Since Roar graduated from the highly acclaimed National Danish Film School in 1999, he has spent the last the 23 years serving the Scandinavian movie & broadcast industry by working on countless feature films, animations, documentaries, computer games, television series and programs. He works as a supervising sound designer, sound effect editor, re-recording mixer, music supervisor, composer, production sound recordist and co-producer. His professional resumé includes three nominations for the Danish Film Academy Award for best sound-design and he has co-produced and co-financed several award winners, among them the film Jätten/The Giant that was awarded the Swedish Film Academy Award “GULDBAGGEN” for best movie in 2017 and the Special Jury Award In San Sebastian 2016.

Roar had worked with director/producer Barry Levinson, the acclaimed Danish directors Hella Joof (Splitting Up Together, All Inclusive), Henrik Ruben Genz (Terribly Happy, Good People), the experimental Swedish director Johannes Nyholm (Jätten/The Giant, Las Palmas), Kim Bodnia (The Bridge) and directors/writers such as Jens Dahl (3 Things, Pusher), Daniel Dencik (Gold Coast), Hunter Richards (London/Free The Nipple) and the British/Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour.

Roar has also had the pleasure of mixing film scores by much acclaimed composers such as Angelo Badalamenti, Harry Gregson-Williams and Jacob Groth. Roar´s latest work includes the Danish TV-Series "The Sommerdahl Murders" that is showing all over Europa and in the US and the Americas. Roar has had the pleasure of working outside Denmark on European and American co-productions as supervising sound designer, re-recording mixer and production recordist on the following productions:

• The Swedish movie “JÄTTEN/THE GIANT” (Swedish Academy Award 2017 & Special Jury Award In San Sebastian) Filmed in Sweden & Denmark and he did the sound post production in Denmark.
• The Croatian movie “Quit Staring At My Plate” (Fedora award Venice Int. Film Festival 2016) Filmed in Croatia and he did the sound postproduction in Denmark.
• The US documentary “The Yes Men Are Revolting” (Featured At Toronto 2014 & Berlin 2015) He did the sound design in Denmark and  the re-recording in Los Angeles, USA
• The Danish movie “All Inclusive” (Premiered in 2014, a successful Danish comedy) Filmed in Malta and he did the sound post production in Denmark.

Roar thrives on the challenge of understanding and meeting the practical and artistic demands a production faces. He is innovative, courageous and highly creative in his work and is always looking for new ways to gain new knowledge and explore new technologies. As an experienced film sound designer working with movies and drama in the immersive surround format, that truly has the ability to capture and transport the audience deep into the story, he sees a great potential in what sound design, sound sculpturing and sound mixing can do to deepen the audiovisual experience and make it breathtaking and touching.

Roar lends great attention to detail at the same time maintaining a broad overview. Roar often finds himself solving the sensitive and difficult dilemmas that arise when excellence and ambition collide with the reality of economic limitations and working conditions. He and his company have therefore taken on the role as investing co-producers on selected projects. Roar Skau Olsen is one of the few sound mixers/sound designers/re-recording mixers capable of seeing a project through all the levels of a production. This he has proven on location as sound recordist/sound mixer on multiple European feature shoots as well as part of a team that was allowed to film in and around and behind the scenes at the US presidential inauguration of in 2008, for the documentary Poliwood by Barry Levinson (Rainman, Wag The Dog). He also served as sound recordist and sound designer, thus single-handedly creating the sound design and re-recording of the luscious and compelling sound tracks for internationally prize winning Danish features like Terribly Happy (Frygtelig Lykkelig), Rosa Morena and Ronal The Barbarian. Several of the features Roar has worked on have received a multitude of awards from festivals like the Sundance Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival and the Berlinale, just to name a few.

Roar Skau Olsen holds both a US and a Danish passport and lives in Sweden, 35 min. from Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Roar´s international background has served his clients well through the years, in New York, California, Texas, Russia, The Dominican Republic, Croatia, Malta, Sweden, France, Germany and all over the rest of Europe. Roar has founded one of the leading sound facilities in Denmark and together with his colleagues he provides all the major film studios in Scandinavia with location sound equipment, sound studio facilities, sound design, manpower and infrastructure. Roar loves his work and he loves to travel so it is always a great adventure for him to work in different places around the world. He therefore looks forward to the opportunity to discuss with you what he could bring to your production, be it on location in your country or in his studio facilities in Scandinavia. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you would like to discuss the sound design and sound production for your next project, be it large or small, sophisticated or simple. He works on all scales, but always with the goal that a film, video game or video production should be a treat for both eyes and ears and an creative adventure to take part in.