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Below
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DIRECTOR/INTERVIEWER
Penn & Teller's Bullshit! End of the World: Bruce Beach interview End of the World: John Hogue on Nostradamus Showtime Networks |
Field
Directed and Interviewed subjects for Penn & Teller's first
three seasons of their edgy Showtime comedy show. Traveled the US and Canada, interviewed subjects and worked with numerous production crews. Most subjects were experts or nutjobs, depending on your beliefs. |
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SENIOR
WRITER
Bill Nye the Science Guy (PBS/Disney) Emmy-winning script Wizard of Odds Videos: Cold Open/Brought To You By... The Y Files Whether the Weather Music Video |
Served
as Senior Writer for 56 episodes of this highly acclaimed children's
educational series. Managed writing team, wrote scripts, and won three National Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series for 1996, 1997 & 1998. |
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This Filmateria Studios comedy stars Pat Cashman and assorted non-acting MS execs, and played before a major Keynote Address at MS's MGB 2003 Convention. | |
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DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER |
Co-Wrote
and Directed this comedic anti-smoking educational video for Madison
Street Films for the Comprehensive
Health Education Foundation. Winner of a 2004 Communicator Award for excellence in communication. |
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DIRECTOR/FIELD
PRODUCER |
Directed
humorous profile segment for a reality show devoted to rabid
country music fans. This one was about a woman who wanted Tim McGraw to be President. Unfortunately, he didn't win. |
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ONE-MAN
BAND Urban Outdoors:Seattle ESPN |
Did it all - produced, wrote, shot on DV (Sony PD-170), then edited using Avid Xpress Pro on my Powerbook. This is one of six segments I did from start to finish. |
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WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR Fox On-Air Promotions It's Garry Shandling's Show :30 Spot #1 - Sweeps Woman :10 Spot #2 - Wave Fox Broadcasting Company |
Wrote,
Produced and Directed on-air promos for the early days of Fox
(Barry Diller's regime), under the guidance
of Bob Bibb & Lew Goldstein (now at the
WB). These Shandling spots are two of my favorites. |
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WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR Fox On-Air Promotions The Tracey Ullman Show Image Campaign :30 spot Fox Broadcasting Company |
This
sweeps image campaign spot was one of several for Tracey that
I Wrote, Produced and Directed for Fox. Barry Diller dug this. |
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Conceived & Directed this comedic study of "where men look when they talk to a busty woman." Hid a "lipstick cam" in a Playboy model's bra at an outdoor mall in LA. Far as I know, this was the first cleavage cam bit. Ever. | |
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Worked with Moffitt-Lee Productions, a pre-"Politically Incorrect" Bill Maher, some great writers and voice talent to give a new take on politics and reality. Did 2 shows + a pilot. "The Hollywood Reporter" called it "moderately funny"! | |
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With the help of my wise agent Victoria Wisdom, sold this pilot to then-CBS Prez Jeff Sagansky in 20 minutes. What a thrill that was. | |
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For a while, this was my signature bit - shooting original footage of people on the street, then dubbing comedic voices in. Larry Hovis of "Hogan's Heroes" called this bit "the funniest thing I've ever seen." RIP Carter. |
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Worked with Filmateria Studios to write this spot commemorating TCI Cable's launch of the Sci-Fi Channel in the Seattle market. | |
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A fun campaign to write, in that I was given total creative freedom by MS to come up with wacky characters and copy to promote Internet Explorer and Outlook Express for Mac. | |
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Worked with my old Nye co-worker Bill Predmore at Pop!Multimedia to write a promotional Flash animation for RealNetworks' HR recruiting campaign. | |
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Wrote
and Produced with Palazzo
de Mix designers and did two straight science animations
for Microsoft's Encarta 2000. Watch 'em - you might even learn something. I did. |
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Reviewed a start-up's business plan and created marketing collateral for a major 2003 wireless convention. | |
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Another gig with Filmateria, my second year of Producing music video montages of various Microsoft PC games. This is the video that plays in a loop in the MS booth, driving everyone nuts by the end of the day. | |
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Fresh
outta college, I sent unsolicited scripts to this new Seattle
comedy show. Sold a few, then worked for free on shoots for several
months. Finally got hired full-time at $130 a week(!) as a professional Comedy Writer, then won my first local Emmy for this bit starring John Keister and Joe Guppy. What a way to start a career... |
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