wayne barbin

Built operation & led production for CliffsNotes’ first use of video - series of 30 shorts, immersing young adults in a STEM job for a day, with the goal of motivating h.s. students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math. Supervised all editorial/creative; ran post; managed budget and schedules.

Sizzle reel, concept and pitch packet (series one-sheet; episode descriptions; episode script; episode format and logistics) for hidden-camera series on human behavior. Two networks interested.

Helped to expand new creative agency/production studio within Johnson & Johnson; produced consumer- targeted shorts; working toward opening location in Asia-Pacific, Europe, or Latin America.

Built operation to produce all interstitials (120 x 2:00) each week for newly-launched health and wellness network owned by Zee TV. Created all systems and processes and produced all interstitials. Now producing 140 interstitials/week.

Produced pilot, "Disease Detectives." Executive Producer / co-producer of “The Oz Files” – series of three specials based on “YOU: Staying Young,” written by Dr.’s Mehmet Oz and Michael Roizen. Produced Discovery’s segments for “AccentHealth,” nation’s largest health education network.

Managed production for multiple projects including development, budgeting, scheduling, quality control, casting, shoots, creative, scripting, post-production, delivery, client relations. Completed more than 40 long form shows for Discovery Communications. Showrunner for Discovery Channel CME (Continuing Medical Education) franchise with annual budget of approximately $2M/revenues of up to $8M per year.

Wrote, produced directed, managed internationally-distributed “Hope To Fight For”, narrated by Tom Hanks, feat. Bono & others in support of the Global Fund. Directed and produced “Art. Ask For More”, series of shorts and long form program for The Arts Network. Included Caroline Kennedy, David Rockefeller, artist Chuck Close and more.

Built Washington, D.C. start-up operation for the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Produced and directed more than 30 episodes of “Hispanics Today”, a weekly national newsmagazine program targeting the English-speaking Hispanic population. Hired and managed production team and created and supervised all production schedules.