Nihan Yesil
Sound design professor
Education
- M.F.A., theatre: design and technology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- B.A., music-composition, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
Credentials
- Professor of sound design, 2024-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Visiting assistant teaching professor of sound design, 2023-24, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
- Producer/supervising sound editor, 2020-24, Onbironsekiz Podcast Network, Istanbul, Turkey
- Producer/sound designer/composer, 2020-24, Bonnob Productions, Istanbul, Turkey
- Mixing engineer, 2017-24, Salsana Records / 123 Andres
- Interim general manager, 2022, White Snake Productions
- Dialogue and ADR editor/sound designer/composer, 2021, Brilliant Mind, Storykrapht and Marin Theatre Company, San Francisco, CA
- Foley editor, 2020-21, Kansas City: 1924 and The Terror of the Seas, Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre, Kansas City, MO
- Audio technician/A2, 2019, Google - FIRST Team Los Angeles
- Sound supervisor, 2016-19, Mountain Air Productions, LLC
- Play production 1 sound supervisor, 2017-18, Stella Adler Academy of Theatre and Acting Los Angeles
- Sound engineer / A2, 2016, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival
- Resident sound supervisor, 2015, Bazillion Pictures
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- American Filmatic Arts Awards - Best Sound Design Ten Thousand Camels, 2018
- American Filmatic Arts Awards - Best Soundtrack / Original Score Ten Thousand Camels, 2018
- Artist INC II Workshop Series Scholarship, 2012
- ArtSounds / Kansas City Art Institute Grant, 2012
- Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, Inspiration Grants, 2012
- Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Spaces Biannual Exhibition "Favorite Multimedia Artist" Award, 2012
- Charlotte Street Foundation Urban Spaces Artist Studio Residency, 2011-12
- UMKC Women's Council Martha E. Mitchell & Genevieve G. Hail Awards, 2008
- Kemper Museum for Modern Arts Commission, 2007
- UMKC Women's Council Philippe J. Star Award, 2007
- UMKC Technical Theatre, full-tuition Graduate Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, 2012-15
- UMKC Chancellor Award, 2005-12
- UMKC Conservatory Music and Dance Graduate Fellowship, 2005-09
- Brevard Music Center Scholarship, 2004
- ASCAP Young Composer Award, 2002
- Henry Mancini / ASCAP Scholarship, 2002
Organizations
- The Recording Academy (GRAMMY)
- Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA)
- USITT
- Audio Engineering Society (AES)
- American Composers Forum
- ASCAP
- Women's Audio Misson
- Women In Music
Publications and presentations
Publications
- Producer/recording engineer/sound designer, "Leila and The Robot," audio story, 2022
- Producer/recording engineer/sound designer, Multilingual audio stories for children, Bonnob Stories, 2021-22
- Author, "Unseen Heroes of The Sound World," Article on career paths for sound engineers, commissioned by Engineering Society in Turkey, 2020
- Sound designer, "Las Ovejas," Song by Latin Grammy-winning artist 123, 2020