Coll Metcalfe

Set up shop for a two-month run in the field, producing this fun documentary series for Animal Planet. Ran and directed field crew of a dozen, tracked story, coordinated with post-producers, conducted interviews and OTFs and did a bit of shooting. So much fun. Cast and crew were great and I think this one's got legs ;)

Lost Amazon's an adventure reality doc that followed an expedition into the remote jungles of northern Peru to search for evidence of a lost civilization.

Coming off a successful first season, Treasure Quest brought me on to research, develop and map out stories for a second, 10-episode adventure through the wilds of South America to uncover historical treasures lost for centuries.

This show was crazy, but it's also one of the series I'm most proud of. "A Season With..." required us to take 80 hours of footage every week and turn around a one-hour follow doc once a week...for 12 weeks. My job involved story producing, managing story producers, tracking story, writing narration, coordinating with executives and directors in field and post...and drinking a lot of coffee.

Showran an hour--long, Halloween special featuring Tory and Kari as they explore the science of fear. Only one person was injured in the making of this episode.

Sometimes you land on a show where everything's just right. Thrill Factor was one of those. This was the half-hour series hosted by MythBusters' alums Kari Byron and Tori Belleci that took them around the country to run some high-end experiments on some of the world's most badass thrill rides. As co-EP, my job was to manage crew of producers and APs, direct field shoots, write narration and take the shows to delivery. Goddamn that was a fun show!!! Why we aren’t making season 19 right now, I’ll never know.

Could it be that the Loch Ness Monster was a time-traveler from another world? Perhaps even another universe? Some researchers say yes... Man oh man was Ancient Aliens a blast! It was so much fun building these stories and doing the research and the interviews to make it all work. I wrote four of that seasons one-hour episodes where among other things, I argued that the Nazi had access to otherworldly technology and that Satan was actually the good guy! I also conducted all the interviews for those episodes and directed a number of the season's field trips. Super fun show. Plus, Kevin Burns...the head at Prometheus...is a guy I really respect..smart and really cares about the product. Guess that's why his shows are on for like 10 seasons!

I've got some varied interests...paleontology, physics and presidential history are just a few of them, which is why I would have PAID Karga to write this show rather than them paying me. The Ultimate Guide was your garden variety hour-long "Voice of God" narrated doc with lots of soundbites from various writers and researchers. As writer, I assembled the paper scripts, wrote the narration, made interview pulls and addressed all internal and network notes.

"How Booze Built America" was a limited-run, four-episode series hosted by Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe that explores our nation's curious history with alcohol. This was a really ambitious project with interviews, hosted scenes and enormous re-enactments (we re-enacted the Battle of Lexington...we had CANNONS!!!). I was brought on as a writer. In addition to final narration and scripts, I wrote scenes for the re-enactments and went out on the road to handle pick-ups.

Alien Encounters was this high-concept, two-hour special for Science that heard from real scientists about what first contact with an alien intelligence would be like woven within a scripted story about the imminent arrival of an alien ship. As producer, I wrote the scripted treatment, conducted research, wrote scenes for the scripted elements and put together the final, two-hour edit script.

Produced multiplatform documentary photo exhibition documenting global access to AIDS medications. Coordinated and scouted all field shoots. Produced/edited short documentary video pieces for traveling art exhibition. Contributing writer to the compendium book Access to Life.

Award-winning writer & director of feature documentary exploring a small central African nation's search for reconciliation in the aftermath of unimaginable cruelty. Winner of multiple festival awards for Best Documentary, Best Director and Best Cinematography.