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Carol Dunn
Managing Director
Barking Owl
Los Angeles
, United States of America

Prior to joining Barking Owl as their first Managing Director, Carol Dunn served as West Coast Executive Producer at several leading music houses. She spearheads business development, strategy, creative partnerships and oversees production. She has produced projects for countless number of brands, including Nike, Jordan, Uber, State Farm, Etsy, OpenAI and ATT. 

Dunn’s extensive music career spans over 30 years, with her very first role being a switchboard operator at Capitol Records where she eventually became Head of Film & TV. Dunn’s passion for music and film, coupled with her inquisitive nature, propelled her transition to producing notable soundtracks such as Trainspotting, Boogie Nights, Stealing Beauty, Baz Lurhmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Bulworth, Rugrats I & II, and Office Space.

With the evolution of music delivery from physical media to digital streams and downloads, Carol moved into music publishing, further honing her music supervision and synch skills, before transitioning to the advertising side of the industry.

Dunn envisions music as another character in the film, thus driving her passion for storytelling in audio post-production. Beyond her production work, Dunn is dedicated to further nurture diversity and inclusion within the advertising industry. When not working she is still reading Murakami’s 1Q84.