Frank Posillico is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer, cinematographer, and journalist based in New York City.
Currently, he works as a Senior Producer at Cheddar News where he oversees production on Original Series for Cheddar News and News 12.
Frank’s work has won several Emmy Awards, a Deadline Club Award, a New York Press Club Award, a Florida News Award, a National Edward R. Murrow Award as well as several Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Frank has also worked at Spectrum News (NY1) where he produced and shot documentary and news video for the network's 30+ stations. Frank was also the Senior Video Producer at the New York Daily News, where he worked to re-launch the department. He helped lead breaking news video operations, developed editorial plans, and produced a wide variety of short and longform documentaries.
Frank is on the Board of Governors of the Deadline Club, a member of The Video Consortium, and a member of the Stony Brook University School of Communications and Journalism alumni board.
In his spare time he enjoys travel, hiking, and being outdoors. He just as equally enjoys a good movie, a good book, a good coffee, and a good glass of whiskey.
Awards
- Central Great Lakes Emmy Award, Bracing the Blow of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer (2022)
- New England Emmy Award, Trawls and Throttles: Maine’s Lobster Boat Races (2022)
- New England Emmy Award, On Island Beauty, A Buried Story of How Maine Exiled a Thriving Fishing Village (2022)
- Suncoast Emmy Award, Street Level: Tamiami Trail (2021)
- New York Emmy Award, Lives Lost (2021)
- New York Emmy Award, Street Level, Brooklyn Heights Promenade (2021)
- New York Emmy Award, Black LGBTQ Christians Find a Home in a Harlem House of Worship (2021)
- Florida News Awards, Street Level Orlando (2021)
- Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Street Level: Tamiami Trail (2021)
- Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Exploring Your Health: Vaccine Reluctance - A History of Abuse Breeds Mistrust (2021)
- Regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Street Level: Finding a Home in a Harlem House of Worship (2021)
- National Edward R. Murrow Award, Street Level Northern Blvd. (2020)
- Deadline Club Award, Street Level Victory Blvd. (2020)
- New York Press Club Award, Street Level Series (2020)
- New York Emmy Award, Maintaining the National September 11 Memorial: How Workers Protect the Names of the Dead (2020)
- New York Emmy Award, Street Level 7th Ave. (2020)
- New York Emmy Award, Street Level Northern Blvd. (2020)
- Best Made in Coney Island Award, 17th Annual Coney Island Film Festival, Cyclone: 90 Years of History on Wheels (2017)