John Barra

In charge of talent wrangling/coordination with the casts of "The Big Bang Theory", "Veep", "Lost", "Glee", "Modern Family" and "American Horror Story: Asylum" and "American Horror Story: Freak Show".

Casting Editor & Casting Producer for ABC's The Great Christmas Light Fight Season 5.

In charge of celebrity talent for IMDb's first LIVE OSCAR VIEWING PARTY.

Casting Families nationwide for Season 5 of The Great Christmas Light Fight.

Media Manager in charge of family submission videos for ABC. Working off of Final Cut X.

Responsible for casting male contestants for a texting game show that teaches a predominantly male audience who have low self-esteem that anyone can text a girl and get rejected/accepted/catfished. Currently produced 6 episodes to over 300,000 hits per episode.

Supervising Talent Producer/Booker & Stage Director for theStream.tv's weekly LIVE improv production of "TMI", a spoof hybrid of TMZ and SNL. Also producer of YouTube and Funny or Die TMI productions. Worked with major sitcom, internet and film celebrities. (list available at www.tmihollywood.com)

In charge of finding several teams of (4) for the US version of a UK developed game show called The Machine. Pitched to FOX, SciFi and ABC. Currently in development.

Primarily working in contestant department at Let's Make A Deal. Interviewing, Pitching and Coordinating daily game show contestants to network/show producers. Six acts per show, various people per act. Also responsible for crowd control and energy, as well as preparing rundowns for entire production staff.

Responsible for contestants in casting, on-set coordination and travel arrangements for TBS's new game show premiering March 8th, 2016.

Casting game show contestants for a new game show pilot for NBC with famous Auction Bidder, Sean Kelly.

Casting game show contestants for a new game show pilot for Deb-Mar Studios with Finesse Mitchell.

Research potential acts for new truTV competition game show. Responsible for one-sheets, pitching and interviewing acts for executives and network heads. Worked on finding acts and coordinating for seasons 1 & 2

Responsible for casting 40 families with toddlers ages 2 1/2-4 years old.

In charge of all host/presenters/reality audience members/extra talent production needs for the annual Reality TV Awards in Hollywood. Attendee maximum: 1200 guests.

Responsible for setting up casting sessions, recruiting potential game show contestants and participate in creative brainstorming sessions.

Creating marketing campaign and social media reach for former Penthouse Pet of the Year Sheila Kennedy's tell-all book "No One's Pet"

Creator/EP of Pilot of Travel Series for Foodies in the Garden State.

Weekly educational series co-produced with PBS and NJEA (NJ Education Association) that tells the amazing stories happening in NJ Public Schools. Was a segment producer for the entire show run (20 shows per season).

Segment Producer for the direct-to-video series "The Real World: You Never Saw"

Segment producer for Fox After Breakfast. Produced segments on the sets of Deep Space Nine and Chicago Hope.