Services
Sound Design
Post Production Mixing
Original Music Composition
Picture Edit
Award-Winning Projects
2024: Opulent Edible Round Object (2024), Vimeo Staff Pick, Short of the Week. Role: Sound Designer
2024: Beyond the Aggressives : 25 Years Later (2023), WINNER GLAAD Media Award, Outstanding Documentary. Role: Consulting Producer
2023: Practicing Freedom (2023), WINNER People’s Choice Award — No Man’s Land Film Festival. Role: Editor, Sound Designer
2022: Sparkle (2022), WINNER Chicago Filmmaker Awards’ “Best LGBTQ+ Film” WINNER Flickers’ Rhode Island Intl Film Festival’s “Best Short Film Semi-Finalist,” Role: Editor, Composer
2020 : The Social Dilemma (2020), WINNER, Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Writing for a Nonfiction Program. WINNER, Primetime Emmy, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program. Role: Assistant Editor
2016 : Phoria (2016), WINNER, Best Short Film, Visions Film Festival. Role: Director, Editor
About Forrest
Photo Credit: Ryan Burns
Forrest (he/they) creates work that inspires actionable change and amplifies underrepresented voices. He develops sensory-rich, emotionally immersive media that slows down audiences and invites them to go inwards. Sound is his entry point into storytelling and he uses this often under-utilized power to elevate productions.
With a background in documentary film editing focused on climate action and social justice impact, Forrest has had work featured in The National Geographic, at Sundance, Telluride, and over 30+ international film festivals. He’s worked on 300+ projects in various roles.
Forrest is trans, queer and neurodivergent. These identities and experiences deeply inform how he shows up in the world and as a story facilitator. He believes that creating space for divergent folks in media can help us rewrite and reroute our collective imagination.
“It’s been fantastic to work with Forrest — what a beautiful experience overall. I listen back to his original scoring and it makes me smile every single time. He added his flair and artistic sensibilities to the project. Getting to work with artists like Forrest is what makes this entire process so exciting for me. ”
“That was the best sound design first pass I’ve ever listened to.”
“When Forrest’s music was cut in— was the moment it became a film.”