Matthew Berkowitz

Developed and Ran Arc'd food competition series. Production and post production

Developed and ran 14 seasons. 200 episodes of reality food competition

Developed format and ran production

Ran production in office & field for doc/reality series based in restaurant industry. Lead team in creating challenges, casting locations & contestants & writing scripts. Liaison to network for all production needs.

In charge of all production for reality competition series based in restaurants. Responsibilities included casting, creating challenges, writing scripts & story/character outlines. Worked directly & closely with talent & was liaison to network for all production needs.

Was one of two Co-EP's for reality/competition food series. Lead large team of producers to create elaborate cooking challenges in unique locations. Also in charge of booking & casting judges and was liaison to network for all production needs.

Ran all production & post for reality competition/game show. Approved casting. Formatted concept for production. Wrote script. Produced talent in field & worked with network through pilot delivery.

Ran field production for home design pilot. Created & approved bits. Worked with talent. Wrote story outlines & scripts.

In charge of all of production for competition reality series shot on location. Lead team of producers to cast talent, create challenges and write scripts. Worked directly with talent in the field.

Ran production for doc reality series. Responsibilities included approving all casting. Writing and creating bits and story outlines. Scheduling. Working closely & directly with talent. Series also had a makeover element that I had to approve and keep on budget. Was direct liaison to network for all production needs.

Created & sold 30min doc/reality program to Food Network based on classic food rivalries. In charge of all production including formatting the concept, casting all locations, casting talent, & writing scripts.

Ran all production for doc/reality series. Responsibilities included approving all casting, creating challenges & working directly to produce talent. Also was responsible for keeping production on schedule & on budget. Was direct liaison with the network for all production needs & creative decisions.

IE712 "Newseum- Director for food based multi-cam doc/reality series. Shot with 4 cameras simultaneous.

In charge of casting & booking all episodes & keeping production on schedule. Worked with producers to create and then approved all challenge concepts. Approved all shooting scripts and production schedules. Was direct liaison to network for all production needs.

Directed multi-cam reality. 4 cameras. Food series on location. Video Village used.

Produced multiple episodes over 5 seasons for reality food series. Was responsible for creating challenges & writing scripts for my episodes. Also responsible for all scouting & logistics for multi-cam field shooting.

Produced segment for Thanksgiving special. Approved concept of bit and in charge of all logistics. Wrote script and produced segment in field.

Ran logistics, locations & props for still photography shoot.

Ran DV cam for live race event on the island of Maui. Similar to Iron Man style competition.

2nd Stage Manager for Studio based game show. Responsible for set changes & prepping contestants

One man band camera op & audio following Tom Green on cross country trip. Single cam. Docu style. Run & Gun.

Created & produced themed physical games on location for kids game show shot in the field. Also responsible for writing host scripts.

Worked with director to scout locations & map out camera positions for hidden camera series. Also in charge of all production rentals & tape logs.

Created & wrote bits for hidden camera series. In charge of all logistics, casting for all actors, rehearsals & blocking.

Office & field PA. Wide Range of responsibilities.

Office & Set PA. Everything from running office supplies, assisting writers & assisting casting department.

Researched game show questions and assisted with contestant clearances.

Range of responsibilities included setting up original production offices, listening & clearing viewer calls for the show & working with post production.