THE PERSON BEHIND THE PRODUCTION
Meet Allen Hurley.
Allen Hurley began in radio broadcasting in 1984 and founded The Audio Suite in 2001. His work has grown across filmmaking, directing, editing, engineering, and sound design, but the connecting thread is still the story: finding what matters, shaping its rhythm, and helping an audience feel it.
His background in radio brings an audio-first perspective to storytelling. A performance, a pause, or a carefully placed sound can change how a moment is understood. That audio background brings a particular perspective to his film work, where picture and sound need to support the same intention.
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A LIFE IN PICTURE & SOUND
A career in picture and sound.
Allen’s sound-design credits include Lamplighter Theatre and Focus on the Family’s Adventures in Odyssey. His broader audio work includes Affabel and The Extraordinary Adventures of G. A. Henty. These productions call for attention to the details that make a world believable: dialogue, atmosphere, Foley, effects, and how those elements work with the music.
Inside the recording session
Allen has repeatedly engineered audio-drama sessions at Salami Studios in North Hollywood, Soundworks in Burbank, and The Soundhouse in London, as well as Disney Imagineering recording studios in the early 2000s. Working alongside accomplished actors, producers, and directors has reinforced the value of attentive session engineering: capturing the performance clearly while supporting the director’s process and the actors’ concentration.
A performance, a pause, or a carefully placed sound can change how a moment is understood.
A collaborative approach
In visual storytelling, he brings that same care to performance, pacing, and emotion. Commercials and interview-led films begin with the people you want to reach and the response you hope to encourage. Directing, lighting, editing, and sound then become choices in service of that purpose, rather than a list of techniques.
The Audio Suite is led by Allen, with experienced writers, performers, and other production collaborators assembled as projects require. You work directly with him on the creative approach and agreed scope, whether the assignment calls for a complete production or a contribution alongside your existing team.
Allen also oversees audio, video, and lighting at Airborne Church in Martinsburg, West Virginia. That ongoing technology and media work connects his production experience to how finished content is seen and heard in a real setting.
FILM & SOUND
Guidance backed by the work.
Commercials and interview-led films across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with travel for suitable projects. Sound design and audio production for clients worldwide. Agency partnerships can support campaigns beyond the local region.
SELECTED FILM CREDITS
WVU Medicine — Leading the WayDirector: Allen Hurley ↗Shepherd University — Your JourneyDirector: Allen Hurley ↗SELECTED AUDIO CREDITS
The Rescue of Finnian Jones and Hand on the Bridle · Drama and trailer sound design: Allen Hurley / The Audio Suite
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