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Jimmy Lifton


Born in Detroit, Michigan, Jimmy Lifton (aka James Ian Lifton) is President of Oracle Post and producer of numerous feature films. Lifton got his creative start early on with an apprenticeship to the Master Organist for the Detroit Symphony. He attended the Toronto Conservatory at an early age and was one of the youngest attendees at the Berklee School of Music in Boston... See full bio »

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Filmography

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SpongeBob SquarePants (TV series) (supervising sound editor - 36 episodes, 2009-2013) (post-production sound supervisor - 13 episodes, 2007-2011)
Eek, an Urchin!/Squid's Defense (2013) (supervising sound editor)
Bumper to Bumper (2012) (supervising sound editor)
Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up Is Go!/Chum Fricassee (2012) (supervising sound editor)
Move It or Lose It (2012) (supervising sound editor)
Gary's New Toy (2012) (supervising sound editor)
 
2012 It's a SpongeBob Christmas! (TV movie) (supervising sound editor)
 
2011 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (TV series) (supervising sound editor - 20 episodes)
My Favorite Yao (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Challenge Day (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Po Fans Out (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Big Bro Po (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Ladies of the Shade (2011) (supervising sound editor)
 
The Penguins of Madagascar (TV series) (supervising sound editor - 56 episodes, 2008-2011) (post audio supervisor - 4 episodes, 2008-2010)
Arch-Enemy/The Big S.T.A.N.K. (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Gut Instinct/I Know Why the Caged Bird Goes Insane (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Time Out/Our Man in Grrfurjiclestan (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Operation: Good Deed/When the Chips are Down (2011) (supervising sound editor)
Pets Peeved/Byte-Sized (2011) (supervising sound editor)
 
2010 A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (ADR facility)
 
2009 Highwater (documentary) (sound facility)
 
2009 Wonderful World (sound facility - uncredited)
 
2009 My Fake Fiance (TV movie) (sound facility)
 
2009/I Night Train (sound facility)
 
2009 Duplicity (ADR facility)
 
2008-2009 Knight Rider (TV series) (sound facility - 15 episodes)
I Love the Knight Life (2009) (sound facility)
Knight and the City (2009) (sound facility)
Fly by Knight (2009) (sound facility)
Fight Knight (2009) (sound facility)
Exit Light, Enter Knight (2009) (sound facility)
 
2008-2009 The Real Housewives of Orange County (TV series documentary) (sound facility - 12 episodes)
Are We There Yet? (2009) (sound facility)
Vegas Baby (2009) (sound facility)
The Girls Want to Come Out and Play (2009) (sound facility)
Why Are You Being So Mean to Me? (2009) (sound facility)
Naked Wasted (2009) (sound facility)
 
2009 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (TV movie) (foley)
 
2009 Holly Hobbie and Friends: Marvelous Makeover (video short) (post-production sound supervisor)
 
2009 Heroes (TV series) (ADR facility - 1 episode)
Chapter One 'A Clear and Present Danger' (2009) (ADR facility - uncredited)
 
2008 Supreme Court of Comedy (TV series) (sound facilities supervisor - 11 episodes)
Dad Wants Dough for Daughter's Dental (2008) (sound facilities supervisor)
Loaners and Liars (2008) (sound facilities supervisor)
Music Deal Hits a Sour Note (2008) (sound facilities supervisor)
Room and Hoard (2008) (sound facilities supervisor)
Screwed Me Then Screwed My Girlfriend (2008) (sound facilities supervisor)
 
2008 The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon (video) (post audio supervisor)
 
2008 Saw V (ADR facility)
 
2008 The Ex List (TV series) (ADR facility - 1 episode)
Protect and Serve (2008) (ADR facility)
 
2008 Sordid Lives: The Series (TV series) (sound facility - 12 episodes)
Desperately Seeking Ty (2008) (sound facility)
Those Pesky Little Stalkers (2008) (sound facility)
Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's? (2008) (sound facility)
An Audacious Affair (2008) (sound facility)
Call Waiting (2008) (sound facility)
 
2008 Righteous Kill (ADR facility)
 
2008 Beer for My Horses (sound facility)
 
2006-2008 HGTV Design Star (TV series) (sound facility - 24 episodes)
Designing for America's Heroes (2008) (sound facility)
Hometown Design (2008) (sound facility)
Final 5 in the Kitchen (2008) (sound facility)
Celebrity Suites (2008) (sound facility)
Flying Solo (2008) (sound facility)
 
2007-2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series) (foley - 21 episodes)
The Ember Island Players (2008) (foley)
 
2008 Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal (TV documentary) (sound facility)
 
2007-2008 Moonlight (TV series) (ADR facility - 16 episodes)
Sonata (2008) (ADR facility)
What's Left Behind (2008) (ADR facility)
Click (2008) (ADR facility)
Fated to Pretend (2008) (ADR facility)
The Mortal Cure (2008) (ADR facility)
 
2007-2008 Samantha Who? (TV series) (ADR facility - 5 episodes)
The Butterflies (2008) (ADR facility - uncredited)
The Boss (2008) (ADR facility - uncredited)
The Break Up (2007) (ADR facility - uncredited)
The Car (2007) (ADR facility - uncredited)
The Hockey Date (2007) (ADR facility - uncredited)
 
2008 Family Practice (TV movie) (sound facility)
 
2008 Snow Buddies (video) (sound facility)
 
2008 Fly Me to the Moon 3D (ADR facility)
 
2008/I Quid Pro Quo (sound facility)
 
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction (ADR facility)
 
2007 Who's Your Caddy? (sound facility)
 
2007 Big Ideas for a Small Planet (TV series documentary) (sound facility - 13 episodes)
Pray (2007) (sound facility)
Work (2007) (sound facility)
Sports (2007) (sound facility)
Paper or Plastic? (2007) (sound facility)
Kids (2007) (sound facility)
 
2007 El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (TV series) (supervising sound editor - 26 episodes)
La Tigressa/Curse of the Albino Burrito (2007) (supervising sound editor)
Miracle City Worker/Dia de los Malos (2007) (supervising sound editor)
The Late Manny Rivera/Party Monsters (2007) (supervising sound editor)
Fool's Goal/El Tigre, El Jefe (2007) (supervising sound editor)
Adios, Amigos/Zebra Donkey (2007) (supervising sound editor)
 
2007 Cthulhu (supervising sound editor)
 
2005-2007 Celebrity Fit Club (TV series) (sound facility - 38 episodes)
The Premiere (2007) (sound facility)
A Star Is Scorned (2007) (sound facility)
Fit Camp Hits the Slopes (2007) (sound facility)
Fit Club Season Ends with a Bang (2007) (sound facility)
I'll Serve 10 Days to Whip His Ass (2007) (sound facility)
 
2006-2007 My Celebrity Home (TV series) (sound facility - 11 episodes)
Katharine McPhee (2007) (sound facility)
Heather Tom (2007) (sound facility)
Hilarie Burton (2007) (sound facility)
Rascal Flats (2007) (sound facility)
Willa Ford (2007) (sound facility)
 
2007 The Biggest Loser (TV series) (sound facility - 1 episode)
Episode #2.1 (2007) (sound facility)
 
2006-2007 Breaking Bonaduce (TV series) (sound facility - 8 episodes)
Cross Road (2007) (sound facility)
Episode #2.1 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #2.2 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #2.3 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #2.4 (2006) (sound facility)
 
2005-2006 The X's (TV series) (supervising sound editor - 19 episodes)
Accidental Hero/Untied (2006) (supervising sound editor)
The Haunting of Home Base (2006) (supervising sound editor)
Train Rex/Homebody (2006) (supervising sound editor)
Live and Let Diaper/In-Law Enforcement (2006) (supervising sound editor)
Quit Your Day Job/Missing Home (2006) (supervising sound editor)
 
2006 Off the Record (TV series) (sound facility supervisor - 1 episode)
Bono and The Edge: Off the Record (2006) (sound facility supervisor)
 
2006 Battle Zone (Video Game) (sound facility)
 
2006 North Mission Road (TV series) (sound facility - 2 episodes)
Tuned Out (2006) (sound facility)
The Mysterious Bullets (2006) (sound facility)
 
2006 Blade: The Series (TV series) (post-production sound supervisor - 6 episodes)
Conclave (2006) (post-production sound supervisor)
Monsters (2006) (post-production sound supervisor)
Hunters (2006) (post-production sound supervisor)
Angels & Demons (2006) (post-production sound supervisor)
Turn of the Screw (2006) (post-production sound supervisor)
 
2006 Superman Returns (ADR facility)
 
2005-2006 Punk'd (TV series) (sound facility - 28 episodes)
Episode #7.8 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #7.7 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #7.6 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #7.5 (2006) (sound facility)
Episode #7.2 (2006) (sound facility)
 
2006 Covert One: The Hades Factor (TV series) (sound facility)
 
2006 Free Ride (TV series) (sound facility - 6 episodes)
Who Let the Nate Dog Out? (2006) (sound facility)
Amber Alert (2006) (sound facility)
Procrasti-Nating (2006) (sound facility)
Colon Blow (to the Head) (2006) (sound facility)
Up the Aunty (2006) (sound facility)
 
2005-2006 NCIS (TV series) (ADR facility - 3 episodes)
Light Sleeper (2006) (ADR facility - uncredited)
Boxed In (2006) (ADR facility - uncredited)
Frame Up (2005) (ADR facility - uncredited)
 
2006 Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (video) (sound facility supervisor)
 
2002-2006 Cops (TV series) (sound facility - 2 episodes)
Coast to Coast (2006) (sound facility)
Mardi Gras '02 (2002) (sound facility)
 
2005/I Higher Ground (documentary) (sound facility)
 
2002-2005 The Osbournes (TV series) (sound facility - 35 episodes)
A Farewell to Ozz (2005) (sound facility)
Hawaii Five Ozz (2005) (sound facility)
Valentine Daze (2004) (sound facility)
The English Patient (2004) (sound facility)
Return of the Ring (2004) (sound facility)
 
2005 Our Burden Is Light (foley mixer, sound effects mixer)
 
2000-2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series) (sound facility - 38 episodes)
The Survivor (2004) (sound facility - uncredited)
Wandering Bear (2004) (sound facility - uncredited)
The Surrogate (2004) (sound facility - uncredited)
The Car Pool Lane (2004) (sound facility - uncredited)
The 5 Wood (2004) (sound facility - uncredited)
 
2003 Beef (documentary) (sound supervisor: post-production)
 
2002 Malevolent (sound supervisor)
 
2000 Mirror, Mirror IV: Reflection (ADR recordist, sound re-recording mixer)
 
1998 No Rest for the Wicked (sound mixer - as James E. Lifton)
 
Show ShowProducer (18 titles)
???? Old School Gangstas (producer) (pre-production)
 
2012 Fighting to Forgive (producer) (completed)
 
2012 War Flowers (producer)
 
2011 Bad to the Bone (producer)
 
2010 Blind Sided (producer)
 
2000 Mirror, Mirror IV: Reflection (producer)
 
1998 Mixed Blessings (line producer, producer)
 
1998 Monkey Business (producer)
 
1997 Firestorm (producer)
 
1997 Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (producer - as James Ian Lifton)
 
1996 Assault on Dome 4 (TV movie) (producer)
 
1996 Blood Money (producer - as James Ian Lifton)
 
1996 The Secret Agent Club (producer - as James Ian Lifton)
 
1995 Final Equinox (producer)
 
1995/I Phoenix (producer)
 
1995 Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur (producer)
 
1994 Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance (producer)
 
1990 Mirror Mirror (producer)
 
Show ShowComposer (10 titles)
Show ShowWriter (7 titles)
2012 Honor Killing (short) (writer) (completed)
 
2010 Blind Sided (screenplay)
 
1998 Monkey Business (writer)
 
1997 Firestorm (story)
 
1997 Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (as James Ian Lifton)
 
1995/I Phoenix
 
2000 Mirror, Mirror IV: Reflection (second unit director)
 
1998 Monkey Business (second unit director)
 
1997 Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (second unit director)
 
1995 Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur (second unit director)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1997 Little Cobras: Operation Dalmatian (composer: song "You Make Me Come Alive" - as James Ian Lifton)
 
1987 Kandyland (music video footage courtesy of)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1990 Mirror Mirror (music: "Touching You at Night", "Calling Your Name" / lyrics: "Touching You at Night", "Calling Your Name")
 
1987 Kandyland (writer: "You Make Me Come Alive Scarlet's Dance" / producer: "You Make Me Come Alive Scarlet's Dance")
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1995 Mirror, Mirror III: The Voyeur
Thug with rifle (as James Ian Lifton)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowSpecial Effects (1 title)
1990 Mirror Mirror (special effects supervisor)
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2010/II The Lumberjack (short) (special thanks)
 
2003 Over the Moon (short) (special thanks - as James Lifton)
 
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Alternate Names:

James E. Lifton | James Ian Lifton | James Lifton