Ferrante worked as sound recordist on the television series Secrets of Midland Heights (1980-1981), Dallas (1981-1989), Knots Landing (1981-1992), and Falcon Crest (1981-1983), the drama Risky Business (1983), the adventure The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the science fiction film Night of the Comet (1984, starring Robert Beltran), the action comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984), the action sequel Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), the action drama Code of Silence (1985), and the drama Quicksilver (1986).