{{Short description|American record producer, audio engineer and mixer}} {{Multiple issues| {{Tone|date=November 2008}} {{BLP refimprove|date=January 2021}}}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Frank Filipetti | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = Bristol, Connecticut | origin = United States | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = | occupation = {{hlist|Record producer|audio engineer|mixer}} | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | associated_acts = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Frank Filipetti''' is an American record producer, audio engineer, and mixer who was born in Bristol, Connecticut. Filipetti has seven Grammy Awards and ten nominations for his work on ''The Color Purple'', ''The Book of Mormon'', ''Wicked'', ''Monty Python's Spamalot'' and ''Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grammy Award |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/frank-filipetti/12419 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> He was an early supporter of digital recording.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |title=Frank Filipetti, March 2001 |access-date=2006-12-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711175307/http://mixguides.com/consoles/tips_and_techniques/frank-filipetti-0301 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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, eventually 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.
Filipetti lives in Waterford.
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