 6(1), 63–76. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/134854
- Candusso, D., (2016). The immersive cinematic sound space: audience perspectives. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association (ASPERA) Conference, 1–15. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135058
- Candusso, D., (2015). Creating a homogenous 3-D auditory image. The International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts, 10(3), 11–16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135026
- Candusso, D. & Thompson, J. (2014). How sound design shapes the audience's response in Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia'. The International Journal of the Image, 5(1), 25–31. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135031
- Candusso, D., (2012). Aural landscapes: Designing a sound environment for screen. Screen Sound Journal, 3, 121–133. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/135044
- Staples, T., Zdenek, C., Hay, C., Bourke, L. & Candusso, D. (2023). Sound garden: How snakes respond to airborne and groundborne sounds. PLoS ONE, 18(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/238032
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Damian, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).