Sound
Frank Morrone, C.A.S.
Frank Morrone is an independent re-recording mixer who has worked extensively in both film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy and three additional Emmy nominations for mixing the ABC hit Lost. Other television work includes The L Word, Sex and the City and Day of the Triffids. He also mixed the Jonas Brothers’ Camp Rock, and received a platinum album for the soundtrack. He has mixed films with directors such as Ron Howard, Tim Burton, John Singleton, Janusz Kaminski, and Lasse Hallstrom on projects including Ransom, Sleepy Hollow, Shaft, Lost Souls, The Cider House Rules and the Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings. In addition to his Television Academy service, Morrone is vice president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors and chairs a Blue Ribbon panel for the Golden Reel Awards. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Recording Academy and serves on the board of directors for the Cinema Audio Society. He began his career working in a music studio, engineering film scores as well as jazz, rock and country albums. He moved to film and television postproduction in 1986. In 1995, he accepted a position at Todd-AO New York, where he also lectured at NYU film school. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to work on Lost, and since then has mixed several projects for Disney. He has collaborated on product development with manufacturers such as Digidesign, McDSP and M-Audio and does lectures for Avid.
Michael Olman, C.A.S.
Michael Olman, C.A.S., has been involved in sound recording for the past 25 years. Starting with his early involvement in Detroit’s music scene, Olman has worked in almost every role in sound for television and film — from sound and video transfer to his current position as supervising re-recording mixer. In addition to his service as governor, Olman has served as a member of the Television Academy's Awards Anomalies Committee, Membership Committee, Technology and Convergence Committee and as an elected member of the Budget Review Committee. In 2010, Academy Chairman John Shaffner appointed Olman to chair the Budget Review Committee and to co-chair the Theatrical Standards Committee. For 2012, incoming Television Academy chairman Bruce Rosenblum reappointed Olman as chair of the Budget Review Committee. Outside the Television Academy, Olman has donated time as a guest lecturer at UCLA, panelist at industry conferences and conventions, jurist for international film festivals and is a former member of the Cinema Audio Society’s Board of Directors. A recipient of 14 Primetime Emmy nominations and winner of three Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Sound Mixing, Olman has also been nominated for several MPSE Golden Reel Awards and six MIX Magazine TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Awards. He also has received 18 nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing from the Cinema Audio Society, including three wins for his work on 24 and When Dinosaurs Roamed America.
