Frank Filipetti
Freelance Engineer/Producer
Frank Filipetti is an American record producer, audio engineer and mixer, who was born in
Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Filipetti won five
Grammy Awards for his work on
The Color Purple,
The Book of Mormon,
Wicked,
Monty Python's Spamalot and
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. He was an early supporter of
digital recording.
[1]His credits include mixes for such number one singles as
Foreigner's "
I Want to Know What Love Is" and
The Bangles' "
Eternal Flame." Filipetti engineered and produced
Survivor's 1988 album,
Too Hot to Sleep. Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for
Carly Simon,
Barbra Streisand,
Vanessa Williams,
George Michael,
10,000 Maniacs,
Korn,
McAuley Schenker Group,
Frank Zappa and
James Taylor, whose
Hourglass Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed, winning two more Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.
A proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has made nine 5.1/DVD projects, including works for
Billy Joel,
Carly Simon,
James Taylor and
Meat Loaf. He has recorded and mixed numerous live albums, including the Pavarotti and Friends series, 1999's
Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the Palace, James Taylor's
Live at the Beacon and most recently,
Elton John's
One Night Only. He also recorded original cast albums for
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum featuring
Nathan Lane, the Grammy-winning
Annie Get Your Gun and 2000's
Tony Award-winning
Aida, among others.