Ms. Fausak is a post-production audio editor, mixer and sound designer, working in television and independent film. Elizabeth Fausak is a post-production audio mixer and sound designer, working in television and independent film. She has mixed shows for ABC, NBC, PBS, Discovery, Food Network, MTV, History, Cartoon Network, HBO, Al Jazeera, and Comedy Central, as well as mixing films featured at Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance film festivals, among others. Her work on the feature film Muscle Shoals earned her a 2014 Golden Reel nomination by the Motion Picture Sound Editors for Best Sound Editing, and she was dialog editor and re-recording mixer for the History Channel miniseries The Men Who Built America, which was awarded the 2013 Primetime Emmy for Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming. Ms. Fausak serves as an Assistant Professor of Audio Production at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

About

Education

B.S., Texas A&M University
M.M., New York University

Areas of Expertise

  • Audio
  • Health Communications

Creative Works

"The Gates" - Maysles / HBO

2007

"Nirvana: MTV Unplugged in New York" (DVD) - Beth McCarthy-Miller / MTV

2007

"Sex: The Revolution" - Perry Films / VH1

2008

"The Heart, She Holler" (live-action series) - PFFR / Cartoon Network

2011

"NHL Stanley Cup Champions 2011: Boston Bruins" (TV Special / DVD) - Warner Home Video

2011

"Paul Williams: Still Alive" - Stephen Kessler

2011

"Escape Fire" - Froemke & Heineman / Sundance Film Festival

2012

"Mi Santa Mirada" - Alvaro Aponte / Cannes Film Festival

2012

"Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey" - Ramona S. Diaz / Tribeca Film Festival

2012

"The Men Who Built America" (historical miniseries) - History Channel

2012

"Shenandoah" - David Turnley / Sundance Institute

2012

"Muscle Shoals" - Greg 'Freddy' Camalier / Sundance Film Festival

2013

"The Hand That Feeds" - Lears & Blotnick / National Release

2014

WE Network national TV ad campaign

2014

"Leaves of the Tree" - Ante Novakovic / International Festival Circuit

2015

"Roseanne for President!" - Eric Weinrib / Tribeca Film Festival

2015

"City of Trees" - Meridian Hill Pictures

2015

Awards & Honors

Nomination for the Motion Picture Sound Editor’s “Golden Reel” award for Best Sound Editing in a Documentary Feature Film for Muscle Shoals

2013

Re-recording mixer for the sound team winning the 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming for "The Men Who Built America" (History Channel)

2013