Sara Ivey

Research all episodes; set up all field interviews; set up all travel; fly to locations with crew and conduct all the interviews; act as content producer/writer throughout post production with showrunner and editors.

Finding, setting up, traveling and interviewing family survivors, attorneys, jurors, judges, detectives and others. Content specialist!

Research and set up shoots; coordinate and field produce/direct multi-camera shoots out of state; supervise crew during travel; conduct interviews on location; choose best bites and write script; fact check; supervise rough cuts.

RENOVATION SHOW. Work with field producers - creating, writing narrative from string outs, supervising editors, responding to network notes on rough cuts, writing interview for grabs for cast on location. Overseeing scenics, generic shots. Reference: Supervising producer Elizabeth Buckley, lizkbuckley@gmail.com and Senior Editor Melanie Annan, mel@melanieannan.com

Setup shoot, travel with crew, field produce, and write segments for this home conversion show - Segments: You Live In What? Reference: Jessica Schoenbaechler - jschoenbaechler@amspictures.com

Shoot set-up, travel with crew domestic and internationally, direct two cameras, produce, write and respond to network notes. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com and Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Shoot setup, travel and supervise crew, direct, produce, write and respond to network notes. Reference: Jessica Schoenbaechler, Showrunner - jschoenbaechler@amspictures.com or Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Research, shoot set-up, direct two cameras, field produce and write segments for this special about creepy homes. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com or Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Research, shoot set-up, direct two cameras, field produce and write segments for this national special on crazy backyards in America. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com or Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Coordinate preproduction and set-up shoot, travel domestically and internationally, supervise crew, direct 2 cameras, write segments and respond to network notes. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com or Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Setup shoots, travel with crew, direct, produce, create shoot summaries for editors write and respond to network notes. Reference: showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com or Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Set up the shoots, travel and supervise the crew, direct multi-camera shoot, coordinate all details, write script and respond to network notes. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com

Field produced for HGTV - Knoxville Corporate for a special that featured HGTV designated products - set up the shoot, handle all releases, post production notes to the network, field produce for two days with local crew of 5

Set up the shoot, travel and supervise crew, produce and direct on location, write scripts, create shoot summaries and respond to network notes. Reference: Showrunner Kim Clemons, kclemons@amspictures.com

RENOVATION/MAKE-OVER SHOW: Shoot set up, produce, direct two cameras, work with talent, interview homeowners. Create beat sheets, story arc, shot sheets and post notes. Editors are always happy, because they get every shot and many more.

Work with talent, write stand-ups, field produce, direct TWO cameras, post production notes. Episodes: "In This Corner", Beaumont, TX; "Water Hazards", Beaumont, TX - portions of four other episodes as field producer

Set up the shoots in the Dallas area, produce and direct crew, provide highly detailed notes for editor and segment producer (10 different segments for the program)

Set up shoots, produce and direct crew on location in Southwest U.S.; provide highly detailed notes for post production in Denver, CO

Set up shoots, produce and direct crew on location in Southwest U.S.; provide highly detailed notes for post production in Denver, CO

Field produced, coached amateur chefs and created story lines for Pillsbury Bake-off at Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX - national competition covered by Food Network for a Food Challenge special.

Set up shoots, produce and direct crew on location in Southwest U.S.; provide highly detailed notes for post production in Denver, CO

Researched, wrote, directed and produced this hour long documentary about domestic violence - winner of the Freddie Award - international health and medicine competition - Reference: Executive Producer Andy Streitfeld, astreitfeld@amspictures.com

Produced, directed and wrote more than 1500 health/medical stories for a series; performed same role for 2600 dental stories in a series. The stories ran inside newscasts for the station.

Set up the shoots, research details, direct crew and field produce segments shot in The Southwest for this fun show and provide highly detailed notes for post production crew in Denver.

Traveled to many venues in The Southwest, set up the shoots, field produced and directed segments, interviewed homeowners and provided detail shoot notes for the post production crew in Denver. Most memorable segment: Munster House, Waxahachie, TX - family designed home just like one on 60's TV show.

RENOVATION/MAKE-OVER SHOW: Shoot set-up, field produced and directed episodes for this home improvement program with homeowners and student designers; worked with Penn Holderness, host. Wrote on camera bridges, opens and closes; created storylines and break teases, planned complicated building schedules for construction crew to meet tight network deadlines

Produced and wrote the 5 pm newscast, making critical news decisions, handling live shots from the booth, line producing the entire program, writing headlines, teases, working with anchor talent, supervising reporters and video editors.