Frank Morrone

Frank Morrone is an independent re-recording mixer who has worked extensively in both film and television. His award winning work includes Emmy Awards for the ABC hit LOST and the mini-series The Kennedys as well as a best sound Satellite Award for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.

He has served as a Governor for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and as President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He has also been elected to the Motion Picture Editors Guild board of directors to represent re-recording mixers and served as Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors from 2005 to 2013. In addition to these associations, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, NARAS, SOCAN, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and the Cinema Audio Society where he has served on the board of directors.

Career
He began his career mixing music for film scores as well as jazz, rock and country albums. His music projects include Amin Bhatia’s 5.1 mix The Interstellar Suite, Sunny Days Again: The Best of Lighthouse remix and A Christmas Story soundtrack. He has received a platinum album for his contributions to the Camp Rock soundtrack. From music mixing, he transitioned to film and television post production initially editing music and dialogue and then moving in to re-recording mixing. In 1995, he accepted a position at Todd AO New York mixing film and television, where he also lectured for NYU Film School. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to work with JJ Abrams on Lost, and has since mixed several projects for Sony and Disney as well as freelance projects for several other studios. He has written articles for industry publications including Mix Magazine and Canadian Musician. He has collaborated on product development with Digidesign, McDSP and M-Audio and lectures at well-known colleges across North America for Avid such as USC, Full Sail and Tribeca Flashpoint. He has been elected to serve on several key industry organization Boards of Directors including ATAS, MPEG, MPSE and CAS.

Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards

2012 – Person of Interest – Pilot (Nominated)

2011 – The Kennedys: Lancer And Lace (Won)

2010 – Lost: The End (Nominated)

2009 – Lost: The Incident (Nominated)

2008 – Lost: Meet Kevin Johnson (Won)

2006 – Lost: Live Together, Die Alone (Nominated)

2005 – Lost: Outlaws (Nominated)

Cinema Audio Society Awards

2012 – The Kennedys (Nominated)

2009 – Lost (Nominated)

2007 – Lost (Nominated) 2005 – Lost (Nominated)

MPSE Golden Reel Awards

2010 – Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (Nominated)

1987 – Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (Won)

1987 – Ford the Man & the Machine (Won)

Gemini Awards

2011 – The Kennedys (Nominated)

1989 – Glory Enough for All (Won)

1987 – Ford the Man and the Machine (Nominated)

Satellite Award

1999 – Sleepy Hollow (Won)

TEC Awards

2008 – Lost (Nominated)

2007 – Lost (Nominated)

2006 – Lost (Nominated)

2005 – Lost (Nominated)

Television
Last Resort – 2012 – Shawn Ryan / Karl J Gajdusek

Raising Hope – 2012 – Greg Garcia (producer)

Copper – 2012–2013 – Barry Levinson/ Tom Fontana / BBC

The Killing Game – 2011 – Bobby Roth/ Anne Carlucci/Lifetime

Boss – 2011 – Kelsey Grammer/Gus Van Sant /Farhad Safinia

Alcatraz (pilot) – 2011 – J. J. Abrams// Bad Robot

Person of Interest (pilot) – 2011 – J. J. Abrams// Bad Robot

Once Upon a Time (pilot) – 2011 – Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)/Edward Kitsis

The Kennedys – 2011 – Jon Cassar/ Joel Surnow

Undercovers – 2010 – J. J. Abrams//Bad Robot

Lost – 2004–2010 – J. J. Abrams/ABC/Touchstone TV

The Day of the Triffids – 2009 – Nick Copus/BBC

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie – 2009 – Lev L. Spiro/ Disney Channel

Princess Protection Program – 2009 – Allison Liddi-Brown/ Disney Channel

The Cheetah Girls: One World – 2008 – Paul Hoen/ Disney Channel

Camp Rock – 2008 – Matthew Diamond/ Disney Channel

Snow 2: Brain Freeze – 2008 – Mark Rosman/ABC Family Channel

The L Word (season 5) – 2008 – Ilene Chaiken/Showtime

Tyrannosaurus Azteca – 2007 – Brian Trenchard-Smith

What About Brian (Pilot) – 2006 – Dana Stevens/J. J. AbramsABC/Touchstone

Queens Supreme – 2003 – Tim Robbins / CBS

Miss America – 2002 – Lisa Ades

Fling – 2001 – Glenn Gordon Caron

100 Center Street (33 eps) – 2001 – Sidney Lumet

First Person – 2001 – Errol Morris

Shades of Dust – 2001 – Danny Aiello III

The Independent – 2000 – Steve Kessler/Jerry Weintraub

Wonderland – 2000 – Peter Berg/John David Coles/Brian Grazer

Sex and the City (seasons 1–2) – 1998–99 – Darren Star/ HBO

Dellaventura – 1997–98 – Danny Aiello / CBS

Bye, Bye Birdie – 1995 – Robert Halmi Sr/Gene Saks/Boyce Harmon

Derby – 1995 – Bob Clark

Mysterious Island – 1995 – Alliance Films/Atlantis

Tek War – 1994–96 – William Shatner/Alliance

It Runs in the Family – 1994 – Bob Clark/ MGM

Destiny Ridge – 1993 – Anne Marie La Traverse/Atlantis Films

The American Clock – 1993 – Bob Clark

Scales of Justice – 1992 – George Jonas/CBC

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues – 1992 – David Carradine, Michael Sloan/USA Ntwk

War of the Worlds – 1990 – Frank Mancuso Jr./Greg Strangis/Paramount

My Secret Identity – 1988–91 – Brian Levant/Fred Fox Jr/Paramount

Dracula – Allan Eastman/Wendy Grean/Paragon

Small Sacrifices – 1989 – David Greene

The Jim Henson Hour – 1989–92 – Jim Henson

Glory Enough for All – 1988 – Eric Till/Gordon Hench/Gemstone Prod.

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – 1987–88 – Gary Goddard/Landmark Ent

Ford: The Man and The Machine – 1987 – Allan Eastman

Feature films
Justin Bieber – Believe – 2013 – Jon Chu

Strangely in Love – 2012 – Amin Matalqa

Small Time – 2012 – Joel Surnow

Happy & Bleeding – 2012 – Christian Charles/ Anne Estonilo

The Killing Game – 2011 – Bobby Roth/ Anne Carlucci/Lifetime

The United – 2011 – Amin Matalqa/Walt Disney Pictures

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown – 2011 – Michael Jai White

Gnomeo & Juliet (temp) – 2011 – Kelly Asbury

Sideways – 2010 – Cellin Gluck

Morning Light – 2008 – Mark Monroe / Roy E. Disney

Murder Dot Com – 2008 – Rex Piano/ Regent Films

Tyrannosaurus Azteca – 2007 – Brian Trenchard-Smith

Saving Luna – 2007 – Suzanne Chisholm/Michael Parfit

Full of It – 2007 – Christian Charles

Partition – 2007 – Vic Sarin

Love on the Side – 2004 – Vic Sarin

A Hole in One – 2004 – Richard Ledes

Slowly Silently – 2003 – Jinoh Park

Jersey Guy – 2003 – Elia Zois

Rhythm of the Saints – 2003 – Sarah Rogacki

Miss America – 2002 – Lisa Ades

Comedian – 2002 – Christian Charles / Jerry Seinfeld

First Person – 2001 – Errol Morris

Shades of Dust – 2001 – Danny Aiello III

The Independent – 2000 – Steve Kessler/Jerry Weintraub

Lost Souls – 2000 – Janusz Kamiński / Meg Ryan

Shaft – 2000 – Scott Rudin / Paramount

Up at the Villa – 2000 – Philip Haas

Ricky Six – 2000 – Peter Filardi

Sleepy Hollow – 1999 – Tim Burton

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. – 1999 – Errol Morris

Fever – 1999 – Alex Winter

EDtv – 1999 – Ron Howard / Universal

Inventing the Abbotts – 1997 – Pat O’Connor/Fox

Under the Bridge – 1997 – Charles Weinstein

Childhoods End – 1997 – Jeff Lipsky

Ransom – 1996 – Ron Howard / Touchstone

Dear Diary – 1996 – David Frankel, Barry Jossen/DreamWorks

When We Were Kings – 1996 – Leon Gast/Taylor Hackford

The Daytrippers – 1996 – Greg Mottola

It Runs in the Family – 1994 – Bob Clark/ MGM

Paris France – 1993 – Jerry Ciccoritti/Alliance

Dieppe – 1993 John N. Smith – Foley mixer

Black Robe – 1991 – Bruce Beresford – ADR recordist

Music
The Interstellar Suite – 2012 – Amin Bhatia 5.1 mix

Sunny Days Again: The Best of Lighthouse – 1999 – Lighthouse remix

 Tears Are Not Enough documentary – 1985 – music editor

A Christmas Story – Music from the Motion Picture – 1983 – recording & mixing engineer

A Christmas Story – 1983 – music engineer

My Bloody Valentine – 1981 – music engineer

Jack London's Tales of the Klondike – 1981 – music engineer

Being Different – 1981 – music engineer

You've Got To Be A Kid To Get In – Free Rose Corporation – 1981 – music engineer

The Entertainer – Artie MacLaren – 1980 – music engineer

Catherine McKinnon (self titled album) – Catherine McKinnon – 1980 – music engineer

The Kidnapping of the President – 1980 – music engineer

Prom Night – 1980 – music engineer

Murder by Decree – 1979 – music engineer

Affiliations

 * Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
 * Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
 * Cinema Audio Society
 * Motion Picture Editors Guild
 * Motion Picture Sound Editors
 * Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
 * NARAS
 * SOCAN