High Ground Sound | Film & TV Production Sound

Audio Producer & Engineer for Narrative Film & TV, Commercial and Documentary works.

Production Works

"The Grotto" Dir Joanna Gleason || Feature [Boom Operator]
"Selling Sunset (Season 4 & 5)" Netflix || Reality Series [A2]
"What If?" Dir Billy Porter || Feature [Sound Utility - Addit Unit]
"The Hunters" Amazon Prime Video || TV Series [Sound Utility - Day Player]
"Kart Dads" Amazon Prime Video || Reality Series [Sound Mixer- Addit Unit]
"Naked & Afraid - Garden of Eden: Reunion" Discovery || TV Series Special [A2]
"The Prank" Sneak Preview Entertainment || Feature [Boom Op]
"Midea: Duo Cube" The Roster || Commercial
"The Speed Project 2021" Blue Ox Films /On Running || Documentary/Branded Content
"The Ray" Glass Horse Films || Feature [Addit Unit]
"Coach - Fall/Winter 21" Other Half Creative || Commercial
"Einstein Challenge" Citizen Jones || Pilot [A2]
"Neon Highway" Prod. Stratton Leopold & Tom Munroe || Feature [Boom Op]
"Drama Club" Nickelodeon || TV Series [Sound Utility]
"Nine Bullets" Ram Rebel || Feature [Sound Utility]
"Everything Everywhere All At Once" A24 || Feature [Boom Op - Add. Unit]
"Explain It" Citizen Jones || TV Pilot [A2]
"Ya Tu Sabes" Nosotros/NBC || Docu/Live
"The Joy Series" OpenLight / Steph Curry || Documentary
"Hollywood Vampire Control" Svelte Dog Productions || Feature Spec
"Biggie Billboards" OnlyCh1ld || Commercial
"The Potwins" Right & Funny Productions || TV Series [Boom Op]
"Secret Nature" Sestri Levante || Commercial
"Good Girl Jane" Peach Tree Cinema 8 || Feature [Sound Utility]
"Kirby Jenner" E! Entertainment / QuiBi || TV Series [Boom Op]
"Counting On: S11E07" TLC / Figure 8 Films || Reality [2nd Unit]
"Amstel Light" Anonymous Content || Commercial [Boom Op]
"GLOW Fitness" PopSugar || Fitness
"Sony 360 Sound: Bea Miller" Livenation || Doc/Promo
"Meringue" Dir Alex Cenepa|| Short
"The Art of Protest" CMD Films/Indecline || Documentary
"NAC: Lauv" LiveNation || Mockumentary
"Art My Way: Morely, Ep5" Pixels.com || Docu-Series
"The Blessed" Dir Jason Bognacki || Feature
"Marian" Follow The Art Productions || Documentary
"WannaBe" Gen Pop || Short
"Ambajaay" Dance On || Documentary
"Slayed By Divya" Prod Max Carlson || Short
"Mama's Boy - MLB Hispanic Heritage" DECA Creative/Joe Agency || Docu-Reality
"Hometown Boys" Parent's Basement Films|| Pilot
"Tell Her" Bad Decisions Productions || Feature [Boom Op]
"Amazon Prime Video Experience, SDCC 2019" DECA Creative/Amazon Prime Video|| Documentary/Live Event
"Petals Through Pavement" Tastemade/REI || Documentary
"Rodina" Bad Decisions Productions || Feature [Boom Op]
"The GOOP Lab" Boardwalk Pictures/GOOP || Docu-Reality Series [A2]
"Bambini Furtuna" Stories & Objects || Marketing
"Just Like You and Me" Dir Bob Davis || Feature
"Soulmate(s)" Dir Timothy Armstrong || Feature
"86 Melrose Avenue" Dir Lili Matta || Feature [Boom Op/Day Player]
"Attack of the Unknown" Mahal Empire || Feature [ Boom Op/Day Player]
"Art My Way: BumbleBeeLovesYou, Ep4" Pixels.com || Docu-Series/ Branded Content
"The Resort" Double Down Pictures || Feature
"Cerebrum" Black Velvet Films || Feature [Boom Op/2nd Unit Mixer]
"Family Meal" 1st Avenue Machine || Sizzle
"The Lawyer" Prod Anthony Guadioso & Jeremy DeRosa || Short
"Ryan Garcia: Promo" BRAT || Commercial/Promotional
"Boss Cheer: Promo" BRAT || Commercial/Promotional
"Art My Way: Lindsay Rapp, Ep3" Pixels.com || Docu-Series/Branded Content
"Dally & Spanky" Sky Bravo LLC || Feature [Boom Op/Day Player]
"Ciroc - Black Rasberry" Underdog || Commercial
"It Lives Below" Prod John Moore || Feature Spec
"Cricket Wireless - Dating Game" Black Market || Commercial [Boom Op]
"Two Birds" Prod. Robby Piantanida || Short
"I Love You America Promo" Hulu || Commercial [Boom Op]
"FullCycle" Futurism Creative || Marketing/Promotional
"Mitsubishi Owner's Day" BSSP || Documentary/Branded Content
"VH1: Save with Music" Underdog & Ciroc Studios || Documentary/Live Event
"Baker's Dozen" Believe Limited || TV Series
"Malibu Dan" Pure Flix & Dual Visions || TV Series
"Ciroc: Women's Empowerment Brunch" Beverly Boy Productions || Documentary/Live Event
"Incredibles Day" Pixar/BC Live Productions || Live Event [A2]
"Betting on Amanda" Dir Quentin Ransohoff || Short [Boom Op]
"Art My Way: Nicki Frates, Ep2" Pixels.com || Docu-Series/Branded Content
"Keratin Complex" Rogers & Cowan || Corporate
"Art My Way: Jabu, Ep1" Pixels.com || Docu-Series//Branded Content
"Chronic Tacos - Brand Origin" Global Media || Corporate
"Adidas GBC" Sockeye || Documentary/Branded Content
"Shadow Wolves" Caedmon Entertainment || Feature [Boom Op]
"Tailgate Wedding" Tane Digital/Johnsonville || Docu/Branded Content
"Let This Love Live On" Tane Digital/Glad || Docu/Branded Content
"Cody Simpson & The Tide, BTS" Group Project Co || Documentary
"Hollywood Darlings, Season 2" All3 Media/PopTV || TV Series [Boom Op]
"Nick Jonas-Find You (Acoustic)" Philymack || Music Video (Tracked Live)
"Curious Customs" Void Denizen || Short
"Saboreando 2" Underdog/Coca Cola/Univision || Digital Series
"Nick Jonas, BTS" Philymack || Documentary
"What Happened" Lions Gate || Docu-Series
"The Hunter" Acapella Pictures || Short
"Man Child" NetworkBe || Reality Series Pilot
"The Gleaner" Dir Harry Lennix || Series Pilot
"When We Were Pirates" Prod Rafael J. Noble || Feature Sizzle
"Dr Sugar" Dir Paul Saleba || Series Pilot
"L'Oreal Incubators" Dir Brian Choy || Commercial/Marketing
"ShredNet" New Kingdom Productions || Corporate/Instructional
"Glass Jaw" Dir Jeff Celentano || Feature Film
"The Nightbreed" Jargon Entertainment || Pilot/Sizzle
"Escape: Puzzle of Fear" Thriller Films || Feature Film
"BLO" Dir Sveinn Ingimundarson || Short
"Coven" Thriller Films || Feature Film
"Bartender" Dir Craig Tovey & Ryan Lagod || Short
"Drunk Girl Won't Leave" Funny or Die || Web Short
"High Expectasians" Rock Paper Noodle || Web Series
"Saboreando 1" Univision/Coca Cola/Underdog || Docu-Series/Branded Content
"Rebellion: A Star Wars Story" Dir Geoff Reisner || Short
"Seedless" Dir Temi Ojo || Short
"#Captured" Thriller Films || Feature Film
"Thrive Gives" Thrive Market || Documentary/Branded Content
"Religion of Sports: Ep 5 - Birth of a Religion (The New Gods)" Dirty Robber & DirecTV || TV Series
"David Ortiz: The Last Walk Off, Ch 4" ESPN & Dirty Robber || Short
"They're After Us" Prod/Dir Simone Dawes || Short
"Ishkin" Prod Victoria Schneider|| Short Film
"Mancave: XHamster Beer" Prod Medabela || Commercial
"Love & Waffles" Hollywood Premiere Party || Short
"Public Art Challenge" Bloomberg/Prom Creative|| Documentary
"Some Place Chronicles" Prod Kelly Parker|| Documentary
"The Fast and The Fierce" Asylum/Broken Films || Feature Film
"The Jump" Dir Alex Raiman || Feature Teaser
"Word is Bond" Mass Appeal/Sprite || Documentary/Brnaded Content
"In the Shadow of the Rainbow" Dir Blaise Godbe Lipman || Feature
Spec
"Sotheby's Realty International" REP Interactive || Marketing
"California" DB Pro LLC || Short
"Shooting Strangers" UCB Comedy || Short
"Here, Now, After" We Are Famous/Kia || Documentary/Branded Content
"Lost L.A. - Reshaping L.A." KCET || Documentary
"Racing Colt" Dir Scott Damian/Heather Provost || Feature Film
"Fireboys" Dir Jake Hochendoner/Drew Dickler || Documentary
"I Heard Something" Prod Mary Lou Belli || Short
"First World Helpline" Prod David Rodriquez || Short
"Dog Moms" Prod Lisa Linke || Web Series
"Win From Within: Beth Gerdes" Gatorade Endurance || Documentary/Branded Content
"DampRid" DampRid/James Okubo Productions || Commercial
"Life is Good: Grow the Good Tour" Prod Soul Pancake || Documentary/Branded Content
"Spade & Marlowe: The Curse of the Scorpion Ring" Prod/Dir Chad Coe || Web Series
"Alma Ruiz: We are OK" KCET || Documentary
"The Next Big Thing" LipMan Productions || Feature
"By Any Other Name" The Following Productions || Short
"Game Girls Project" Dir Alina Skrzeszewska || Documentary
"The Gloaming" Dir Helen Stringer || Series Pilot
"Weekend With The Family" Dir Chris Stokes || Feature Film
"When I Grow Up" Dir Sam Malko || Series Pilot
"After The Storm" Dir Jessica Oyelowo || Short
"The Bluffs" Thread & Story, LLC || Series Pilot
"BoysTown, Season 3" Prod/Dir Ricky Riedling || TV Series
"Radiant Atmospheres" Dir. Alyssa Moran || Documentary
"Dean of Cleveland" Prod Reconnaissance Pictures || Documentary
“Will to Love” Footage Films/TV One || TV Feature
“American Quagmire” Pepp Digital Media || Feature Film
"Fake” Mad Mad Michael Productions || Feature Film
"Use of Force" Aljazeera America / Endless Eye|| Documentary
“Hidden Radio Hub” Colin M Day Films || Kickstarter Video
“The Last Course” Remedy4Mercury Productions || Short Film
“A Beautiful Angle” Dir. Xiaochen Jiang || Short Film
“Apple” Dir. Chexi Li || Short Film
“Wasted” Batfish Productions || Comedy Short
“Scattered” Prod. Tari Owei/Andras Fargas || Short Film
“Mama” Dir. Xinyi Li || Short Film
"Remote" Batfish Productions || Comedy Short
"Romeo is Bleeding" Prod. Michael Klein || Documentary
"The Dartmouth Review Pleads Innocent" Dir. David Rufful || Documenatry
"Nothing" Translumin Productions || Series Short
"Next Game Boss, Season 1” IGN/Reveille || Reality TV
"Activist State" Dir. Jonathan Craig || Documentary
"Seedstore" American Express || Commercial
"Trainers, Ep. 1 & 2” Dir. Chris Allen || Fictional Reality, Pilot
"Wild Dancers" Dir. Kyle Nelson || Children's TV, Pilot
"Country Fixins” Dir. Adam Gascho || SAG Short
"Not Funny” Innovative Studios || Web Short
"Truckee” Dir. Catie Roads || Short Film
Various (30+ Shoots), Academy of Art University || Short Films
“State of Events” Prod. Jen Vaughn, SFSU || Weekly News

Post Production Works

"Deeper Than Sex" Tina Le / High Ground Sound || Podcast
"Lamborghini 2020" Dir Morgan Oliver-Allen || Commerical || Sound FX
"Hometown Boys" Parent's Basement Films|| Pilot || Sound Editor, Designer, Mixer
"HRE Wheel Pro 3D" HRE Wheels Pro || Corporate || Sound Editor
"Global Workplace Services, Miniseries" LinkedIn || Corporate || Sound & Video Editor
"Hometown Boys - Pitch" Parent's Basement Films|| Marketing || Sound Editor, Designer, Mixer
"Webflow - Use of Case" Prod. Ian Boldon || Web Tutorial || Sound Editor
"Lab Ra Kazam: Season 01" Natural 9 Entertainment || TV Series || Sound Designer
"Curious Customs" Void Denizen || Short || Sound Editor, Mixer & Designer
"Battle Buddy" aL2 Productions || Short || Sound Editor, Mixer & Designer
"Deloitte: Greenhouse" The Glossary || Commerical || Sound Editor/Mixer
"Life is Good: Good Stories" Soul Pancake || Documentary/Web || Sound Editor/Mixer
"Playboy Condoms" Prod Nadzeya Husnikava/Playboy || Commercial || Sound Designer
"Where the Bears Are: NYE Special" Dir Joe Dietl || Comedy Web Series ||Sound Designer/Mixer
"A Beautiful Angle" Dir Xiaochen Jiang || Short ||Sound Designer
"Self" Dir Ke Shi || Short || Sound Design
"Life is Good: Grow the Good Tour" Prod Soul Pancake || Documentary/Web Campaign || Sound Editor/Mixer
"Bourne Elimination" Dir Kevin Barile || Short || Sound Designer
"Nothing" Translumin Productions || Comedy Short || Sound Designer
"Ukranium" Translumin Productions || Comedy Short || Sound Designer
"Activist State" Prod Jonathan Craig || Documentary || Sound Designer
"Only One Word" Dir Brian Emerick || Short || Sound Designer

MICHAEL DAVID JOHNSON

AUDIO PRODUCER || LOCATION SOUND ENGINEER || AUDIO DESIGNER & EDITOR

IATSE 695, Y-1 Production Sound Mixer, Journeyman
AVIXA Recognized AV Technologist
Dante Certified, Level 3
Harmon Certified Audio Associate, Design (HCAA-D)
Safe Sets International COVID-19 Safety Certification
Bachelor of Arts, Broadcast Communications, San Francisco State University, 2010

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