Without sound design, film would be a bland medium. A character would walk into a room, and you wouldn’t hear footsteps. Crickets wouldn’t chirp on a summer night. The patter of rain in a forest would ...

If you use social media, you've probably come across Will Littlejohn's work. Not that you'd know it—as director of sound design at Facebook, Littlejohn does not draw attention to himself. His sonic ...