Biography
Culver City, CA- Amazon Studios has tapped Frank Salinas as Head of Unscripted Post Production, US, Expansion Territories and Specialty (Live & Near Live). Salinas will be responsible for overseeing and managing post-production delivery for unscripted content to Prime Video. He will be based at the Amazon Studios newly built office in Culver City California. OTT distribution with a core understanding of post-production workflows, Salinas has extensive knowledge of traditional distribution and localization on a variety of platforms.
A native of Southern California, Salinas holds a degree in film studies from Cal State Northridge with a focus on multimedia. His tenure in the entertainment business includes positions at Viacom Networks under the Los Angeles MTV News Bureau where he spent over 4+ years working under the production management division at MTV News covering all aspects of news, entertainment, music, pop culture and political platforms. From budgeting and pre-production, editorial, localization, mastering, and final delivery Frank has an excellent understanding on the entire production to post process.
Salinas's broad range of experience encompasses both large and small-scale productions, which includes work on The Golden Globes, The Grammy's, MTV Movie Awards and the VMA's, while serving as VP of Post-Production and Operations at 25/7 Productions. He has worked as Supervising Producer on ABC's The Vineyard, CBS's The Briefcase, NBC Universal series S.T.R.O.N.G and most recently on the Netflix series The Ultimate Beastmaster and Fearless that was recently nominated for a multiple sports Emmy that included editing, sound design, and GFX. Additional experience includes working as Supervising Producer & Post Producer on a variety of projects for Film 45, Endemol/Reveille/Shine America, RDF/Zodiac USA, and Next Entertainment. Possessing the technical knowledge required in today's changing world of deliverables, Salinas has delivered shows to all the major networks including ABC, NBC, CBS as well as OTT's Amazon and Netflix. Prior to making the leap to Amazon Studios Salinas worked at STX Entertainment.
With a passion for modern day storytelling, Salinas prides himself on working with some of the smartest, most talented creative minded people in the business. With a true love for editorial and the craft of story and character development, he stays true to what he loves.
He is an active member of SMPTE community, The Television Academy, Film Independent and has been a member of the Producers Guild of America for over 10 years. Most recently Frank has been accepted to the Board of Directors for the Imagen Foundation.
