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Crystal Bahmaie

Los Angeles, CA

http://staffmeup.com/profile/cbahmaie

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Summary

Message

I am an experienced showrunner, producer, director and writer who loves being on set, in the field and can take the show all the way through post.

Credits

11/23 – Current

Series Producer (Director) – Bite

YouTube — Digital — Kin Community Details

11/23 – Current

Ran a new show for Gordon Ramsay's YouTube channel "Bite."

3/23 – 9/23

Supervising Producer (and Director ) – The Curious Chef (Season 2)

Tastemade — Digital — Tastemade Details

3/23 – 9/23

Took the show from casting through post.

9/22 – 1/23

Supervising Story Producer – Love Without Borders (Season 1)

Bravo — TV — Kinetic Content

9/22 – 1/23

5/22 – 7/22

Producer – Play Doh Squished (Season 1)

Prime Video — TV — Entertainment One Details

5/22 – 7/22

Handled interviews with kids, grown ups and everything in between. Story tracking, note taking, creative brainstorming and managing schedules.

3/22 – 5/22

Supervising Producer (and Director) – Big Appetite (Season 1)

Hulu — Digital — The Hundreds

3/22 – 5/22

11/21 – 1/22

Story Producer – 90 Day Fiance: The Single Life (Season 2)

Discovery+ — TV — Sharp Entertainment

11/21 – 1/22

9/21 – 11/21

Showrunner – Cookshop

Eko — Digital — Eko

9/21 – 11/21

5/21 – 9/21

Story Producer – Married At First Sight (Season 13)

Lifetime — TV — Kinetic Content Details

5/21 – 9/21

Stringing out scenes in the AVID, managing the edit, writing VO, and getting to know the 10 act format.

2/21 – 4/21

Co-Executive Producer (CoEP) – Tiny Food Fight (Season 1)

Discovery+ — TV — Beyond Productions

2/21 – 4/21

9/20 – 2/21

Showrunner – Shortcut Chef

Eko — Digital — Beyond Productions

9/20 – 2/21

4/20 – 11/20

Showrunner – Mystery Basket

Eko — Digital — Beyond Productions Details

4/20 – 11/20

I ran this show from production through episode delivery. Came up with creative, wrote scripts, came up with challenges and food, found and worked with talent.

7/20 – 9/20

Supervising Producer – Holiday Wars (Season 2)

Food Network — TV — Super Delicious

7/20 – 9/20

3/20 – 4/20

Supervising Producer – Dinner Party

Hulu — TV — Vox Media Studios Details

3/20 – 4/20

Shutdown due to Covid.

10/19 – 12/19

Supervising Story Producer – The Sims Spark'd

BuzzFeed — Digital — Electronic Arts

10/19 – 12/19

8/19 – 9/19

Supervising Producer – Bakeaway Camp (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — Triage Entertainment

8/19 – 9/19

6/19 – 9/19

Story Producer – Family Restaurant Rivals (Season 2)

Food Network — TV — Scripps Networks

6/19 – 9/19

3/19 – 6/19

Producer – Halloween Cake Off (Season 1)

Food Network — TV

3/19 – 6/19

4/19 – 5/19

Field Producer – Cake Off (Season 3)

Food Network — TV — Simple Alien Details

4/19 – 5/19

Producer on set and in the field on this cake making competition show.

6/18 – 4/19

Writer – Various Branded Content

YouTube — Digital — Fullscreen

6/18 – 4/19

Supervising Producer (Director ) – Various Branded Content

YouTube — Digital — Fullscreen Details

6/18 – 4/19

Producing and directing a series of branded videos.

1/19 – 2/19

Supervising Producer – Santa’s Baking Blizzard (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — Turncard TV

1/19 – 2/19

9/18 – 12/18

Producer – The Purpose Project (Season 1)

YouTube — Digital — Tastemade Details

9/18 – 12/18

Found people and cool projects around the US, set up their shoots, then traveled to them and made their segments.

8/18 – 9/18

Producer – Food Truck Nation (Season 1)

Cooking Channel — TV — MAK Pictures

8/18 – 9/18

1/18 – 6/18

Writer – MasterChef Junior (Season 7)

Fox — TV — Endemol Shine North America Details

1/18 – 6/18

Writing and producing the new seasons of Masterchef and Masterchef Jr for Fox. Writing host copy, VO, wrap arounds and challenge intros. Coming up with challenges.

1/18 – 3/18

Producer – Masterchef (Season 9)

Fox — TV — Endemol Shine North America

1/18 – 3/18

8/17 – 2/18

Story Producer – Bug Juice (Season 1)

Disney Channel — TV — Evolution Media

8/17 – 2/18

6/17 – 8/17

Senior Field Producer (Director) – Chopped (Season 35)

Food Network — TV — notional

6/17 – 8/17

5/17 – 6/17

Story Producer (Writer) – Ridiculous Cakes (Pilot)

Food Network — TV — Tremendous! Entertainment

5/17 – 6/17

1/17 – 2/17

Producer – Science Journal by Google (Season 1)

YouTube — Digital Details

1/17 – 2/17

Produced an educational web series for Google.

8/16 – 10/16

Story Producer – Give (Season 1)

NBC — TV — Bungalow Media Details

8/16 – 10/16

Writing VO copy, supervising VO sessions, stringing out scenes in the AVID, going through hours and hours of footage to craft scenes.

3/16 – 7/16

Supervising Producer (Director) – Cook That! (Season 1)

Go90 — Digital — AwesomenessTV Details

3/16 – 7/16

Helped develop a new show for the digital space with AwesomenessTV. Handled writing, challenges, culinary, graphics and even casting the episodes. Then I directed them and supervised them through post to delivery.

4/16 – 4/16

Writer – Untitled Kel Mitchell Project

Cooking Channel — TV — Collins Avenue Details

4/16 – 4/16

Handled the writing, the research and throwing out jokes live during the shoot. As well as keeping talent prepared and ready.

2/16 – 2/16

Field Producer – Prom Project (Season 1)

YouTube — TV — Fullscreen Details

2/16 – 2/16

Managed set, corralled many teenagers and kept them on task, conducting cast interviews, writing thorough interview questions and sending notes to post. Researched prom topics as well as YouTube influencers.

11/15 – 12/15

Story Producer – Junk Food Flip (Season 2)

Cooking Channel — TV — Lion Television Details

11/15 – 12/15

Story produced two episodes on the Avid. Stringing out acts and writing interview questions and bites for pick ups on the fly. Researching nutritional and culinary facts. Completed episodes under tight deadlines.

10/15 – 12/15

Supervising Producer – Christmas at Bobby's

Food Network — TV — Rock Shrimp Productions Details

10/15 – 12/15

Took the Food Network Holiday Special from set through delivery. Stringing out in the AVID, managing a small team of myself and a editor through the process. Making the show fun and informative as the network requested.

4/15 – 10/15

Supervising Story Producer – Top Chef (Season 13)

Bravo — TV — Bravo Media Details

4/15 – 10/15

Managed the story team, kept track of all story arcs over the course of the season and finale, took many notes for post and interviews, wrote thorough interview questions and conducted cast interviews. Managed all of the paperwork going to post and kept track of recipes and challenges.

7/15 – 8/15

Head Writer – Y&R

Ball Park Brand — Advertising Details

7/15 – 8/15

Wrote host copy, comedy and historical segments, as well recipes and cooking segments for a live stunt that lasted for more than 30 hours and culminated in setting a world record.

3/15 – 4/15

Supervising Producer (Director) – Breaking Story (Pilot)

TV — Bernero Productions

3/15 – 4/15

1/15 – 2/15

Producer – Cutthroat Kitchen (Season 9)

Food Network — TV — Embassy Row

1/15 – 2/15

11/14 – 12/14

Producer – All-Star Academy (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — Relativity Media

11/14 – 12/14

10/14 – 10/14

Story Producer – Best New Restaurant (Season 1)

Bravo — TV — One Potato Two Potato/Rumpole

10/14 – 10/14

7/14 – 10/14

Field Producer – Cutthroat Kitchen (Season 6)

Food Network — TV — Embassy Row

7/14 – 10/14

5/14 – 7/14

Senior Producer (Director) – Cook Like a Pro (Season 1)

Bon Appetit Digital — Digital — Jane Street Entertainment

5/14 – 7/14

11/13 – 12/13

Producer (Set) – America's Best Cook (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — Relativity Media

11/13 – 12/13

6/13 – 9/13

Senior Producer (Seasons 18, 19 and 20) – Chopped (Season 18)

Food Network — TV — notional

6/13 – 9/13

3/13 – 5/13

Writer – Nick Studio 10 (Season 1)

Nickelodeon — TV Details

3/13 – 5/13

Writing for a daily interstitial comedy show for kids on Nickelodeon.

11/12 – 11/12

Senior Producer (Set) – Chopped (Season 15)

Food Network — TV — notional Details

11/12 – 11/12

On set producer for competition, cast interviews and research.

8/12 – 11/12

Field Producer – Chopped (Season 15)

Food Network — TV — notional Details

8/12 – 11/12

Traveling and making bio packages for the chefs competing on seasons 15,16 and 17 of Chopped.

7/12 – 8/12

Senior Producer – Cupcake Wars (Season 7)

Food Network — TV — Super Delicious Details

7/12 – 8/12

Senior Producer on set.

4/12 – 6/12

Story Producer – United States Of Bacon (Season 1)

Discovery — TV — Sharp Entertainment

4/12 – 6/12

1/12 – 4/12

Field Producer – Natural Born Sellers (Season 1)

HGTV — TV

1/12 – 4/12

11/11 – 3/12

Senior Producer (Senior Set) – Chopped (Season 12)

Food Network — TV

11/11 – 3/12

9/11 – 11/11

Field Producer – Natural Born Sellers (Pilot)

HGTV — TV — Asylum Entertainment

9/11 – 11/11

8/11 – 9/11

Story Producer – Next Great Baker (Season 2)

TLC — TV

8/11 – 9/11

5/11 – 8/11

Field Producer – Cake Boss: Next Great Baker (Season 2)

TLC — TV — High Noon Entertainment

5/11 – 8/11

3/11 – 5/11

Senior Producer – Chopped (Season 9)

Food Network — TV — City Lights Television

3/11 – 5/11

2/11 – 4/11

Field Producer – Chopped (Season 10)

Food Network — TV — City Lights Television

2/11 – 4/11

1/11 – 4/11

Senior Producer – Chopped (Season 8)

Food Network — TV — City Lights Television

1/11 – 4/11

11/10 – 2/11

Story Producer – Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes

OWN

11/10 – 2/11

8/10 – 10/10

Segment Producer – It's Me Or The Dog

Animal Planet

8/10 – 10/10

12/09 – 3/10

Associate Producer – Hell's Kitchen (Season 7)

Fox — TV — A. Smith & Co. Productions

12/09 – 3/10

10/09 – 2/10

Field Producer – Chopped (Season 1)

Food Network — TV — City Lights Television

10/09 – 2/10

1/09 – 4/09

Associate Producer – Hell's Kitchen (Season 6)

Fox — TV — A. Smith & Co. Productions

1/09 – 4/09

1/09 – 3/09

Story Producer – Hell's Kitchen (Season 5)

Fox — TV — A. Smith & Co. Productions

1/09 – 3/09

7/08 – 10/08

Associate Producer – Hell's Kitchen (Season 5)

Fox — TV — A. Smith & Co. Productions

7/08 – 10/08

1/08 – 5/08

Assistant Story Editor – Big Brother (Season 8)

CBS — TV

1/08 – 5/08

10/07 – 1/08

Associate Producer – Hell's Kitchen (Season 4)

Fox — TV — A. Smith & Co. Productions

10/07 – 1/08

9/07 – 12/07

Story Assistant – Hell's Kitchen (Season 4)

Fox — TV

9/07 – 12/07

8/07 – 11/07

Story Editor – Big Brother (Season 9)

CBS — TV — Allison Grodner Productions

8/07 – 11/07

1/07 – 6/07

Associate Producer (Associate Producer/Segment Producer) – Mysterious Journeys

Travel Details

1/07 – 6/07

Associate Producer/Segment Producer

1/05 – 3/06

Producer (Creator/Producer/Writer) – Mathletes

Details

1/05 – 3/06

Creator/Producer/Writer

12/03 – 3/04

Production Assistant – Fahrenheit 9/11

Film (Feature-length)

12/03 – 3/04

10/03 – 2/04

Writer (Segment Producer/Writer) – Trl

MTV Details

10/03 – 2/04

Segment Producer/Writer

7/01 – 10/01

On-set Assistant – Storytelling

Film (Feature-length) — Killer Films

7/01 – 10/01

9/00 – 12/00

Extras Casting – Series 7

Film (Feature-length) — Killer Films

9/00 – 12/00

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Education

Class of '00

The New School - Parsons

BA- Criminal Psychology and Media Studies

Skills

Avid
Field Producing
Screenwriting
Writing
Documentary
Comedy
PC
Story Producing
Mac
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Advertising
Graphic Design
Unscripted
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft PowerPoint
Culinary
Art Department
AVID Pro Tools

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