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|aka       = Russ McGee
|job title = Sound Designer, Writer
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'''Russell McGee''' was a sound designer and writer for [[Big Finish Productions]].


'''Russell McGee''' was a sound designer and writer for [[Big Finish Productions]].
In terms of unofficial projects, he has also worked a writer and illustrator for [[Pencil Tip Publishing]] and [[Terraqueous Distributors]] - in relation to their ''Temporal Logbook'' and ''The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual'' projects.


He also was a writer and illustrator for [[Pencil Tip Publishing]] <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com Pencil Tip Publishing]</ref> and [[Terraqueous Distributors]].
== Career ==
Before his work in the DWU, McGee studied a Master's degree in Film and TV Production at Indiana University, completing it in 2013.<ref>https://indianapublicmedia.org/erniepylepodcast/crew.php</ref> At the time of ''Gallifrey: Time War - Volume Two''<nowiki/>'s release, he was working as an adjunct instructor at Indiana University.<ref>https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news-events/news/item.html?n=mcgee-sound-designs-writes-illustrates-for-doctor-who-themed-publications</ref> He won an Audio Verse Award for Best Vocal Direction in 2019,<ref>https://audioverseawards.net/2019-winners/</ref> and was nominated in 2020 for Regional Emmy Awards as a writer.<ref>https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news-events/news/item.html?n=malek-kincaid-win-regional-emmys</ref> McGee is currently the producer and coordinator of on-air promotions for WTIU Public Radio.<ref>https://indianapublicmedia.org/users/rusmcgee.php</ref>  
== Writer credits ==
=== Short Trips ===
*''[[The Horror of Hy-Brasil (audio story)|The Horror of Hy-Brasil]]''


Russell McGee is a 2021 Audie Award Finalist <ref>[https://www.audiopub.org/uploads/pdf/2021-Audie-Finalists-Announcement.pdf 2021 Audie Award Finalist]</ref> , a nine-time Telly Award winning writer/producer, a three-time Communicator Awards winner, and a 2019 and 2020 Regional Emmy nominated writer. Russell received his Master's in TV/Film Production at Indiana University, in 2013 and his Bachelors in Theatre with a creative writing minor from Indiana State University, in 2001. He is a Meisner trained actor and he has been producing and directing since 1993.
=== ''Unofficial works'' ===
==== The Temporal Logbook II ====
*''The Spectre of Gelsandor'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-2 Temporal Logbook II]</ref>


In 2002, his full-length play "Ankhenaten & Nefertiti" earned him a scholarship to attend the W. B. Yeats International Summer School. In 2007, he was awarded the Basile Playwriting Fellowship through the Indiana Theatre Association for his ten minute play "The Clockwork Man" and his play "Silent Cinema" won the Artsweek Playwriting Competition. In 2008, he founded Starrynight Productions and was the Literary Manager of the Bloomington Playwrights Project. In 2013, his film "Funeral March of a Marionette" won the Best Narrative category at the Iris Film Festival. He co-created and co-wrote the web series "Silence", which won the Best Screenwriting Category at the 2013 Multivisions Multimedia Conference, was an official selection of the 2013 Indy Film Con, and was an official selection of the 2014 Irvine International Film Festival. In 2014, he co-wrote a pilot script "Forman Chronicles", which placed third in the short screenplay category at the 2014 Diabolique International Film Festival.
==== The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972 ====
* ''The Deadly Decibel''
* ''Smoke and Mirror-Men''<ref>[https://www.starburstmagazine.com/unofficial-doctor-annual-1972-arrived The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972]</ref>


He works as the On-air Promotions Producer at WTIU, teaches Screenwriting and Sound Design at Indiana University, has written multiple Doctor Who short stories including a Subscriber Short Trip, and is a sound designer for Big Finish Productions LTD on their Doctor Who audio dramas. He was also nominated for Best Audio Adaptation in the 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, nominated as a Producer, Writer, & Editor in Children's Programming 2018 Regional Emmy Awards, won the Best Vocal Direction Award in the 2019 Audio Verse Awards, and won the Bronze Festival Favorite Award in 2019, 2020, and 2021 at the Hear Now Festival. <ref>[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16183051.Russell_McGee Goodreads]</ref>
==== Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter====
==Writer Credits==
* ''The Haunting of Chillingham Castle'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/sarah-jane-smith-roving-reporter Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter]</ref>


===Short Trips===
==== The Temporal Logbook III ====  
*''[[The Horror of Hy-Brasil (audio story)|The Horror of Hy-Brasil]]''
* ''The Kiss of the Dybbuk'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-3 Temporal Logbook III]</ref>


===Temporal Logbook II===  
== Sound Design credits ==
*''[[The Spectre of Gelsandor (short story)|The Spectre of Gelsandor]]'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-2 Temporal Logbook II]</ref>
=== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ===  
* ''[[The Silent Scream (audio story)|The Silent Scream]]''


===The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972===  
=== Classic Doctors, New Monsters ===
*''[[The Deadly Decibel (comic strip)|The Deadly Decibel]]''
* ''[[Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)|The Empire of the Racnoss]]''
*''[[Smoke and Mirror-Men (short story)|Smoke and Mirror-Men]]''<ref>[https://www.starburstmagazine.com/unofficial-doctor-annual-1972-arrived The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972]</ref>


===Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter===  
=== Novel Adaptations ===
*''[[The Haunting of Chillingham Castle (short story)|The Haunting of Chillingham Castle]]'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/sarah-jane-smith-roving-reporter Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter]</ref>
* ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]''


===Temporal Logbook III===  
=== The Third Doctor Adventures ===  
*''[[The Kiss of the Dybbuk (short story)|The Kiss of the Dybbuk]]'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-3 Temporal Logbook III]</ref>
* ''[[Prisoners of the Lake (audio story)|Prisoners of the Lake]]''


==Sound Design Credits==
=== The Companion Chronicles ===
===The Fourth Doctor Adventures===  
* ''[[The Curator's Egg (audio story)|The Curator's Egg]]''
*''[[The Silent Scream (audio story)|The Silent Scream]]''
* ''[[Dumb Waiter (audio story)|Dumb Waiter]]''


===Classic Doctors, New Monsters===
=== Gallifrey: Time War ===
*''[[Empire of the Racnoss (audio story)|The Empire of the Racnoss]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume One]]''
** ''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]''
** ''[[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|Soldier Obscura]]''
** ''[[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]]''
** ''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Two]]''
** ''[[Havoc (audio story)|Havoc]]''
** ''[[Partisans (audio story)|Partisans]]''
** ''[[Collateral (audio story)|Collateral]]''
** ''[[Assassins (audio story)|Assassins]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Three]]''
** ''[[Hostiles (audio story)|Hostiles]]''
** ''[[Nevernor (audio story)|Nevernor]]''
** ''[[Mother Tongue (audio story)|Mother Tongue]]''
** ''[[Unity (audio story)|Unity]]''
* ''[[Time War: Volume Four]]''
** ''[[Deception (audio story)|Deception]]''
** ''[[Dissolution (audio story)|Dissolution]]''
** ''[[Beyond (audio story)|Beyond]]''
** ''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]''


===Novel Adaptations===
=== Gallifrey: War Room ===
*''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]''
* ''[[Allegiance (audio anthology)|Allegiance]]''
** ''[[Collateral Victim (audio story)|Collateral Victim]]''
** ''[[The First Days of Phaidon (audio story)|The First Days of Phaidon]]''


===The Third Doctor Adventures===  
== External links ==
*''[[Prisoners of the Lake (audio story)|Prisoners of the Lake]]''
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===The Companion Chronicles===
== Footnotes ==
*''[[The Curator's Egg (audio story)|The Curator's Egg]]''
{{Reflist}}
*''[[Dumb Waiter (audio story)|Dumb Waiter]]''


===Gallifrey===
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*''[[Celestial Intervention (audio story)|Celestial Intervention]]''
*''[[Soldier Obscura (audio story)|Soldier Obscura]]''
*''[[The Devil You Know (audio story)|The Devil You Know]]''
*''[[Desperate Measures (audio story)|Desperate Measures]]''
*''[[Havoc (audio story)|Havoc]]''
*''[[Partisans (audio story)|Partisans]]''
*''[[Collateral (audio story)|Collateral]]''
*''[[Assassins (audio story)|Assassins]]''
*''[[Hostiles (audio story)|Hostiles]]''
*''[[Nevernor (audio story)|Nevernor]]''
*''[[Mother Tongue (audio story)|Mother Tongue]]''
*''[[Unity (audio story)|Unity]]''
*''[[Deception (audio story)|Deception]]''
*''[[Dissolution (audio story)|Dissolution]]''
*''[[Beyond (audio story)|Beyond]]''
*''[[Homecoming (audio story)|Homecoming]]''
*''[[Collateral Victim (audio story)|Collateral Victim]]''
*''[[The First Days of Phaidon (audio story)|The First Days of Phaidon]]''
*
[[Category:Big Finish post production]]
[[Category:Big Finish post production]]
[[Category:Short Trips audio writers]]
[[Category:Short Trips audio writers]]
==Footnotes==
<references />

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Russell McGee was a sound designer and writer for Big Finish Productions.

In terms of unofficial projects, he has also worked a writer and illustrator for Pencil Tip Publishing and Terraqueous Distributors - in relation to their Temporal Logbook and The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual projects.

Career

Before his work in the DWU, McGee studied a Master's degree in Film and TV Production at Indiana University, completing it in 2013.[1] At the time of Gallifrey: Time War - Volume Two's release, he was working as an adjunct instructor at Indiana University.[2] He won an Audio Verse Award for Best Vocal Direction in 2019,[3] and was nominated in 2020 for Regional Emmy Awards as a writer.[4] McGee is currently the producer and coordinator of on-air promotions for WTIU Public Radio.[5]

Writer credits

Short Trips

Unofficial works

The Temporal Logbook II

  • The Spectre of Gelsandor [6]

The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972

  • The Deadly Decibel
  • Smoke and Mirror-Men[7]

Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter

  • The Haunting of Chillingham Castle [8]

The Temporal Logbook III

  • The Kiss of the Dybbuk [9]

Sound Design credits

The Fourth Doctor Adventures

Classic Doctors, New Monsters

Novel Adaptations

The Third Doctor Adventures

The Companion Chronicles

Gallifrey: Time War

Gallifrey: War Room

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://indianapublicmedia.org/erniepylepodcast/crew.php
  2. ↑ https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news-events/news/item.html?n=mcgee-sound-designs-writes-illustrates-for-doctor-who-themed-publications
  3. ↑ https://audioverseawards.net/2019-winners/
  4. ↑ https://mediaschool.indiana.edu/news-events/news/item.html?n=malek-kincaid-win-regional-emmys
  5. ↑ https://indianapublicmedia.org/users/rusmcgee.php
  6. ↑ Temporal Logbook II
  7. ↑ The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972
  8. ↑ Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter
  9. ↑ Temporal Logbook III
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