Charis Coke

Charis is a UK-based Sound Designer and Educator. With a filmmaking career spanning over 30 years, she has worked with internationally recognised award-winning filmmakers, animators, artists, and photographers. She has also made significant contributions to film and sound education, having served in positions such as Programme Director, Senior Lecturer, Visiting Lecturer and External Examiner for undergraduate and postgraduate Film Production, Television and Journalism courses including the University for the Creative Arts, Southampton Solent University, Westminster University, University of Portsmouth and Regents University 

Charis has served on various film festival judging panels, including Watersprite and the Women Over Fifty in Film Festival. Additionally, she has been an active member of the Executive Board of NAHEMI and is a member of the Audio Engineering Society Accessibility Sub-Committee. As a Sound Designer, Charis has collaborated with accomplished artists such as Daria Martin, the 2018 Jarman Award winner, and Charlotte Prodger, the 2018 Turner Prize winner. Her ongoing collaboration with artist Michael Clark resulted in a retrospective group exhibition titled Tales from the Colony Room: Art and Bohemia at Dellasposa in 2020, featuring his tribute to Muriel Belcher, With Daughter on her Mind. Charis's 2023 work with Professor Birgitta Hosea on her experimental animated installation piece Walkcycle is being exhibited at the Hunan Museum in China. Her portfolio also includes fiction and documentary films and artist's works, focusing on the representation of spaces on screen and the role of movement in sound. 

Charis's work as a Sound Designer has been showcased internationally, with her films screened at prestigious events such as the London Short Film Festival, Barcelona International Short Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Tate Modern, Quadrangle, Cannes Film Festival, and Ann Arbour. She holds an MA in Sound for the Screen from Bournemouth University, a PGCert in Creative Arts Education, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Member of the Audio Engineering Society, and of the Institute of Professional Sound.