Dan Olmsted, Berkeley-based sound mixer and designer, is visiting faculty in the Film department. Olmsted's sound credits are extensive and varied. Documentary films include The Daughter From Da Nang (Gail Dolgin, Vincente Franco), The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Fuerzig), and Lynn Hershman's Strange Culture. John Waters, Joan Chen, Cade Burcell, and Lynn Sachs are among many other filmmakers he has worked with in genres ranging from narrative features to short experimental works. An alumnus of SF State's Film Production program, Dan honed much of his craft at Berkeley's Saul Zaentz Film Center, where he served as a re-recording mixer for many years. He also performs music in a variety of local bands.