Michelle Myers

Lead Story Producer for 2 episodes of Trending Fear S1, a paranormal investigation show for Travel Channel.

Texas Size Medium is an exciting new paranormal investigation show coming to Travel in 2020! Shot in location in Waco, Texas, we documented the cases investigated by spiritual medium RJ Warren, including full-blown nighttime investigstions. As Supervising Producer, I worked in pre-prod, creative, logistics, scheduling, directing, crew management, tracking story, and more.

Unscripted project documenting the drama surrounding a legendary family-owned late-night restaurant in downtown Nashville. Female lead. Casting, sizzle and pitch materials are complete; currently in pitch phase.

Casting producer for possible new season, traveled to mid-west to hang out with truckers and look for our next IRT star!

HGTV show featuring full-blown renovations of 8 historic homes on Galveston Island, Texas. Field production covers 8 simultaneous home builds for 8 hour-long episodes with approximately 18 weeks in the field. FP/Shooter responsibilities include pre-production planning, creating act breakdowns and grids, handling talent, supporting the EP in the field, collaborating with story team, shooting daily scene work, process, and before/afters (Sony PXW-X500), tracking story and projects, conducting interviews, and occasional solo field trip shoots and directing.

This stage-based show, hosted by Cat Deeley, follows cast members on year-long life-changing, inspirational journeys. As a Senior Producer, I'm responsible for tracking 56 of the 112 stories. Duties include: final casting, network presentations, script writing for studio/stage segments, producing particpants in studio, keeping in constant contact with participants during the year, producing/directing roll-in packages, shooting segments (one-man-band style), editing Avid string-outs, negotiating trade-outs.

While working as Senior Producer on Season 2, I simultaneously worked on Season 1, shooting packages, editing string-outs, and handling participants during studio filming.

During this 2+ month shoot, I was embedded in various remote locations with extremely difficult talent to document weddings and other landmark events, while providing a glimpse into the fascinating lifestyle of American gypsies. Small crew (2 Producer/Shooters and 1 PA/Field Coord). I would shoot daily (PMW-300), in both cross-shoot and one-man-band situations, direct, create shoot schedules, wrangle talent, collaborate daily with Series Producer on story progression (via conference call), write hotsheets and daily team updates, plan and execute major events (weddings, parties).

Field Producer/Shooter (XF305) for this TLC 90-minute special from the producers of Say Yes to the Dress. Shot background interviews/scenes early in the process, then on event day I tracked all movements of one of the participants, from arrival at the venue to walking the runway in her dress!

1st Look is an NBC travel and lifestyle program airing after SNL each week. This particular gig involved me filming underwater footage of the host elaborately decked out as a mermaid, as well as covering the "transformation" process to get her there (hair, makeup, selecting mermaid outfit, getting it on, etc).

Supervising Producer/Director for a segment at WSU engineering lab on scientific testing of treehouse hardware. 3 cameras, specialty cams for lab experiments, interviews.

4 months as Field Sup for a new, cutting-edge home-renovation and design show for FYI. Our 8 simultaneous builds involved full-blown demo, construction, and design. Host and homeowner lifestyles and story-lines are highlighted and tracked throughout the show.

CHANNEL is a Sci-Fi short film destined both for film festivals and sizzle/proof of concept for network pitches as a series. Shot on a Red, our cast featured several well-known names including Ben Gleib ("Idiotest", "Chelsea Lately", "Tonight Show w Jay Leno"), and Jay Jackson AKA Laganja Estranja (RuPauls's Drag race). I supervised a Junior Producer and several PA's, as well as collaborated on the Creator/Director to bring together the desired elements we needed to produce an amazing film on a minimal budget. Shot in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles.

Droned! is a new hour-long travel/adventure series that tracks a UAV (drone) company out of Florida. From the beaches of Dubai to racing yachts in Southern California, the hot young hosts use the latest drone technology to help fill their clients' needs, all while having tons of fun along the way.

Pre-production planning, field producer/director, post collaboration. Pre-production: collaborate with Show Runner to design the look and tone of the episode, hire crew, work with Build Producer to create a schedule, prep talent and guests, research story elements (location, materials, trees, interesting tidbits, etc), Field: direct crew, work with Build Producer to stay on schedule and integrate sponsored elements, occasionally shoot B-cam on skeleton-crew days, work with DP to keep the overall look consistent with my vision, direct talent, daily hot-sheets, develop as many stand-alone "snap-out" scenes as possible, too much other stuff to list. You know...it's field work! Post: work with Story Producer and Show Runner to craft rough cut for network, fact-check and final approval of fine cut.

Travel to Austin, San Antonio and Chicago to shoot material for network presentation package, including sit-down interviews, family scenes and b-roll. One-man-band with C100 for interviews and Z7 for scene work and b-roll. Shot all footage, ran audio, wrote & conducted interviews, did field notes, managed media and gear.

Producer/Director in the field daily, direct small crew (4) and small cast (4), on boats daily. Writing, logistics, stunt planning, creating and tracking story and story arcs, collaborating with Sup and Show Runner, daily hotsheets, b-cam operator.

Follow-doc revolving around a wedding and the plans leading up to the big day. Intimate moments with cast family, plus large group scenes (bridal showers, etc)

Paranormal spoof comedy show! 4 cast members hunt ghosts in unlikely places, like biker bars and low-income housing. Casting included scouting and securing 15 unusual haunted locations in LA, writing network pitches, and shooting on-set chem tests of new cast members.

On location in the Alaskan bush, plus a week-long sea voyage. Cast of 9. Story based on a family building a homestead in the wilderness (heavy on process/character beats). Develop character beats and b-story, particularly with the female cast members. Shoot B-cam (Sony PMW-300).

On location in Florida. Danger-related story based on river-logging process. 4 man cast. Develop/produce daily story beats, plan multi-episode and season-long story arcs. Coordinate stunts. Production reports and hotsheets. Direct 3-camera crew and talent. Report to/collaborate with Show Runner on a daily basis.Shoot B-Cam (Sony Z7 & Canon 5D).

Family follow-doc on a Florida ranch. Large cast of 9+. Track daily story in field. Collaborate with EP on story. Create beat-sheets/act breakdowns. Supervise Junior Story Producer and Script Supervisor. Oversee TC logs, notes, wardrobe bible. Coordinate schedule w/production . Deliver finalized rundowns/notes to post. Fill in for Director.

Historic live classic car auction in rural Nebraska. Field Producer for in-crowd talent (Tanner Foust, Top Gear USA) for 3-hour, same-day-air, as-live show on History. Coordinate movements of talent and multi-cam crew with remote truck crew during live event. Pre-production: research factual info for over 100 featured cars.

Logging site in remote NW Washington, River logging in Florida. Story based around logging process. Develop/produce daily story beats, plan multi-episode and season-long story arcs. Coordinate stunts. Production reports/hotsheets. Direct 3-camera crew and talent. Report to/collaborate with Show Runner on a daily basis. Shoot B-cam (Sony Z7).

Paranormal investigation, multiple locations. Most locations were extremely challenging (no power, extreme cold, shooting in pitch black, etc) Casting, scout locations, write network pitches, extremely intensive background research, write episodes, direct crew and talent in field. These carefully crafted episodes required lots of creativity to present story within desired format.

Location: remote timber logging site, NW Washington. This AP/AC position involved much more than the title suggests. I was heavily involved in story development/creative, shooting, and field directing. Extremely physically demanding, required carrying gear up and down mountainsides multiple times daily, working in very dangerous hard-hat work sites.

Music video for Taquita Thorns (MTV's Taquita + Kaui and Making the Band 3), aired on MTV Jams, VH1, and BET. Casting, wardrobe, equipment rental, catering, logistics, location prep, releases, supervise PAs, hire grips, run shoot-day schedule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6HS154J-E

Burbank, CA This intensive Post position involved stringing out stories for two major characters, involving an average of 20 hours of footage per day, per character. It gave me a great perspective on what is needed from the field for a follow-doc reality show.

Sizzle reel for an automotive hot-rod build show featuring Eli Sweets, as seen on Search and Restore (Spike).

Writer for some comedy copy in Adam Carolla's segments. Heavy research, writing, casting, booking, assisting producers in the field, managing studio shoots, supervising PAs and support staff. Responsible for clearances and network deliverables. This was not your average AP position, and included responsibilities usually expected of Field and Segment Producers.

All-female automotive build show featuring Courtney Hansen of Spike's Powerblock.

Car build docu-reality show involving both field and studio segments. Responsibilities: Produce and direct studio build segments, conduct OTFs, and edit rough cuts of my segments using FCP.

Automotive build show involving full restoration of classic & modern muscle cars. During four seasons as Supervising Producer/Director, I helped increase ratings by over 30%. This high-quality, single-camera show shot in studio and field. Responsibilities included planning, writing, booking, directing, and editing rough cuts on FCP. I produced over 100 original episodes.

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Produced weekly segments for NBC Nashville (WSMV-TV) Morning and Midday Shows