Tess McNulty is a New York-based student filmmaker raised in Metro-Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from NYU Tisch Film and Television in Spring 2026 and has been a full-time freelancer since, working as a production sound mixer on set and an editor for both video and sound.
Skills:
Avid MediaComposer Certification
ProTools
Adobe Premiere Pro
Davinci Pro Resolve
Production Sound Mixing
Boom Operating
American Sign Language
Sound kit:
Zoom f8n multitrack field recorder
Schoepps cmit 5 boom microphone
Deity timecode
3 Sony UWP wireless tx/rx
3 deity wlav pro
Slate
All relevant accessories
Awards:
Official Selection - Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - BITTER/JADED (2025)
SF Indie Fest Screenplay Competition - Semi-Finalist - BITTER/JADED (2025)
International Indie Film & Screenplay Festival - Honorable Mention - Jessica Chen is a BIG FAT LIAR!!! (2024)
RED Movie Awards - Honorable Mention - Jessica Chen is a BIG FAT LIAR!!! (2024)
NYU New Visions and Voices Craft Awards, Sound Design, 2024
Dre Monteros Fantastic Award, 2024
Scholastic Midwest Silver Key for SHARKS - 2022
Scholastic Midwest Honorable Mentions for No Role Model, Missing Pages, and Hippie Shit, 2022
Fine Arts Award, Interlochen Arts Academy, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022
Scholastic Midwest Honorable Mentions for all in my head, Thanksgiving Miracles (or lacktherof), all in my head - 2022
