Global creative audio network Squeak E. Clean Studios has added Emmy-nominated Suat Onur Ayas, M.P.S.E., as sr. sound engineer out of its NYC studio. With over 15 years of experience in sound design and audio, Ayas has worked extensively across advertising and entertainment for clients including McDonald’s, GQ, Red Bull, HBO, Xbox and Maserati.
He earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special for his work on Ava Duverney’s Netflix miniseries When They See Us. Additional feature, series and documentary credits include the Netflix documentary miniseries Rise of Empires: Ottoman, the psychological horror feature Ma starring Octavia Spencer, and the upcoming series Midnight at the Pera Palace.
Throughout his career, Ayas’ sound design finesse has been featured on over 200 global broadcast commercials as well as feature film, television and music video projects. He began his career as an assistant at Kaufman Astoria Studios before moving abroad to Istanbul, Turkey, where he continued to hone his skills and style as a sound designer at Melodika for six years while also teaching film/TV audio at the SAE Institute. He made his way to Los Angeles in 2015, joining Karga Seven Pictures as head of the audio department, working across the company’s slate of non-fiction television, feature film and commercial projects. He shifted focus to feature film and documentary work, spending nearly five years at Technicolor as a sound designer/sound effects editor and three years as a sound designer/sound effects editor at Formosa Group.
Joining Squeak E. Clean Studios marks a homeward bound journey for Ayas, who is trading in Los Angeles sunshine to return to his East Coast Jersey roots.
