Summary

Emmy nominated and multiple Billboard, Telly, New York Festivals, Golden Reel and Communicator award-winning managing producer, writer, researcher, interviewer and performer. Energetic and creative entertainment executive with strong leadership skills.

Credits

1/12 – 1/13

Producer - Writer

Staff Position — Northeast Legal Video Details
1/12 – 1/13

2013 Telly and Golden Reel Award winner for "The Legal Video Experts." Northeast Legal Video is a specialized division of The Intervale Group; see "The Intervale Group" below for more details

1/08 – 12/11

Managing Producer - Head Writer

Staff Position — Armstrong Interactive Details
1/08 – 12/11

"Community Auditions" is a two-time Emmy-winning weekly TV talent competition produced by Armstrong Interactive and broadcast throughout New England on WBZ-TV and other stations. His writing and production work on the show earned a 2009 Emmy nomination.

6/03 – 6/04

Producer-Writer-Host-VO

Staff Position — The Intervale Group Details
6/03 – 6/04

2013 Telly and double Golden Reel Award winner for "We Are Donorworx." 2014 winner for "Stamford: One Great City." 2014 New York Festivals International Radio Programming Silver winner for "The History of Rock 'n' Roll" series. Developed, wrote, produced and directed audio and video/film projects ranging from stop-motion animation to radio and TV programming ("Reserve Cop," "Community Auditions," etc.)., including some multiple Emmy winning programming • Created, wrote, co-produced and co-hosted the 16-episode sketch comedy TV series "Cavalcade". • Created, wrote, co-produced and co-hosted "Showbiz Scrapbook" for National Public Radio. • Co-created, wrote and produced comedy videos ("The Talent Show," "It Happened in Egypt," "Invasion of the Space Nuts," etc.). • Created, programmed, produced and annotated box set concepts for Guideposts Magazine (such as the 4-CD inspirational set "I Believe" and the 4-CD Yuletide collection "The All-Time Greatest Hits of Christmas"). • Created, programmed, wrote and produced the 10 hour Yuletide radio countdown "The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time," hosted by Wink Martindale and syndicated worldwide by Radio Express. The countdown was honored at the 2013 New York Festivals International Radio Programming Awards in Manhattan and in 2014 by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (even though the production is audio only!).

1/03 – 1/04

President

Staff Position — Gary Theroux Productions Details
1/03 – 1/04

Gary Theroux Productions develops and produces entertainment carefully crafted for maximum appeal to predetermined target demos. This entertainment ranges from radio and TV programming to books, live performances and motion picture screenplays.

6/92 – 6/03

Senior Music & Entertainment Editor

Staff Position — Reader's Digest Association Details
6/92 – 6/03

Boosted the worldwide sales of Reader’s Digest Entertainment (RDE) from 3MM to more than 9MM units a year by creating, writing and directing the development and production of over 300 entertainment properties. • Analyzed and restructured RDE’s disparate product departments—books, music, video/film. Successfully streamlined this $100 MM entertainment, telemarketing, and catalogue division by 40%, reducing product development time from nearly a year to a few months and increasing productivity by 20%. RDE, marketing in over 30 countries, grew to account for 60% of RDA’s total corporate income. • As co-founder of and a chief contributor to Reader’s Digest Video, created and wrote many of their best-selling releases, including producing and directing film/video shoots, edits and postproduction of numerous three-hour specials for Disney (Legends of Comedy), PBS (America in the ‘40s) and others. These productions both garnered awards and generated significant ROI for RDE.

3/92 – 6/92

Writer Legends of Comedy: Part 2

Disney Channel — TV
3/92 – 6/92
3/92 – 6/92

Writer Legends of Comedy: Part 1

Disney Channel — TV
3/92 – 6/92
3/92 – 6/92

Editor Legends of Comedy: Part 3

Disney Channel — TV
3/92 – 6/92

Orgs

  • SAG-AFTRA
  • NARAS
  • NATAS
  • American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)

Media

Recos

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Education

Class of '73

Illinois State University

BS/Media (Film/TV/Radio/Print); Business Administration

Skills

  • Post Production
  • Producing
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • music
  • Broadcast
  • Commercials
  • Content Strategy
  • Creative Direction
  • Digital Media
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Film Production
  • Media Production
  • New Media
  • Radio
  • Storytelling
  • Television Production
  • Video
  • Production
  • Screenwriting
  • Scripting
  • Theatre
  • Writing
  • Comedy
  • Sound
  • Audio Editing
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Voice Acting
  • Production Managment
  • Production Management
  • Publicity
  • Creative Writing
  • Multimedia
  • Recording
  • Editorial
  • Music Industry
  • Publishing
  • Acting
  • Audio
  • Creative Development
  • Books
  • Copy Editing
  • Magazines
  • On-air