Richard Butler

Technical Tutor

After graduating from Nottingham Trent University in 1998 with and HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, I decided to branch off and specialise in audio engineering, furthering my education with an Audio Engineering Diploma at The SAE Institute (School of Audio Engineering) in London. I am an Avid Certified Instructor in Avid Pro Tools, from beginner 100 level up to 300 level, teaching Avid courses at the university, alongside my role as a Technical Tutor.

Heading straight into my career I started as an audio mastering engineer at the production music and sound effects library company, deWolfe Music, Soho, London. From there I continued as a mastering engineer and moved to Music Choice, London, a Sky funded music genre broadcast channel, transmitting on pan-European satellite platforms.

In 2002 I started working as a post-production dubbing mixer at CrowTV, Shepherds Bush, London. There I was Dubbing Mixer on a wide range of UK based programmes for independent production companies broadcasting on UK and US television platforms, working on a wide range of genres from daytime TV, long running series, drama, documentaries and prime time TV.

In 2005 I left the UK and headed to South-East Asia to work as a Scuba Instructor Trainer in Thailand, following one of my great passions. While living in Thailand I developed an interest in underwater macro photography, using Thailand as a hub to explore the reefs of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.

After 6 years abroad I returned to the UK with my wife to settle down. It was at this point I moved back into the post-production industry, working in audio logistics and tech support at Films @ 59 in Bristol. Based around the corner form BBC Bristol, Films at 59 are the south-west's largest post-production. They specialise in natural history documentary post-production and have been the leader in this field for many years.

I started my role as Senior Technician for Audio at Falmouth University in July 2015, bringing my industry knowledge and experience of audio post-production and post-production workflow to the students of the School of Film and Television, enriching the technical side of their productions and final pieces along with the other members of the technical team here at Falmouth University. Since 2019 I have been a Technical Tutor and have helped develop Falmouth's BA Hons Post-Production and VFX course and am the module leader for Audio on this degree, while still teaching on the TV, Film and Animation undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

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