Kevin Lezak

Worked with executives and ensemble cast to shoot story arcs, character beats and food demos for six episodes of “Untitled Smollet Family Docu-Soap.” Wrote creative outline and detailed beat sheets that served as shooting scripts and co-directed camera on set. Produced to connect and progress situational story lines. Wrote and shot scenes/segments based on characters’ strong personal tastes, story and food. Interviewed and provided cast sound bites to link scenes together for post.

Developed, produced and directed Southern At Heart with Damaris Phillips, a Food Network cooking series starring a Kentucky-based chef currently airing its fifth season. Hired to show run and help define look and feel of the series and led the producing team to shoot and edit more than 50 verité and story driven, half hour episodes shot principally in Louisville, where Chef Damaris charms hearts with achievable recipes and infectious spirit. Orchestrated pre-production creative, planning and all shooting in studio and field locations. Advised on creative design of titles, graphics and selection of music. Supervised edits and managed all network notes and delivery of episode masters and promotional materials.

Developed, directed and executive produced the all-dessert based digital series for the Holidays, Duff’s Sweet Spot with Chef Duff Goldman. Key hire to deliver series built on talent’s personality, stories and recipes. Created look and feel for the series and supervised or managed every aspect of its production and edit through delivery.

Created, developed and directed more than 150 episodes of Chow Ciao! with Fabio Viviani, a personality-driven original series streaming comfort food with an Italian twist. Defined look and feel of the show and was directly accountable for its content. Managed video play-lists, wrote and published series blog. Grew and managed out-of-network and social media strategies and campaigns. Worked directly with Yahoo Ad Sales to pitch branded sponsorship opportunities. Created key words for search engine optimization. Wrote and programmed click-bait headlines.

Developed and produced 29 broadcast episodes of Hungry Girl with Lisa Lillien. Key hire to creatively structure and deliver series based on Lisa’s popular brand and blog. Imagined and produced show concepts, wrote scripts and culinary breakdowns, orchestrated team personnel with three other executives. Hired staff, supervised and managed post production and delivery.

Produced original video content for the Branded Entertainment division of Disney online. Instrumental in scripting, budgeting, location-scouting, maintaining talent relationships, production workflow, vendor selection and hiring principal vendor and crew positions to deliver content exclusive to Disney and its affiliates. Key video producer for the following milestone series: Kodak’s Summer at Sea, Jim Henson’s The Possibility Shop with Courtney Watkins, Solution Street, Disney’s Friends for Change, Hasty Tasty Cooking Tips With Cat Cora and The Muppets and The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora.