The Head Chef...

Alexander Markowski is an 22-year veteran of film and video audio engineering, whose credits include Academy award, Emmy award and Sundance winning programs and is currently Director of Audio Services and President of Audio Kitchen Post. His credits include over 50 narrative and documentary feature films, with broadcast credits for Discovery Channel, Lifetime, Bravo, Disney Channel, The Learning Channel, WE, DIY, HBO, CBS, NBC, and PBS.  His work experience includes production sound mixing, post-production audio supervision, post production sound editing, sound design and final re-recording sound mixing. In addition to his hands on creative experience in sound work Alex has designed and supervised the construction of post-production audio facilities at Duart Film and Video in New York City. Alex continues to work in Wilmington as ADR mixer for such shows as Surface NBC and One Tree Hill WB and as a Supervising Sound editor, designer and final mixer for independent features. Alex has recently completed sound design and mixing for “The 27 Club” which was in the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Seattle Film festival and Moscow film festival later this year. Alex mixed academy award winning best short “Thoth” in 2002 and has mixed three feature documentaries for film icon Frederick Wiseman and Zipporah Films.

Alexander Frank Markowski - Sound Engineer
503 Haven Point
Wilmington N.C.  28411
Cell (910) 228-9826
alex@audiokitchenpost.com
March 2008 to present – President Audio Kitchen Post, Inc.
Production and Post Production Supervisor Production mixer (Past Dishes).
August 2002 to present – North Star Post and Sound
Principle ADR Mixer season 1-6 (One Tree Hill). season 1 (Surface). season 6 (Dawson's Creek)  Supervising Sound Editor, Foley Mixer, Re-recording Mixer and studio consultant(Full credit list attached).  Music producer/engineer. Radio producer/engineer and distribution coordinator.
17 years post production experience at DuArt Film and Video
August 1994 to July 2002 – Director Of Audio Services
7 years experience as audio supervisor of leading New York post production facility.  Responsible for audio integration of film and digital video technologies, edit and mix studio construction, staff technical training, research and development of all audio quality control procedures. June 1985- August 1994 Re-recording Engineer and Transfer Audio Engineer.
Engineering Experience From June 1985 to present
Re-recording Engineer / Audio Mixer - 19 years in final post production mixing for film and television.   Extensive session experience producing Academy and Emmy award winning programming.
Sound Editor - 14 years experience editing with Pro Tools responsible for full edit and as component of staff as dialog/ADR editor,  effects and foley editor.  Extensive experience with OMFI and Post Conform.

Supervising Sound Editor - Extensive skills in organizing in house editing teams in addition to free- lance talent.    Creation of “all in” post audio bids. Responsible for meeting schedules and technical specifications of delivery requirements for Domestic and International distribution. 

Engineer ADR and Foleys – Classic and innovative microphone techniques with automatic dialog recording and foley.   Creative skills as foley effects walker.

June 1985 to January 1987 Transfer Engineer.  Apprentice Mixer with Dominic Tavella, the 2003 Academy award winner "Best Sound"  

Transfer Engineer – 16 and 35 mm optical track transfer, 1/4” and DAT transfer to 16 and 35 mm Magnetic Film.

University Professor

•  Guest Artist Adjunct Professor spring 2003 to fall 2009 and guest Lecturer at "Movie Maker Series" October 2002 University of North Carolina Wilmington Department of Film Studies. http://www.uncwil.edu/filmstudies/

•  Adjunct Professor Spring 2002 and guest Lecturer 1991 to 2002 New York University School of Professional Studies.

Notable Achievements

•  Acoustic consultant and construction manager for acoustic treatments at the Screening room at EUE Screen Gems Wilmington 2002. 

•  Design Consultant for Edit Lab Kenan Hall at University of North Carolina at Wilmington 2006.

•  Supervised the design and reconstruction of the Duart mixing stage.  This room was designed for 5.1 theatrical and video mixing.  Completed September 1998.

•  Supervised the design and creation of two audio for video, edit/mix suites. April 2000 and October 2001

•  Laboratory expertise with motion picture sound track negative and positive print quality control procedures.

•  Extensive experience with professional audio and video equipment used in post production from archive formats to all current digital formats.

•  Authored technical guidelines and procedures for audio post production.

•  Sony Pictures Classics Technical advisor for International and Domestic requirements for audio.

•  Consultant for Metro Channel/Rainbow Media's Pro Tools AVXL and Symphony Avid Unity Server integration.  May 2002. 

•  International Monitor Awards Judge - Best Audio 1989- 2001.

•  Producer of the Alexmark Sound Effects Library 2001-2008.

•  Re-recording mixer at Sound One Corp. 90 and 91 and Sound Dimensions Inc. 1999.

•  Electronic News Gathering, ENG camera and video assist, NYIT/LI News Tonight - 1984.

•  Production Audio Mixer and boom operator for narrative, documentary and commercial productions, 1985-1990. 2002.

EDUCATION

New York Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, May 1985.
Major: Communications



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