Benjamin Zuiderweg

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice

Office

WCB 4006

Phone

Email

bnz4@miami.edu

Benjamin Zuiderweg is a sound designer, composer, and educator born and raised in Los Angeles California. He graduated with a master’s degree in Music Technology Innovation from Berklee College of Music.

Shortly after graduating, he interned and worked at Sonic Vista Studios in Ibiza Spain under the mentorship of Louis Henry Sarmiento. While at the studio, he ran sessions for the BBC and acoustically treated the rooms at the studio.

He won Best Original Score at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his work on Andrew Ginger Likes Dogs, and he won Best Sound Design at the Horror Film Awards.

Ben’s passion and life goal is to educate film makers on the expressive power of sound, its ability to support a story, and illicit an emotional response in the viewer.