Stephen Tibbo

Stephen Tibbo
Born 1968[1]
Residence California
Occupation Sound Mixer
Children 2
Website
tibbosound.com

Stephen Tibbo is an Emmy award winning Hollywood sound mixer, who has worked in American Pie 2, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, in addition to television shows including Modern Family, Ghost Whisperer, and Life.[2][3][4] In addition, Tibbo did "webisodes for the show Childrens Hospital, which won an Emmy".[5] Since the early 90's, Stephen Tibbo has "worked in both production and post production" and in "2007 Stephen built his own stage to do ADR and to mix film and television projects".[6]

Life and career

Stephen Tibbo, a native to California, is married and has two daughters,[7] one of whom is interested in roller derby.[8] Earlier in his life, Tibbo enjoyed playing golf, but when he started attending university, sound became his hobby, and eventually his career.[7] In 1987, Tibbo started "in audio for film and television", serving as a boom operator, quickly working his way up to mixing.[6] In 1989, Stephen Tibbo "mixed his first film and was hooked".[6]

Today, Tibbo's main recorder is a Zaxcom Deva.[9] The sound mixer stated that for shows with a plethora of spontaneity, such as Modern Family, using the MKH 8060 Sennheiser microphone is ideal, because it "is not only compact and lightweight, but it was designed to suppress off-axis sounds without coloration, making it ideal for boom camera mounting."[10] Half of the year, Stephen Tibbo does post-production sound work, out of the studio at his residence.[11]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Who is Stephen Tibbo?". Omnilexica. 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Lee, Ashley (22 August 2014). "Emmys: Mitch and Cam's Wedding and More Top 'Modern Family' Moments". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 6 January 2015. "Comedy comes first," said Levitan of the episode, which also nabbed a sound mixing nomination for Stephen A. Tibbo, Dean Okrand and Brian R. Harman.
  3. ↑ "Modern Family: Behind the Scenes with Stephen Tibbo". Sound & Picture. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015. While working on Life, Victor Iorillo, the sound supervisor at the time, came up to Stephen and told him if he ever had trouble with a scene to give him a heads up. This ended up working beautifully so Stephen carried it over to Modern Family with supervising sound editor Lisa Varetakis and rerecording mixer Dean Okrand.
  4. ↑ "iZotope Masters Q&A Series Part 2: Stephen Tibbo, Master of Audio". iZotope. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Stephen Tibbo is one of Hollywood’s top production and post production sound engineers. A winner of two Emmy® Awards and a CAS Award for “Best Production Sound” through his association with the hit ‘mockumentary’ TV series Modern Family, Tibbo is also an accomplished sound re-recording mixer who has worked on dozens of webisodes, short and independent films such as Madison County, Best Friends Forever, Contracted and many others.
  5. ↑ "CRS Quarterly". Cinema Audio Society. Spring 2013. p. 30. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Outstanding Achievement for TV Series – half-hour Modern Family “Disneyland”: Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS Production Mixer
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Galfer, Jeff (2015). "Stephen Tibbo – re-recording mixer". Buried Treasure. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Since the early 90’s Stephen worked in both production and post production. In 2007 Stephen built his own stage to do ADR and to mix film and television projects.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Modern Family: Behind the Scenes with Stephen Tibbo". Sound & Picture. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Our conversation is interrupted by frequent takes. Stephen, a California native, is a true sound techie. He built his own post sound studio at his house where his loving wife and two adorable girls stay. “Golf used to be my hobby, but when I started college, it changed to sound,” says Tibbo.
  8. ↑ Creative Arts Emmys 2013 - Stephen Tibbo. Sound & Picture. 17 September 2013. Event occurs at 00:01:38. Retrieved 6 January 2015. My other daughter Zoey, my oldest, is into roller derby so she was so excited that it was the roller skating episode that we got nominated for.
  9. ↑ "Modern Family: Behind the Scenes with Stephen Tibbo". Sound & Picture. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2015. A Zaxcom Deva is Tibbo’s main recorder and he uses a Sound Devices 788T for back up.
  10. ↑ Gleberman, Monica (22 January 2013). "ABC's Modern Family Uses MKH 8060 Sennheiser Microphone for Natural Sound". Tech Zone. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Creative Arts Emmys 2012 - Stephen Tibbo, CAS. Sound & Picture. 18 September 2012. Event occurs at 00:01:16. Retrieved 6 January 2015. I'd probably be working out of my studio at the house and doing post-production sound, re-recording, which I do half of the year anyways.
  12. ↑ "CRS Quarterly". Cinema Audio Society. Spring 2013. p. 13. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Outstanding Achievement for TV Series – half-hour Modern Family “Disneyland”: Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS Production Mixer
  13. ↑ "SoundWorks Collection". Colemanfilm Media Group LLC. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour: MODERN FAMILY: Disneyland; Production Mixer Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS
  14. ↑ "Cinema Audio Society Awards". Los Angeles Times. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015. "Modern Family: Goodnight Gracie" - WINNER, Production mixer -- Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS
  15. ↑ "Winners of Cinema Audio Society 50th Annual Awards". Cinema Audio Society. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Cinema Audio Society Awards: 'Gravity', 'Frozen' Take Film Honors". Deadline. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2015. Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour, MODERN FAMILY (“Goodnight Gracie”), Production Mixer Stephen A. Tibbo; CAS and Re-recording Mixers Dean Okrand and Brian R. Harman, CAS

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