Mike Bakaloff

Movies

The Reckoning of Christian Spencer
Sound
In this enchanting thriller, a friendly visit to an old friend turns sinister when Chris is surreptitiously propelled into an unknown past.
The Daughter
Boom Operator
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.
Road Train
Boom Operator
A supernatural thriller about a group of teenagers menaced by a driver-less train in the Australian outback.
Broken Hill
Boom Operator
Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback.
Like Minds
Boom Operator
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Wolf Creek
Boom Operator
Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman, who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive.
The 13th House
Sound
A highly stylized metaphorical tale about the brutalization of employees under corporate culture.
Alexandra's Project
Boom Operator
Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all easy access outside cut off and a videotape waiting for him. Playing that tape, he watches a bizarre and grueling recording in which his wife explains her grievance with him, her reasons for disappearing with the children and her revenge for how he treated her in a way he would never forget.
Powderburn
Sound Recordist
By the time his Qantas flight from Bangkok had taxied to the terminal Brad's brain was fried. A lot was riding on this deal for Chrissie. Money had changed hands. Promises made. The consequences of missing the drop were fatal. Peter Jess, recovering prescription drug addict, struggling med student and ex-lover was her last, best hope. Brad's prognosis was bad - he was dead. Chrissie had a contingency plan. But none of them counted on Detective Lyle Draper stumbling into the picture.