About me
中文/English/한국어
I am Bo, I start my journey with music, I was a string instrument performer. Then when I was around 12 years old, I had a chance to visit a recording facility, and immediately I found an interest in sound, then I did my bachelor's degree in recording arts.
Then I got an offer with 3 years full scholarship from CalArts. In my early career, very luckily, I received some recognition from different organizations all around the world for my personal projects. The film that I participated in as a sound supervisor received the Gold medal in the 2021 Student Academy Award in Animation Category. In music I got Denny Award Gold Statue which was held by the Denver International Art and Technology Festival, the event reached around 0.75 million views online. For sound design, I got Berlin International Sound Design Competition Third Prize and the Sound Academy Award Silver Medal in China. For audio technology and interactive media, I got Chunhui Cup Crystal Statue which holds by the Chinese government education department. And of course, some other film festival awards from my collabration projects.
Now, I work as a sound designer for EarsUp Sound Design, it is a company that design sonic experience for world-class theme park like Warner Bros. World, UAD, Universal studio, Japan, etc. My job is to design the content in a non-traditional sound environment. And I also work as a freelancer in the film industry, my work has been released on Apple TV, iTunes, Google, Amazon, etc.
As for institutional service, last year, I was invited as a sound design visiting artist for the Animation program at Arizona State University. It was successful, then I got an offer from Arizona State University as a Clinical Assistant Professor, Sound for Animation. In 2022 I was invited to join the Berlin International Sound Design Competition Jury Team as a distinguished judge.
I am interested to exchange ideas with you regard to – Sound and music, soundware, theater, games, etc… hit me with any questions you may have!
Professional Group
China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, CSMPTE, China - 2019
Motion Picture Sound Editors, MPSE, USA - 2019
Cinema Audio Society, CAS, USA - 2020
Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association, TSDCA, USA - 2020
Education
2009 - Shijiazhuang No.12 High School – Musical Instrument Performance (String Instrument - Erhu), Top 20 Player in Hebei, Top 3 student
2012 - Guangxi Arts University, BFA Sound Design, Music Composition, GPA 3.7
2017 - California Institute of the Arts, MFA Sound Design, 3 Years Lillian Disney Scholarship, Full
Press
Freetitle.us - From 1942 to 2020 - Article
Freetitle.us - Breath, Breath, Breath - Article
CalArts Production - Through The Leaves - Article
BIFSC - Sound Design Award - Article
LA Voyage - Meet Bo Li - Article
Shoutout LA - Meet Bo Li: Sound Designer & Composer - Article
艺术大观 - 实验声音艺术家李博 - Hard Copy and Article
Activity
2022 - Part-Time Sound Designer at Earsup Sound Design, Burbank LA
2022 - Clinical Assistant Professor at Arizona State University
2021 - Visiting Artist at Arizona State University
2022 - Distinguished Judge at Berlin International Sound Design Competition Jury Team
2020 - Jury member of 2020 Berlin International Sound Design Competition
2018 - Yueling International Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd - Sound Design Supervisor, Advisor - 2018/ Oct - 2020/ May
2017 - California Institute of the Arts - Technical for Theater/ Film School - 2017/ Oct - 2020/ May