Summary

Six time Emmy Award winning producer, writer, director. CBS, NBC, Comcast, Discovery, TLC, HGTV, OWN, Nat Geo, Weather Channel, and many more. Reality, documentary, docuseries, competition shows, talk shows, long & short format.

Credits

3/12 – 3/21

Field Producer Dr. Phil (Season 19)

CBS — TV — CBS/Paramount Details
3/12 – 3/21

Freelance field producer, field director, interviewer

2/21 – 2/21

Field Director Voices Magnified (Season 1)

A&E — TV — The Light Details
2/21 – 2/21

Produce Covid-safe on-site shoots, interview and b-roll. On-site technical facilitating to connect interviewee to director via Zoom through a teleprompter and connected to two cameras.

9/20 – 10/20

Field Director Food Network Challenge Reboot (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — High Noon Entertainment Details
9/20 – 10/20

Interview contestants in competition and direct camera shots while they are competing. Develop and nurture stories and relationships.

9/19 – 11/19

Field Director (Story Produced during the competition. Interviewer, director.) Food Network Challenge Reboot (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — High Noon Productions Details
9/19 – 11/19

Produce stories during competition in high stress setting with deadlines. Direct cameras, conduct interviews, take care of talent, produce story sheets.

2/19 – 4/19

Producer (Co-director) Vermilion Digital Agency/Naropa University

Digital — Advertising — Pollak Productions in conjunction with Vermilion Digital and Design Agency Details
2/19 – 4/19

Produce and co-direct commercial from beginning to end, hire crew, oversee post production, secure studio, create set, etc. Commercial plus footage used and edited into various lengths for promotion on social media.

6/18 – 9/18

Producer (Producer, Director, Story Producer) Mental Health Colorado

Digital — Digital — Mental Health Colorado in conjunction with Pollak Productions Details
6/18 – 9/18

Produce, wrote and directed video for Mental Health Colorado through my company Pollak Productions. Pre-Production, production and post production.

5/18 – 6/18

Producer Commercial

Networks and Web — TV — Underscore Films Details
5/18 – 6/18

Pre-Produce and Produce, hire, schedule, location scouting, logistics, for Commercial starring Emmanuel Sanders, Broncos.

11/15 – 12/16

Director Revolocity

American Electric Power — Advertising — Pollak Productions, Inc. Details
11/15 – 12/16

Produced and Directed 4 commercials for American Electric Power's Swepco. 18 person crew/ 3 states.

Unions

  • Producers Guild of America (PGA)

Media

  • Fixer Upper: Visually Enlarge a Small Bathroom with Johanna Gaines

  • Life Changers: Woman Hears for the First Time in 10 Years | Lost and Found | Oprah Winfrey Netwo

Recos

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Education

MFA, National Theatre Conservatory

Theatre

Yale University in Oxford

Summer Certificate

Oberlin Colloege - BA

Liberal Arts

National Outdoor Leadership School

Leadership Course Completed

Skills

  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Storytelling
  • Casting
  • Field Producing
  • Pre-production
  • Theatre
  • Writing
  • Releases
  • Research
  • Budgeting
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Google Docs
  • scheduling
  • story
  • recreations
  • Competition shows
  • Interviewing
  • Story Structure
  • Story Producing
  • Field Directing
  • Google Sheets
  • Segment Producing
  • Google Drive
  • researching
  • Corporate
  • Post Production Supervising
  • string outs
  • On Camera Coaching
  • self starter
  • Talent
  • Talk Shows
  • Corporate Videos
  • Rough cuts
  • Marketing Videos
  • Vocal Coaching
  • Covid shooting
  • Delverables
  • Orginal Content
  • Character Based Storytelling
  • Teleprompter coaching for Talent
  • Direct VO