Steven D. Smith

Production accountant for scripted Podcast featuring SAG-AFTRA talent. Duties include processing payroll, managing accounts payable and generating cost reports.

Track budget, Create Cash Flow, Review & Edit Cost Reports, Hire Crews, Set-up Shoots, Administer Payroll & Insurance, Help Manage Network Deliverables, Hire Narrator, Initiate Title Report and Legal Opinion, etc.

Track Budget, process payroll, oversee hiring full-size crew for scripted six episode series filmed on-location in the LA area.

Set-up reenactment shoot, oversaw payroll, insurance, hiring crew, tracking budget, deliverables, etc. Was also AD on-set for shoot..

Booked crews, equipment and travel. Real-time budget tracking. Cost reports. Management of insurance, payroll and network deliverables. Also took Production Stills using my Canon 5D camera.

Oversaw prep, 2 months of filming on-location, and supervised post. Help set-up Tax Incentive Rebate. Day-to-day responsibilities included: process payroll and file worker comp incident reports, manage insurance and file multiple damage claims, hire staff and book equipment, track budget and schedules, weekly cost reports, and manage Network deliverables.

General Line Producer duties, including setting-up production base-camp in Houston, and consulting and assisting sending cast and crew to China (for the adoption episode).

Helped create budgets and schedules for pitching the show to the network. During production, real-time budget tracking (cost accounting) and Network Cost Reports (including variance and reconciliation reports).. Managed payroll, insurance and network deliverables.

Helped create budgets and schedules for pitching the show to the network. During production, real-time budget tracking (cost accounting) and Network Cost Reports (including variance and reconciliation reports).. Managed payroll, insurance and network deliverables.

Real-time budget tracking (cost accounting) and Network Cost Reports (including variance and reconciliation reports).. Managed payroll, insurance and network deliverables.

Million Dollar Listing follows the lives of three of Los Angeles' hottest, young, and aggressive real estate magnates in the making as they make a fortune selling multi-million dollar properties in the most exclusive neighborhoods –- Hollywood, Malibu and Beverly Hills.

Budgets, schedules, booked crews, tracked budget, management of deliverables.

Budgets, schedules, booked crews, tracked budget, management of deliverables.

Segment Produced story (researched story ideas and booked interviewees). Booked shoots including crews and travel. On location for shoot, taking care of petty cash, payroll and location liaison. Management of budget, production and post schedules and network deliverables.

Segment Produced story (researched story ideas and booked interviewees). Booked shoots including crews and travel. On location for shoot, taking care of petty cash, payroll and location liaison. Management of budget, production and post schedules and network deliverables.

Research story ideas, book interviewees, crew and shoot. Track shooting budget. Budget and clear stock footage and stills, and support story producer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Hired staff and crew. Manage budget, schedule, payroll and network deliverables. Real-time budget tracking. Review and approve internal cost reports and network variance reports.

Hire crew and book talent (interviewees and reenactors) for selected episodes. Schedule shoots and book travel for selected episodes. Track production budget for series.

Research story ideas, book interviewees, crew and shoot. Track shooting budget. Budget and clear stock footage and stills, and support story producer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Hire crew and book talent (interviewees and reenactors) for selected episodes. Schedule shoots and book travel for selected episodes. Track production budget for series.

Research story ideas, book interviewees, crew and shoot. Set-up reenactment shoots (including casting, location scouting, and pulling props). Track shooting budget. Budget and clear stock footage and stills, and support story producer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Research story ideas, book interviewees and shoot that filmed in Greece, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt. Supervised crew on-location, and tracked shooting budget. Set-up and produce reenactments (including casting, pulling props, booking locations and stages, etc.). Support writer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Book interviewees and interview shoots. Supervised crew on-location, and tracked shooting budget. Managed payroll. Set-up and produce reenactments (including casting, pulling props, booking locations and stages, etc.). Support writer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Research story ideas, book interviewees and shoots. Supervised crew on-location, and tracked shooting budget. Conducted (directed) some interviews and b-roll shoots. Support writer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Research story ideas, book interviewees and shoot that filmed in Egypt for four weeks. Supervised crew on-location, and tracked shooting budget. Set-up and produce reenactments (including casting, pulling props, booking locations and stages, etc.). Support writer and editor through post process. Manage network deliverables.

Sherpa, Focus Puller, Behind-The-Scenes Photographer and assistant to the Line Producer. Helped set-up 8 separate week-long shoots over a 2 year span. Lived with crew during shoots, both in cozy hotels and in the bush at 10,000 foot elevation. Walked and hiked while being paid. It was great!

Help writer with story research, book talent and filming locations (including the Ryman Auditorium and the Grande Ole Opry). Hire crew, book travel, production manage shoot on-location, obtain signatures on personal and location releases. Acquire and clear stock footage and stills, research facts and footnotes, package network deliverables.

Producer of the clip segment of the title sequence for Miss Piggy's TV show "UFO Mania." I located and gathered clips to show the film's director Tim Hill. I set-up a video edit session with the director, then cleared the clips that were selected for the segment.

Research and pitch story ideas. Book interviewees, travel and crew. Create shoot itineraries. Set-up reenactment shoots (manage casting, wardrobe, locations, props, etc.). Acquire and clear stock footage and stills. Track production budget. Assist writer/director through post process. Create rights bibles for episodes.

Research story ideas, book interviewees, locations, crews and travel, set-up shoots, and create shooting schedule. Set-up reenactment shoots, including casting talent, pulling (or hiring some to pull) wardrobe & props, securing locations, scheduling shoots, acting as AD on-set, Acquired and cleared stock footage and stills. Made an occasional cameo as needed.

Research and pitch story ideas, pre-interview and screen potential on-camera interviewees, fact-check scripts, acquire and clear stock footage and stills.

Book travel and crew. Create shoot itineraries. Set-up reenactment shoots. Acquire and clear stock footage and stills. Track production budget. Assist writer/director through post process. Create rights bibles.

Manage stock footage / clearance department for 2 seasons. Negotiated rates and licensing contracts. Generated budgets for stock footage. Worked closely with legal department for all issues relating to appearance releases, music, stock footage, film and TV show clips and stills licensing.