Gorilla Post is a team of creative editors, colourists, producers and audio engineers. Working closely with our clients, many of them Oscar and Emmy winning producers, we provide a highly collaborative and creative environment with a personal touch. It shows in our repeat business and the strong relationships we’ve built over years.

Barry Reid

Founder / Re-recording mixer

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Barry is the founder and CEO of Gorilla Post. An audio engineer by trade, he still applies his 20 years audio experience in the studio on a regular basis. In 2018 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing For An Animated Special”.

His work on animated TV series, “Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks” by Mike Young Productions in 2004 was also nominated for an Emmy award in the category for “Best sound editing in Live action or animation”.

Along with mixing for the likes of Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Nick Jr, BBC and Ireland’s independent sector, Barry is Gorilla’s acting MD and Post Supervisor. Barry holds a degree in Economics, a Masters degree in Applied Economics and a Masters degree in Music Technology.

Mark Fitzpatrick

Mark Fitzpatrick

Re-recording mixer

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Mark joined Gorilla Post as senior audio engineer in 2018 and brings with him over 20 years experience working in high-end TV broadcast. In Entertainment and Lifestyle genres his mixing credits include some of Ireland’s most popular shows such as “Dragon’s Den”, “First Dates”, “Ireland’s Got Talent”, “Ireland’s Fittest Family”, “Operation Transformation”, “Goggle Box”, “The Restaurant”, and award winning sports documentaries “ROG – The Ronan O’Gara Story” and “Micko” (Mick O’Dywer).

 In Film and drama Mark’s ADR credits include “Game of Thrones”, “Viking’s”, “Ladybird” and “Mr. Mercedes”.

Shane O'Toole

Shane O’Toole

Sound designer / Re-recording mixer

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Shane has worked in the audio department at Gorilla Post since 2012. A versatile all-rounder he is skilled in all areas of audio from sound design, ADR & voice recording to final mix and delivery.

Having been a keen guitarist since 9 years old, and having previous experience working as a foley artist in New Zealand, Shane applies the same level of patience, attention to detail and above all creativity to all his work.

Francisco Rios

Francisco Rios

Sound Designer

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Francisco Rios is a Sound Designer and Media Composer with a Masters Degree in Scoring for Film and Visual Media.
Fran has worked on multiple TV series, as well as advertising for TV and radio with clients and teams from all over the world. His endless passion for sound has been rewarded with a couple of awards including: IAA’s Best Sound Design for ‘Dead Hands of Dublin’ (Pink Kong Studios, Gorilla Post) and Cannes Corporate’s Best Music (MPac Group, Gobsmacked).
Fran’s professional motto: Each project is an opportunity to expand and refine my sonic language and learn from the challenges.
Emmaline Dowling

Emmaline Dowling

Post Production Producer

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Emmaline is an award-winning Producer with over ten years experience in the industry.

At Gorilla Post Emmaline plays a key role coordinating projects, managing schedules and ensuring everything gets delivered on time and on budget. 

Eddie Naudé

Eddie Naudé

Online Editor and Colourist

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Eddie is our resident Online Editor and Colourist and brings with him 19 years of industry experience.  He has worked extensively on a variety of genres for both local and international broadcast and streaming services including documentaries, reality, advertising and magazine shows.

Eddie has an eye for detail and is proficient in both SDR and HDR workflows and is a Dolby Vision Certified Professional.

Marco Cronin Conte

Marco Cronin Conte

Video Assistant

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Marco is one of Gorilla Post’s hard working and talented video assistants. From loading, ingesting, audio syncing, and archiving, Marco is an integral part of our media management team.

Stephen Downey

Stephen Downey

Video Assistant

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Stephen is another valuable member of Gorilla’s Video Team. Along with Marco, Stephen is involved in every step of the
Picture Post Production process; from managing and transcoding footage at ingest, to working alongside offline editors, and assisting with delivery in the online stage.

With a strong background in IT, years of support experience and a passion for post production, Stephen is there to assist,
from beginning to end.

 

Sam Bannon

Sam Bannon

Audio Assistant / Sound Editor

Rich Dickerson

Composer

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Rich Dickerson is a Emmy Award, Cynopsis, Kidscreen and winning music composer based in Los Angeles and Dublin. He is well known for his scoring and songwriting on shows such as Scooby Doo and What’s New Scooby Doo?, Tom & Jerry (Warner Bros.), Club Penguin, Where’s My Water?, It’s a Small World (Disney), Lalaloopsy (Nickelodeon), Julius Jr. (Saban) and most recently Food Truckers (Fremantle). This year Rich was also nominated for a Cynopsis Kids Imagination award for best theme song for the property Om Nom (Cut The Rope).