Born in Glendale, CA. Sound re-recording mixer for over 150 films and television projects who started in American television in the early 1980s. The lead sound mixer at Disney Stage D, Porter has been a fixture at Disney so long, he has supervised restorations or special editions of audio tracks that he helped create in the first place - including THE LITTLE MERMAID and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. "You know you've been around a long time when you're restoring your own work," he once said to a co- worker. Other notable (non-nominated) credits include THE TERMINATOR (1984), PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (1985), HOOSIERS (1986), FATAL ATTRACTION, TIN MEN and GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM (all 1987), THE SEVENTH SIGN and RAIN MAN (both 1988), THE LITTLE MERMAID and WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (both 1989), PRETTY WOMAN, ARACHNOPHOBIA and THE RUSCUERS DOWN UNDER (all 1990), TOY SOLDIERS and DEAD AGAIN (both 1991), NEWSIES and SISTER ACT (both 1992), HOCUS POCUS and THE THREE MUSKETEERS (both 1993), THE LION KING (1994), POCOHONTAS and MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (both 1995), THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and 101 DALMATIANS (both 1996), METRO, ANNA KARENINA, GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE and FLUBBER (all 1997), MULAN and THE PARENT TRAP (both 1998), INSTINCT, INSPECTOR GADGET, MUSIC OF THE HEART and FANTASIA/2000 (all 1999), DINOSAUR and THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (both 2000), THE PRINCESS DIARIES and THE MAJESTIC (both 2001), RETURN TO NEVER LAND, LILO & STITCH, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 and TREASURE PLANET (all 2002), FREAKY FRIDAY, DICKIE ROBERTS: FORMER CHILD STAR, TIMELINE and THE HAUNTED MANSION (all 2003), HOME ON THE RANGE, CONNIE AND CARLA, RAISING HELEN, THE PRINCESS DIARIES 2: ROYAL ENGAGEMENT, MR. 3000 and SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (all 2004), COACH CARTER, ICE PRINCESS, HERBIE FULLY LOADED and SKY HIGH (all 2005), 16 BLOCKS, INVINCIBLE and THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (all 2006), and WILD HOTS, GEORGIA RULE, U2 3D, UNDERDOG and THE GAME PLAN (all 2007).  Nominated for Sound 1986: STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (w. David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe & Gene S. Cantamessa)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1991: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (w. David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe & Doc Kane)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1992: ALADDIN (w. David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe & Doc Kane)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound Mixing 2005: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - (w. Dean A. Zupancic & Tony Johnson 4 nominations