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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]].


He also was a writer and illustrator for [[Pencil Tip Publishing]] <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com Pencil Tip Publishing]</ref> and [[Terraqueous Distributors]].
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.


McGee is an award-winning writer, producer, director, and sound designer. He was nominated in 2019 and 2020 for Regional Emmy Awards as a writer. He is a three-time Communicator Awards winner, a nine-time Telly Award winning writer/producer, and a 2021 Audie Award Finalist. McGee received his Master’s in TV/Film Production at Indiana University, in 2013. In 2001, he graduated with a Bachelors in Theatre and a creative writing minor from Indiana State University. In addition to this, he is a trained actor in the Meisner method. He has been producing and directing since 1993.
== 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>  
In 2002, he earned a scholarship to attend the W. B. Yeats International Summer School based on the merits of his full-length play "Ankhenaten & Nefertiti." In 2007, the Indiana Theatre Association awarded him the Basile Playwriting Fellowship for his ten-minute play "The Clockwork Man" and his play "Silent Cinema" won the Artsweek Playwriting Competition. In 2008, he founded his own production company, Starrynight Productions, and was the Literary Manager of the Bloomington Playwrights Project. His film "Funeral March of a Marionette" won the Best Narrative category at the Iris Film Festival in 2013. He co-created and co-wrote the web series "Silence", which won the 2013 Multivisions Multimedia Conference Best Screenwriting Award, was an official selection of the 2013 Indy Film Con, and was an official selection of the 2014 Irvine International Film Festival. Also 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.
== Writer credits ==
 
He is currently the On-Air Promotions Producer for WTIU while also teaching Screenwriting and Sound Design at Indiana University. Over the years many of his Doctor Who short stories have been published, including a Subscriber Short Trip for Big Finish Productions, LTD, for whom he also works as a sound designer on their range of Doctor Who full-cast audio plays.  He also was nominated for Best Audio Adaptation in the 18th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, was nominated as a Producer, Writer, & Editor in Children's Programming 2018 Regional Emmy Awards, won the 2019 Audio Verse Award for Best Vocal Direction, and won the Bronze Festival Favorite Award at the Hear Now Festival in 2019, 2020, and 2021. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4490768/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm IMDB]</ref>  
 
== Writer Credits ==
=== Short Trips ===
=== Short Trips ===
*''[[The Horror of Hy-Brasil (audio story)|The Horror of Hy-Brasil]]''
*''[[The Horror of Hy-Brasil (audio story)|The Horror of Hy-Brasil]]''


=== Temporal Logbook II ===  
=== ''Unofficial works'' ===
==== The Temporal Logbook II ====  
*''The Spectre of Gelsandor'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-2 Temporal Logbook II]</ref>
*''The Spectre of Gelsandor'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-2 Temporal Logbook II]</ref>


=== The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972 ===  
==== The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972 ====  
* ''The Deadly Decibel''
* ''The Deadly Decibel''
* ''Smoke and Mirror-Men''<ref>[https://www.starburstmagazine.com/unofficial-doctor-annual-1972-arrived The Unofficial Doctor Who Annual 1972]</ref>
* ''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 Reporte r===  
==== Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter====  
* ''The Haunting of Chillingham Castle'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/sarah-jane-smith-roving-reporter Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter]</ref>
* ''The Haunting of Chillingham Castle'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/sarah-jane-smith-roving-reporter Sarah Jane Smith: Roving Reporter]</ref>


=== Temporal Logbook III ===  
==== The Temporal Logbook III ====  
* ''The Kiss of the Dybbuk'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-3 Temporal Logbook III]</ref>
* ''The Kiss of the Dybbuk'' <ref>[http://www.penciltippublishing.com/publications/the-temporal-logbook-3 Temporal Logbook III]</ref>


== Sound Design Credits ==
== Sound Design credits ==
=== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ===  
=== The Fourth Doctor Adventures ===  
* ''[[The Silent Scream (audio story)|The Silent Scream]]''
* ''[[The Silent Scream (audio story)|The Silent Scream]]''
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** ''[[The First Days of Phaidon (audio story)|The First Days of Phaidon]]''
** ''[[The First Days of Phaidon (audio story)|The First Days of Phaidon]]''


== External Links ==
== External links ==
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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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