TELEVISION CREDITS
SUMMARY Multiple award-winning showrunner, comedy writer, author, creative executive and podcaster with vast experience overseeing series from pitch through physical production and finishing/delivery.
Produced hundreds of hours of premium shows and content for major media outlets including NBC, Hallmark, Bravo, Playboy TV, VH1, Lifetime, Oxygen, TV Land, Telepictures, Buena Vista, ABC Family and Paramount.
Winner – Emmy Award, Gracie Allen Award, International Broadcasters Award, Telly Award, Chicago Film Critics Award, TV Guide Cheer and Jeer.
ACS Certified Sexologist
Well respected expert in the world of sex and human sexuality, having been a speaker and presenter at Sexual Health Expo, a popular sex panelist, regular podcast guest, and the creator and producer of multiple sex-positive, network-quality shows.
Host, Creator and Producer of SEX ED THE MUSICAL, a sex-positive podcast featuring interviews with well-known experts, adventurous couples, sex tech inventors, and thought leaders in the world of sex and human sexuality. Over 120,000 downloads to date.
WRITER/CREATIVE CONSULTANT • NBC Create supplemental comedy content and multimedia materials to support new show launches and returning series. Recent projects include The Voice, Paris Olympic Games, SNL 50th, and Law & Order
CONSULTING PRODUCER/WRITER • HOME & FAMILY • Hallmark Channel Created a consistent voice and in-show teases for a long-running, Emmy nominated, daily, 2-hour lifestyle show featuring celebrity interviews, top chefs, bestselling authors, and about 25,000 Christmas craft projects every month.
SHOWRUNNER/HEAD WRITER/DIRECTOR • GROUNDBREAKERS WITH JOHN WATERS • Playboy TV Created, directed and oversaw all production, writing, acquisitions, crew, and finishing of three seasons of a comedy series celebrating The Golden Age of Adult Cinema. Shot on location in Baltimore and hosted by the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters.
DEVELOPED/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • SWING • Playboy TV / Critical Content Developed and oversaw the most popular series in the history of Playboy TV, supervised all aspects of five seasons produced by Tom Forman and Critical Content. Hour-long docu/reality series followed married couples curious about the swinging lifestyle. After spending the night in a highly sex-charged environment, the couples then met with a licensed therapist to unpack the entire experience. To this day, viewers reach out to tell me how this show fixed their marriages. Supervised all above the line hires, format, casting, locations, segment ideas, experts, and post.
DEVELOPED/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • SEXTREME MAKEOVER • Playboy TV Half-hour docu/reality series following real couples who are experiencing sexual dysfunction, or who want to live out certain sexual fantasies. Couples were matched up with well-known experts and/or sex therapists who coached them step-by-step, to help make their sexual fantasies come true. Developed series and supervised all above the line talent, casting, segment ideas, experts, and post.
DEVELOPED/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX • Playboy TV Sexual Mythbusters using science, technology and live experiments where we dispelled dozens of lingering and hilarious myths about human sexuality. Developed series and supervised all above the line talent, format, segment ideas, casting, graphics, interstitials, music, experts, and post.
CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • TRIPLE PLAY • Playboy TV / Jay and Tony / Critical Content Hour-long docu/reality series coaching real couples through their first threesome. Created and supervised entire series including above the line talent, format, casting, story, and post.
DEVELOPED/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER • CELEBRITY SEX TALES • Playboy TV / Bischoff Hervey Celebrities shared their wild hook up stories that were then reenacted with animation. Hired and approved of all above the line talent, celebrity casting, stories, animation, graphics, and post.
DEVELOPED AND SUPERVISED • BROOKLYN KINDA LOVE • Playboy TV / Gantz Brothers From the Emmy-winning creators of Taxicab Confessions, this gritty documentary series followed diverse young couples in Brooklyn exploring unique and, at times, reckless sexual lifestyles. Approved all casting, story, and supervised finishing.
SHOWRUNNER/DIRECTOR/HEAD WRITER • BEJANE • MSN Originals Ran, wrote and directed every aspect of a ten episode, multi-camera, digital, home improvement series. Also executive produced bonus materials such as branded interstitials, studio segments, field pieces and original short form content for brand partnerships with 1-800-Flowers and Quicken.
PRODUCER/WRITER • THE WAYNE BRADY SHOW • Buena Vista Syndication / Brillstein-Grey Wrote and produced original comedy material, music, desk pieces, sketches and song parodies for a syndicated talk/variety show. Two-time Emmy nominee. Winner, Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show.
PRODUCER/WRITER • INSIDE TV LAND • TV Land / Gay Rosenthal Productions Critically-acclaimed three-part documentary series on the History of African Americans In Comedy, Drama and Variety TV. Mined thousands of hours of archive footage and conducted numerous marquee interviews with such stars as Diahann Carroll, Debbie Allen, Jamie Foxx, Paul Mooney, George Schlatter, Nell Carter, LeVar Burton, Sinbad, Garrett Morris, Nancy Wilson, and Robert Guillaume.
SHOWRUNNER • AS SHE SEES IT • Oxygen Created format and ran original series featuring emerging female filmmakers and storytellers from the documentary world. Supervised all above the line hires and all aspects of production and post. Winner, American Women in Radio and Television, Best Network Documentary Series.
SHOWRUNNER/HEAD WRITER • MOVIES @ OXYGEN • Oxygen Comedy film series hosted by Nick Swardson. Supervised all above the line hires, research, writing, graphics, and post.
SHOWRUNNER/HEAD WRITER • THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE • Oxygen Classic film series featuring behind-the-scenes stories and the hidden history of the biggest female stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Profiles included Lucille Ball, Carole Lombard, Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck. Supervised all research, writing, graphics, and post.
STAFF WRITER/PRODUCER/EDITOR/DIRECTOR • NBC UNIVERSAL
Worked closely with senior on-air and strategic partnership executives to develop, write, produce, direct and edit original content, jingles, network rebrands, series launches, branded partnerships, special projects, marketing and sales presentations across the networks of NBC Universal. Projects include writing live commercials in The Tonight Show; multi-million-dollar brand partnerships with iVillage, Walmart, Macy's, Quicken, Cottonelle, American Airlines, Klondike and Honda.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER • THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW • Harpo Productions / King World Syndication Researched and pitched segment/episode ideas, booked experts and guests for the most popular talk show in the history of the planet. Supervised ENG crews, remote shoots, and post on roll-in segments.
