Fred Weinberg (né Manfredo Weinberg; born 30 December 1942 Colombia) is an American composer, producer, sound designer, and founder of Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc.
While attending college, he was hired by a small recording studio in Manhattan named Mastertone, where he started his training as a sound engineer. Weinberg later moved on to A & R Recording, where he worked under the tutelage of engineer-producer and owner of A & R Recording, the late Phil Ramone. After a stint at National Recording Studios, also in New York, Fred became a freelance engineer-producer and composer for many artists, particularly Latin American artists with whom he has strong bonds of musicianship and friendship.
Weinberg began his own company, Fred Weinberg Productions, Inc. in the late 1970s, and Worldwide Music Partners, LLC in 2011, which produces live shows.
Weinberg has over 28 Clio Awards for advertising excellence, and an Emmy for sound design work for Discovery Channel's Carrier, Fortress At Sea. A Grammy Lifetime award for over 50 years of membership. Work includes projects ranging from analyzing The Watergate Tapes, to working with many film makers and artists including Woody Allen and his movie, What's Up, Tiger Lily? Paramount Pictures Rosemary's Baby, and artists including Jose Feliciano, Little Anthony, Cal Tjader, Jimmy Smith, Mongo Santamaria, La Lupe, Eddie Palmieri, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Dreams. Candido Camero and projects which were featured on Billboard magazine's "Hot 100," including "Sugar Sugar", "I Like It Like That," "Watermelon Man," "Be My Baby," "Going Out of My Head."