Doug Siebum is an audio engineer and sound editor who has worked in many areas of the audio industry. His career began working with bands when he was still in high school. He was friends with a Sacramento punk band called One Sixty. He would help drummer Josh Cole carry his drums and set them up for shows. Although he lost touch with most of the band, he maintained ties with lead singer, Ryan Scalise who later sang in the Punk band Drowning Adam that played Warped Tour and Coachella.
After high school, Siebum continued to be involved with the music industry and members of the Sacramento Hip Hop group, Fam Bam Entertainment suggested that he learn how to run some of the audio equipment. In 2001, he enrolled in an audio class at Sacramento City College to try it out. He later graduated from Sacramento City College with an associate degree in Audio Production. In 2005 he moved to Los Angeles where he would receive a bachelor's degree in Digital Media Arts from
California State University Dominguez Hills
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(CSUDH). It was at CSUDH that he met Ameno and Edwin Guardado who started PerreoRadio.com. While still in school, he began working at PerreoRadio.com which was an online Reggaeton radio station owned by
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Doug Siebum is also known for his work in Audio Post Production. He interned at both Wild Woods Post and Hacienda Post. He has worked on a number of short films and indie features. He is known for his work on the independent feature film, ''Come Together'' where he worked closely with director Charles Unger and sound supervisor James Morioka. The film received a distribution deal through
Indican Pictures
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and the film is now distributed both domestically and abroad. Come Together is a Dramedy that is in the Spirit of American Pie and The Big Bang Theory. Come Together takes place during the 1992 LA Riots. Come Together won a Silver Ace Award at the Las Vegas Film Festival, a Platinum Reel Award at the Nevada Film Festival, and was a finalist in the Latino Screenplay Competition. Come Together was also an Official Selection at the Beverly Hills High-Definition Film Festival, the First Take Film Festival, and the Mammoth Film Festival. This was Unger's Second indie feature. Siebum recently finished up working as Sound Editor for an animated short by Charles Unger called the Punky Pets: Playing Party Politics. Playing Party Politics is a follow-up to an earlier Punky Pets short called International Icon that won Best Children TV Series at the Canada Film Festival. The Punky Pets also won an award in Hawaii. In 2011, Siebum went on the Vans Warped Tour along with the Punky Pets, Neo Geo, Gym Class Heroes, and Shut up & Deal to support the Punky Pets. Siebum was also the re-recording mixer for a short called The Love Remains by Angela Park, which got into a film festival by KVCR, a PBS program.
In 2013 Siebum moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to work on his master's degree in the broadcast and electronic communication arts program at
San Francisco State University
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. Since then he has worked on a number of TV shows and films including Star Wars: Visions, Young Jedi Adventures, Goodrich, Jeffrey Dahmer: Killer Cannibal, Pen 15, Chicago P.D., and others. Siebum is currently working on editing audio books and sound designing, editing, and mixing films.