Four feature films, a handful of shorts, and well over 300 episodes of television feature my work in recording, editing, or mixing.
Since fall of 2021 I have been a freelance sound + music professional. My roles include ADR supervising/editing on You, Riverdale, Pretty Little Liars, and Minx. I shot some ADR for Cobra Kai and Ted, recorded VO for Family Guy and a few other cartoons, and did the sound design for a fun animated pitch.
From 2012 to 2021 I was the Production Mixer and Dialogue Editor at American Dad. At our in-house studio (or remotely from home during COVID) I recorded actors’ voices, then cut them together into a complete show and sat with the executive producers to lock it. As each show got rewritten on its roughly year-long road to broadcast, I recorded the rewritten pickup lines and sent those off to whatever department needed them at the moment. I helped pass the show on from one department or stage of production to the next in a neat, clean, organized way. And I recorded ADR and loop group, as well as doing some temp music editing and mixing, and temp design.
From 2008 to 2012 I was the Production Mixer and Dialogue Editor at The Cleveland Show. I did the same kinds of things as on American Dad.
Before that, dating back to January ’06, I was the assistant to the production mixer at Family Guy. He had all the same duties I did on the other two shows, and I handled overflow as well as filing, labeling, session prep and such.
My jobs at American Dad, Family Guy and The Cleveland Show gave me the chance to meet and record so many folks. I have had the pleasure of recording the voices of some amazing actors, including Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Mike Henry, Kevin Michael Richardson, Rob Riggle, Jason Alexander, Mila Kunis, Carl Reiner, Ed Asner, Glenn Howerton, Whoopi Goldberg, Carrie Fisher, and Jane Lynch. For a longer list you can go here. Sometimes I got to record singing or rapping as well, and even supervise music sessions. Besides a number of immensely talented studio singers, I’ve also had the good fortune of recording the vocals of Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, will.i.am, Fergy, Weird Al, Darryl Hall, and Frank Sinatra Jr. Voiceover sessions where I was an assistant include many, many more—Bob Barker, Levar Burton, Petros Papadakis, Drew Barrymore, Ricardo Montalban, Lauren Conrad, Barry Manilow (singing, too!), Michael Clarke Duncan, Sandra Oh, Adam Corrolla… I feel incredibily fortunate.
I was a restoration engineer at Novastar Digital through much of 2005. There I began as a freelance restoration engineer and soon became the head restoration engineer on staff, scheduling and supervising staff and freelance engineers, interviewing potential engineers, helping to bid jobs, and assembling a department manual. I also personally restored television soundtracks including dozens of episodes of The Flying Nun and Police Woman, and films including Groundhog Day (international versions), Karate Kid 3 (international versions), Anne of the Thousand Days (international versions), and Age of Innocence.
Some of the projects to which I’ve had the privilege of contributing over the years:
The Loudest Voice
Showtime
2019 limited series: ADR mixer
I shot some of the ADR for three episodes of this series that stars Russell Crowe in the story of Roger Ailes’ rise and demise.
aTypical Wednesday
Gravitas Ventures
2019 feature film: ADR mixer
A dark comedy, the first feature from writer-director-star, J Lee.
The Orville
Fuzzy Door Productions / 20th Century Fox Television
2017 sci-fi TV series: ADR mixing and additional dialogue recording
When you hear Isaac (Mark Jackson) or Yaphit (Norm MacDonald) speak, there’s a decent chance I recorded it. I also shot some ADR for some sessions, and supervised for others.
The Emmys
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
2017 awards show: voice over recording
You heard my recordings of Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy and American Dad! characters announcing a category’s nominees.
Naked Eye
J Lee Film
2012 short film: ADR mixer
This hilarious R (or NC-17?) -rated short by the many-talented J Lee stars True Blood‘s Nelsan Ellis.
Alls U Need Is Luv
A Lot Of Duffys Films
2011 short film: dialogue editor, additional dialogue recording, sound designer & editor, re-recording mixer
Go watch it and laugh on Funny Or Die.
Erosion
No Face Pictures
2005 feature film (imdb): additional dialogue editing
The late Neal Fredericks, cinematographer for this film, was best known for shooting The Blair Witch Project. I helped clean up the production audio.
The Legend of Diablo
Dark Lantern Pictures
2004 feature film (imdb): re-recording mixer
Low-budget horror flick with a shockingly low rating on IMDB. Neal Fredericks produced and shot this film as well.
Public Service: The Private Campaign of Gary Condit
Michael Paper Productions
2003 documentary (Free Republic post): dialogue editor, sound designer & editor, re-recording mixer
Identity Lost
Shifty Eyed Dog Productions & Utopian Pictures
2001 short film (imdb): additional sound design & sound editing
Director Darren Bousman went on to direct Saw II, Saw III, and Saw IV.