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CREDITS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDITS

Our Father
Netflix Documentary
Blumhouse / 2022
Promo
Taken at Birth
TLC series
ITV / 2018-19
Promo
(Un)Cool Foods
Food Network sizzle
Simple Alien / 2017
Meet the Porters
Lifetime / USA sizzles
Simple Alien / 2017

AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS

2022 HCA TV Awards Nomination
Our Father
​Best Streaming Television Documentary

2007 Daytime Emmy
Made
Outstanding Special Class Series

2007 Daytime Emmy 
9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero
Outstanding Special Class Special
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​2006 Daytime Emmy 
Ellen Degeneres Show
Outstanding Talk Show

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2006 Sports Emmy 
Super Bowl XXXIX Halftime Show

Outstanding Live Event Design

2006 Emmy Nomination 
​Project Runway

​Outstanding Reality/Competition Program
​2005 Emmy 
The Amazing Race

​Outstanding Reality/Competition Program

​2004 Emmy 
​The 45th Annual Grammy Awards

Outstanding Awards Show

CASTING CREDITS :: TELEVISION

Lethal Nature
development / Host Casting
CMJ Productions / 2018

Big Machine Graveyard

development / Host Casting
CMJ Productions / 2018

​Cajun Navy
development / Pilot
CMJ / 2017-18

ZooBorns Live
development / sizzle
CMJ / 2017

Cake Hunters
Cooking Channel / Season 3
​Simple Alien / 2017


Dream Big, Live Small
AOL / Season 1
Simple Alien / 2017

Boat Buyers
Travel Channel / Seasons 1 & 2
Simple Alien / 2016-17

What's Your Emergency
A&E / Season 1
Switchblade / 2016

Restaurant Flip
Food Network / Pilot
Simple Alien / 2016

Max It Out
Scripps / Pilot
Simple Alien / 2016

Daddy Daughter Hair Factory
development / Pilot
One Louder / 2016


Kitchen Lockdown
Food Network / Host Casting
Lucky 8 / 2014

In Harm's Way
Animal Planet / Hosts & Pilot
Lucky 8 / 2014​

​Joining the Amish
NatGeo / Season 1
KEO Films / 2014
​Patent Pirates
development / Pilot
Shine America / 2013

The Freshman Class
Cooking Channel / Season 2
Punched in the Head / 2013

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Canceled
AMC / Presentaton
Lion TV / 2013

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Bravo's Guide to Parenting
Bravo  / Season 1
Punched in the Head / 2013

Mother Truckers
development / Pilot
Shine America / 2012


​Bad Bear Boys
Logo / Pilot
Red Marble Media / 2012

I Deserve to be Famous
MTV / Pilot
Red Marble Media / 2012

Extreme Cheapskates
TLC / Season 1
Stephen David Ent. / 2012

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Quit Your Job and Move To...
Travel Channel / Pilot
Sharp Entertainment / 2012

Extreme Couponing
TLC / Seasons 1 & 2
Sharp Entertainment / 2011

The Lottery Changed My Life
TLC / Season 4
Sharp Entertainment / 2011

Untitled Family Business Series
development / Pilot
Big Fish Entertainment / 2011


Fleaman
NatGeo / Season 1
KPI TV / 2011

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What Not to Wear
TLC / Season 8
BBC Worldwide / 2010
Moving In
MTV / Season 1
Leftfield Pictures / 2010

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The World of Jenks
MTV / Season 1
MTV Networks / 2010

The Bank of Mom and Dad
SoapNet / Season 1
BBC Worldwide / 2009

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The Week the Women Went
Lifetime / Pilot
BBC Worldwide / 2009

Underdog to Wonderdog
Animal Planet / Season 2
​Sharp Entertainment / 2009

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Samantha Brown's Great Weekends
Travel Channel / Seasons 1 & 2
Optomen / 2007-09

Made
MTV / Seasons 8 & 9
One Louder / 2007

Chain Reaction
GSN / Seasons 1 & 2
Embassy Row / 2006-07

House of Tiny Terrors
TLC / Pilot
Optomen / 2006

Honey We're Killing the Kids
TLC / Season 1
BBC Worldwide / 2005

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Syndication / New York Week
WAD Productions / 2005

Project Runway
Bravo / Season 1
Full Picture / 2005

Trailer Fabulous
MTV / Season 1
One Louder / 2005

The Amazing Race
CBS / Season 6
Bertram Van Munster / 2005

Making the Band
MTV / Season 3
MTV Networks / 2004
AS DEVELOPMENT CASTING DIRECTOR FOR SIMPLE ALIEN (2016-17):
Pet Proof
Doggy Divorce
​Pet Matchmaker
​Cross Buzz
1k Vacay
Prefab Homes
Rare Earth Travels
Hardcore Carnivore
Jersey Builds
​Baltimore Builders
AS HEAD OF CASTING AND TALENT FOR M2 PICTURES (2014-16):
Virgin Coaches (TLC)
Brett Butler's Pet Psychic (AP)
Food Fantasy Camp (Food Network)
That's My Jam (Fuse)
Cradle Conspiracy (TLC)
Cradle Conspiracy Movie (Lifetime)
Monica Morton, PI (BET)
​Arctic Plunge
Friends with Businesses
Project Pegasus
Quack Busters
Ring in the New Year
Momtervention
Immortality Project
Rob Dahm: Car Parts Picker
My Prairie Godmother
My Strange Addition
Alien Hunters
Booty Salvage
Bulletproof USA
The Source
​American Curse

The Booboo Zoo
​Hack Job
Big Bangers Theory
90 Days or Bust
The D Word
Beneath the Skin
Eat Me
Party of 9
Fight Cub
MudTech
Wing Women
Ghost Brothers
Williams & Sonoma Test Kitchen
Dumped & Pumped

CASTING CREDITS :: LIVE EVENTS / AUDIENCE

Super Bowl XL
ABC / Pre-Game & Halftime
Don Mischer / 2006

9/11 Memorial from Ground Zero
Syndication / 5th Ann'y Telecast
City of New York / 2006

Hollywood Meets Motown
Celebrity Event / Fundraiser
Entertainment Industry Fund / 2006

The Mob and the Movies
Celebrity Event / Q&A Panel
The New Yorker Festival / 2006
World's Longest Kickline
Publicity / Guinness World Record
DVT Fund / 2006

The Gauntlet: Real World/Road Rules
MTV / Studio Reunion Show
MTV Networks / 2006

Ludacris in Concert
Promo Show / Recorded Concert
Cingular / 2006
Super Bowl XXXIX
CBS / Pre-Game & Halftime
Don Mischer / 2005

Pepsi Smash Concert Series
CBS / Televised Concert
Don Mischer / 2005


The Grammy Awards
CBS / Awards Show
The Recording Academy / 2003

CASTING CREDITS :: DIGITAL / PRINT / AD CAMPAIGN

Joyce's Jewelers
Local Digital & Television Ads / 2019


Affordable Insulin Now
National Political Ad / 2019

Priorities USA
Regional Political Ads / 2019

Depend: Take the Weekend On

International Digital Campaign / 2013
Click to View, Video 2, Video 3 

One Reverse Mortgage
National Testimonials w/Henry Winkler / 2012

Chrysler: Imported from Detroit
National, Super Bowl Ad / 2010
Click to View 
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Womanity
International, Digital Experience / 2010

Special K: The Victory Project
International, Digital Campaign / 2009-10

Amnesty International
National PSA / 2006

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State of Michigan Lottery Commission
Regional Commercial Series / 2004

Las Vegas: What Happens Here Stays Here
National Commercial Series / 2003


McDonald's
National Commercial Series / 2003


Nintendo
National Commercial Series / 2003

Meijer
National Commercial Series / 2003
Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
National Commercial Series / 2003

​Marshall Fields
National Holiday Commercial / 2003

7Up: dnL Campaign
National Commercial Series / 2003


Sears Waterpik
Regional Commercial / 2003

Sears Craftsman Tools
Regional Commercial / 2003


Noxzema
Industrial / 2003

DeKuyper Pucker
Industrial / 2003


Altoid's Mime
Print Campaign / 2003

FEATURE FILMS

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Directed by Jeff Garlin / 2004
Finding Preet
Directed by Adrian Fulle / 2004

EDUCATION

DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
​Class of 2004

Bachelor of Arts
VP, Student-Athlete Alliance
Member of Ice Hockey Team
Major in Communications - Media Studies
​Minor in English - Professional Writing

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