Born in New Jersey, USA; valedictorian for his class at the Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts (1993). Supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound with over 100 film and television credits who started out as an assistant on 8 SECONDS (1994). Notable feature mixing credits include JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and ROMEO + JULIET (both 1996), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, CONTACT and TITANIC (all 1997), THE NEWTON BOYS and A BUG'S LIFE (both 1998), OFFICE SPACE and DOGMA (both 1999), FREQUENCY (2000), BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001), STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002), DADDY DAY CARE (2003), HELLBOY, STARSHIP TROOPERS 2: HERO OF THE FEDERATION, ENVY, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, THE INCREDIBLES and SEA OF DREAMS (all 2004), THE MATADOR, HOODWINKED!, BATMAN BEGINS, RENT, and MUNICH (all 2005), ROVING MARS, OVER THE HEDGE, CLERKS II, MONSTER HOUSE, THE PRESTIGE, ERAGON and HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER (all 2006), SICKO, WE OWN THE NIGHT, MUMMIES: SECRETS OF THE PHARAOHS, ENCHANTED and BEOWULF (all 2007), LA CORONA, HORTON HEARS A WHO!, THE FLYBOYS and AT THE DEATH HOUSE DOOR (all 2008), and STRANGE FRAME: LOVE & SAX (scheduled for release in 2009).  Nominated for Sound Mixing 2004: THE INCREDIBLES (w. Doc Kane and Randy Thom) 1 nomination