Paul Backer

Seasons 24, 25, 26 - 39 episodes Coordinating over 115 field shoots, hiring local crews (PAs, Camera Operators, Audio Engineers) in Seattle, Chicago, Miami and NYC, creating and distributing call sheets, handling vendors and gear rentals, booking production vehicles and crew travel, managing crew timecards and start paperwork, reconciling petty cash and credit card purchases

Seasons 21, 22, 23 - 39 episodes Hired PAs, created and distributed call sheets, booked travel for crew, handled gear rentals and vendors, ordered crew meals, managed time cards, reconciled petty cash and credit card purchases

Logged story notes for cooking rounds and cook/mentor meetings. Notes were given to producers for interviews.

Seasons 18, 19, 20 - 39 Episodes Compile story notes for contestant interviews and cooking rounds, log cooking rounds and create select logs, cold open logs, food beauty logs and provide chef description notes to editors

Booked production vehicles, organized crew meals, managed walkie talkie distribution

Assisted associate producers on daily tasks, coordinated storage runs and managed production receipts

Distributed daily tapes to editors, organized craft service runs, performed lockups

Created and handled production and walkie-talkie binders

Logged interviews with Mike Tyson and Spike Lee discussing Mike Tyson’s Broadway show

Managed organize distribution of walkie-talkies and surveillances, set up challenges during field location shoots and flash challenges

Created maps and distributed information to production crews during filming of musicians performing Game of Thrones theme song at various locations throughout New York City

Provided instructions and supervised Selita Ebanks’ family before they appeared on camera

Assisted associate producers on daily tasks, coordinated storage runs and managed production receipts

Drove picture vehicles for family departure scenes, set up and broke down production equipment

Conducted interviews with cast for online content

Assisted with hiring of cast members and writing of pilot script

Handled hiring of vendors and production assistants, wrote call sheets and managed budget

Wrote interview segments, gathered video game footage and made final editing decisions

Production Intern - Gathered footage, logged footage

Production Intern - Logged live games, wrote shot sheets