Lawrence Everson (CAS, MPSE) is an Emmy winning and Golden Reel nominated sound editor and a CAS nominated re-recording mixer for feature films. He has worked on a wide variety of award-winning projects that have taken home prizes from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, and the Academy Awards. His work also includes broadcast series, interactive audio design, and advertising.

Educated at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, he has returned there to guest lecture for the Interactive Media Division. Lawrence has also spoken as a featured panelist at Hot Docs and the Maryland Film Festival regarding the art of documentary sound, lectured classes at the Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the University of Missouri and David Lynch’s MA in Film program, and been an advisor for the Saul Zaentz Innovation Labs. In 2021 Lawrence was included in Indiewire’s Influencers series, and has been profiled by Filmmaker Magazine, The Moveable Fest, Designing Sound, Creative Cow Magazine and Pro Sound News. In 2019 Lawrence was also chosen by Doc NYC as part of their prestigious 40-Under-40 list.

When not working in the studio, Lawrence is usually out traveling or working abroad. He has recorded location sound and library effects around the world, including glacier fields on Mt. Everest, 800lb lions in Zimbabwe, glass crashing in an American factory in Ohio, gale force winds over lava flows in Iceland, and thunder rolling across the mountains of Bhutan.

Lawrence loves team-based environments, challenges that involve numerous skill sets, and working on creative projects with creative people. He also loves ice cream.