Studio Without Walls is led by a small senior team with more than 80 years of combined experience across professional audio production, immersive media, and entertainment technology — people who have designed the rooms, launched the formats, and run the businesses that shape how the industry works.
Our Team
Nathaniel Kunkel
Multi-Grammy and Emmy Award-winning producer and mixer with over forty years designing and working inside professional production environments. Responsible for the design and execution of multiple artist studios and commercial facilities. An integral member of the Dolby team behind the launch of Dolby Atmos Music, where he helped design and build one of the first Dolby Atmos Music mixing studios at Capitol Records in Hollywood.
Founder & Principal
Curt Behlmer
Media technology executive with four decades across the entertainment and music industries. Former SVP, Content Solutions at Dolby Laboratories, leading product management, professional services, global field support, and content relations across Atmos and Vision. EVP Creative Services / COO Worldwide Digital Cinema at Technicolor, with P&L responsibility for a $70M+ global business and executive oversight of the Technicolor at Paramount post-production complex; later served as Technicolor's CTO, Entertainment Services. Most recently 7.5 years advising Universal Music Group. Earlier senior roles at Soundelux and co-founder of Digital Cinema Ventures. AMPAS multi-term Governor and SMPTE Fellow.
Strategic Advisor
Nicole Tafralian
A graduate from USC and an accomplished musician, Nicole has been on the front lines of designing and fabricating video and audio infrastructure for over 30 years. She is as accomplished of a designer as she is as a fabricator, and her management of project schema is a cornerstone of Studio Without Walls ability to physically deliver what we promise.
Systems Design & Fabrication
Todd Wilson
Todd is a veteran equipment designer and technician with over forty years of experience in professional and audiophile equipment circles. He is a designer, fabricator, and troubleshooter of staggering capability and is responsible for many of our most innovative solutions.
Hardware Design & Fabrication