Biography

Rob Nokes, was a managing partner of Sound Dogs LA from 1995-2002, and then went solo with Sounddogs until 2019 when he sold the company to Sound Ideas. Throughout the 2000's and 2010's he was the Supervising Sound Editor for all episodes of the Fox series, Bones, in addition to feature films like Miracle, Planes, and Just Friends. Since 2007 he has worked on Korean features as a SFX Supervisor / Designer, most notably Kundo and Along With The Gods.

Since 2016 he has received five Cinema Audio Society Award nominations for his development of Absentia DX and Actors Mobile ADR. He also developed a quad wheel ADR robot, which is still used at Todd-AO as of 2022. In 2017, he entered into a partnership with Deluxe at 900 Seward St. LA, to manage the ADR stage as Todd-AO, a legendary trademark he acquired in 2014 with the acquisition of the Todd-Soundelux sound libraries. As of 2020, he co-produced a Uruguayan feature film titled, Virus 32.

As of this writing, Rob is the Supervising Sound Editor on a Lionsgate feature titled Are You There God, It Is Me Margaret.
- IMDb mini biography by: Todd-AO

Rob Nokes is a veteran sound professional with extensive experience in sound editing, design, and technology development.

Notable Sound Supervision Work: Supervising Sound Editor for "Ella McCay" (2024-2025) for James L. Brooks and 20th Century Studios Supervising Sound Editor for "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" (Lionsgate) Supervising Sound Editor for all episodes of Fox's "Bones" series Supervising Feature film credits including "Miracle," "Planes," and "Just Friends" SFX Supervisor/Designer for Korean features since 2007, including "Kundo" and "Along With The Gods"

Field Sound Recordist: a notable Field Sound Effects Recordist

Business Leadership: CEO the reformed Todd-AO 2017-2024 Partnered with Deluxe at 900 Seward St. LA in 2017-2024 to manage the ADR stage Founder and owner of Sounddogs (1996-2019, sold to Sound Ideas) Acquired Todd-AO trademark in 2014 through Todd-Soundelux sound libraries acquisition Managing Partner of Sound Dogs LA (1995-2002)

Technical Innovation: Developer of Absentia DX, Actors Mobile ADR, BG Builder, and Speech to Speech Services Created quad wheel ADR robot (in use at Todd-AO from 2016-2024) Received five Cinema Audio Society Award nominations since 2016 for technical development.

Additional Projects: Executive producer of Uruguayan feature film "Virus 32" (2020)
- IMDb mini biography by: Todd-AO

Worked on the Mendelson Television crew that pioneered Off-track betting in North America, 1986.