Photography by James Reiser
Jack Burmeister is a Melbourne-based Sound Designer and Composer whose work sits at the intersection of theatre, film, and audio storytelling. His practice utilises cinematic, synthesised, and choral textures, alongside environmental sound design, to create rich and detailed sonic worlds that integrate seamlessly into each production.
Jack’s work has been recognised nationally and internationally. He received a Green Room Award nomination for Outstanding Sound Design for The Roof is Caving In, and won Best Score at the Geelong Independent Film Festival for With Everything I Am, which also received Best Student Film at the New York International Film Awards.
Selected recent theatre credits include Lord of the Flies (dir. Steven Mitchel Wright), Red Sky Morning (dir. Lyall Brooks), The Effect (dir. Alonso Pineda), Othello (Melbourne Shakespeare Company), The Wolves (dir. Belle Hansen), TARZAN (dir. Alister Smith), and Thirty-Six (dir. Kitan Petkovski).
Jack was the Sound Designer for NIUSIA (dir. Kat Yates), which received a Scotsman Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Kinder (dir. Tiah Bollock), which is currently undertaking a 2026 European tour. His work has also featured on global stages, including COP27 and COP28, where he served as Lead Designer and Performer on internationally presented audio works.
jack.burmeister@outlook.com