Michelle Adler

Oversee all Rights & Clearances for multiple series in concurrent production (for Discovery, TLC, Lifetime & Nat Geo): negotiate location releases, research and source archival footage and stills, review cuts, provide notes & tracking reports, and work closely with in-house counsel to assure compliance with Network Legal, S&P.

Oversee Rights & Clearances for development projects and sizzle reels.

9 x 60 Minutes - Field Producer for Reality/Competition BBQ series - Top Rated on Destination America.

Developed 3 green-lit reality & competition series, in preparation for production.

13 x 60 Minutes - Field Producer for Reality/Competition BBQ series - #1 Rated on Destination America.

13 x 30 minutes Oversaw creative post-production for cooking/lifestyle series, including writing show opens, teases and copy for field packages.

12 x 30 minutes, Sex columnist Dan Savage takes his straight talk about sex to college campuses. During pre-pro, courted Colleges & Universities and negotiated complicated location agreements with school officials. Acted as point-person for school during production on-campus. Worked closely with MTV Standards & Practices during Post Production, monitoring sexual content.

7 x 30 minutes, Premier cake decorator travels the USA creating jaw-dropping cakes for large-scale events. Negotiated kitchen locations and baking products discounts & trade-outs ($20K+). Managed shoot schedule, Post-Production calendar and cut deliveries.

6 x 60 minutes, Exclusive peek at media-mogul Russell Simmons’ life & empire. Negotiated appearance and location releases for high-profile celebrity guests & locations; supervised and coordinated music licensing. Also served as Post Production Coordinator. Acted as liaison between Production, Production Management, Post-Production and Network Executives, Network Production, Promotion and Legal departments.

8 x 60 minutes, Acted as liaison between Production, Production Management, Post and Network Executives, Network Production, Promotion and Legal departments. Oversaw rights and clearances, secured and negotiated releases, assured compliance with Network Standards & Practices, oversaw online output, compiled Network deliverables and Series Bible. Oversaw booking & releasing of celebrity guests, location trade-outs.

20 x 30 minutes, Dr. Drew Pinsky helps open lines of communication about sex between parents & their teens. Coordinated 20-episode production schedule, 12 production teams and large cast, including contracts, travel, payments, Standards & Legal.

6 X 60 minutes, Reality/Competition cooking series. Develop & Oversee cooking related team and individual challenges and rules for studio & field productions.

21 x 10 mins -Conceptualized & created original series, specials, stunts, franchises, properties, and other short and long-form programming initiatives for lifestyle VOD Network. -Oversaw outside production companies through all phases of work: budgeting, casting, writing, production, post & network notes. -Developed program concepts into multiplatform content opportunities. Oversaw convergence between On-Air programming & Online.

20x15 mins -Conceptualized & created original series, specials, stunts, franchises, properties, and other short and long-form programming initiatives for lifestyle VOD Network. -Oversaw outside production companies through all phases of work: budgeting, casting, writing, production, post & network notes. -Developed program concepts into multiplatform content opportunities. Oversaw convergence between On-Air programming & Online.

100 x 7 mins -Conceptualized & created original series, specials, stunts, franchises, properties, and other short and long-form programming initiatives for lifestyle VOD Network. -Oversaw outside production companies through all phases of work: budgeting, casting, writing, production, post & network notes. -Developed program concepts into multiplatform content opportunities. Oversaw convergence between On-Air programming & Online.

-Conceptualized & created original series, specials, stunts, franchises, properties, and other short and long-form programming initiatives for lifestyle VOD Network. -Oversaw outside production companies through all phases of work: budgeting, casting, writing, production, post & network notes. -Developed program concepts into multiplatform content opportunities. Oversaw convergence between On-Air programming & Online.

10 x 20 mins -Conceptualized & created original series, specials, stunts, franchises, properties, and other short and long-form programming initiatives for lifestyle VOD Network. -Oversaw outside production companies through all phases of work: budgeting, casting, writing, production, post & network notes. -Developed program concepts into multiplatform content opportunities. Oversaw convergence between On-Air programming & Online.

22 x 60 minutes, Lifestyle & Cooking series hosted by restaurateur and entrepreneur B. Smith. Developed, wrote, field directed and post-produced segments and full episodes.

4 X 60 minutes, 1-hour celebrity biography clip-style series. Hired & supervised production and post-production staff of 16. Oversaw all aspects of production: budget, writing, booking, visual design and post. Managed budgets in excess of $1.2 Million. Acted as a liaison to Bravo, ensuring on-time & accurate delivery - (show-timing, cue sheets & production bibles)

Supervised, wrote & produced 1-hour, news clip-style special for “A&E Biography” year-end special. Oversaw small staff through booking, writing, field shoots, editing & post.

Produced local, national and international location shoots

Produced local, national and international location shoots

Produced local, national and international location shoots.