Erik Magnus's fascination with sound began at a young age when, for one of his birthdays, he received the best gift ever - a Panasonic cassette deck recorder. Growing up in a very small town in Vermont, he spent endless hours recording audio plays, interviews with his siblings, and creating unusual sound effects, but at the time, he could not even imagine that this phenomenal fun could become a lifelong professional calling. After graduating NYU with a Bachelor’s degree in Film Production, Erik moved to Los Angeles where one of his first jobs was Production Assistant on a low budget non-union science-fiction feature. As fate would have it, one day the film’s Boom operator had to leave the set, and suddenly Erik, being a tallest production assistant, was chosen to hold the boom. As he observed the intricate, complex and creative workings of a Sound department, it became very clear to him that this passion for sound was to become his film career. After mixing television series such as Dean Devlin’s Leverage and a season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Erik moved to New Orleans, LA where he spent five years mixing projects like American Ultra starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart, Rob Reiner’s LBJ starring Woody Harrelson, the ABC network mini-series The Astronaut Wives Club, and the CAS nominated for Outstanding Sound in the MOW and Mini-series category in 2013, A&E’s Mini Series Bonnie & Clyde. For the last ten years Erik has been based in Atlanta, GA, where he has been a Production Sound mixer on numerous notable Films and TV projects, such as Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon starring comedy You’re Cordially Invited directed by Nicholas Stoller, Jackpot! directed by Paul Feig, Michael B Jordan’s directorial debut Creed 3, Samaritan starring Sylvester Stallone , Coming 2 America and The Pickup, both starring Eddie Murphy, the upcoming Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother staring Mahershala Ali and Giancarlo Esposito, and many more. Erik’s Television series credits include Oprah Winfrey’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks for HBO and Insatiable for Netflix. Erik is a member of the Cinema Audio Society, IATSE Local 479, IATSE Local 695.
