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Director (Live & Live to Tape):

  • Kennedy (Show launch – Fox Business Network)

  • The Independents (Show launch - Fox Business Network)

  • 2012 + 2014 Election Night Broadcasts (Lead Director - Fox Business Network)

  • Cavuto (Fox Business Network)

  • Closing Bell / After the Bell (Show launch - Fox Business Network)

  • The Willis Report (Show relaunch - Fox Business Network)

  • Markets Now (Show relaunch - Fox Business Network)

  • Various Specials (Fox Business Network)

  • ABC News Now (ABC News)

  • PIX Morning News (WPIX-TV)

  • PIX News at Six / PIX News at Ten (WPIX-TV)

  • Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff (Discovery Channel / ABC News)

  • Sprint Power View (IMG Media) – Sports, and Entertainment update shows / music magazines for mobile content

  • Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman (PBS / Syndicated) – Senior Director 2002-2007

  • Festival Dailies (Sundance Channel)

  • Speak Up USA (Link TV)

  • Bridges to Baghdad (MTV Networks)

  • The World Says No to War (Link TV / FSTV)

  • Live from Downtown (WNYE / PBS)

  • Access Democracy: Smack Down Your Vote (WWF / DCTV)

  • Fox News Channel (Directing Trainee, 1997-1998)

 

Director (Documentary):

  • Rediscovering the Map (Deutsche Grammophon / Parnassus Productions)

  • 24 Frame News (Sundance Channel)

  • Sonic Cinema (Sundance Channel)

  • DocDay (Sundance Channel)

  • 4/4 (Four Oaks Productions)

 

Associate Director (Live & Live to Tape):

  • Good Morning America Weekend (ABC News / Directors: Lily Olszewski, Tony Barrett)

  • The Seven (MTV Networks / Director: Lily Olszewski)

  • Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff (Discovery Channel / ABC News, Director: Tom Wisnosky)

 

Segment / Field Producer:

  • Egg, the Arts Show (WNET/Thirteen, Syndicated)

  • The Al Franken Show (Sundance Channel)

  • TV 411 (WNET/Thirteen, Syndicated)

 

Awards:

  • 2003 NY Emmy: Access Democracy: Smackdown Your Vote!

  • 2004 NY Emmy: I.M.N.Y.

  • Alliance for Community Media: 1st Place – Performing Arts – Live from Downtown

  • Aurora Awards (Gold Award: Musical Variety Category): Live from Downtown

 

Skills:

  • Directing live, multi-camera, fast-paced, graphics-intense, playback-heavy news, magazine and entertainment shows

  • Proven experience in conceptualizing, launching and re-branding shows from concept to completion

  • Conceiving and developing new graphics packages, blocking and lighting sets

  • Coordinating and supervising crews of various sizes

  • Supervising pre-production and post-production for live and taped shows

  • Newsroom Software: iNews, ENPS, Opus

  • Outstanding work as a liaison between production executives and technical crews

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