Discover Top Series Producers / Show Runners in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

I am the co-founder and executive producer of Reframe, a creative content agency founded on the belief that stories can change the world. We are a team of change-makers, do-gooders, pioneers, and mavericks aimed at creating engaging and inspiring content through meticulous research and strategy, artful storytelling, and captivating audience engagement. We collaborate with a roster of directors, technologists, designers, strategists, and producers to create powerful content for a global audience. We specialize in film and video, research and strategy, campaign design and branding, and experience design. During our team’s tenure, we have produced award-winning multi-platform content and campaigns for a range of brands and organizations, large and small. Some our team’s past notable clients include: the New York Times, Red Cross, AT&T, Viacom, the United Nations, Malala Fund, and Alicia Keys’ We Are Here Foundation.

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• Video Editor - News

Ryan is a New York-based filmmaker with a flair for turning subtle, everyday moments into compelling stories with broad appeal, particularly through the universal language of sports. His journey behind the camera began on the sidelines of high school football games in Texas. As he moved on to film and documentary work, Ryan developed a profound belief in the power of empathy, drawing from a tapestry of his own diverse human experiences that would inspire his approach to narratives that resonate deeply and authentically. Educated at NYU's graduate film program, Ryan's foundation in filmmaking is robust, recognized by industry accolades such as the Best Test Commercial at YDA in Cannes for his Nike spot "Buckets". His debut transcends the arena of sports, offering a lens into the human condition and capturing the collective ethos that brands and agencies strive to embody. With an eye for the emotive force of storytelling, Ryan’s ambition is to craft campaigns that don't just sell, but also tell a story that audiences will remember and feel a part of. His vision for the future is expansive, seeking to collaborate on projects that challenge societal norms and ignite conversations. Brands and agencies should partner with Ryan for his fresh perspective that blends the traditional with the avant-garde, his commitment to authenticity, and his proven ability to connect with viewers on an emotional level. His work is a testament to the potential of creative advertising to not just reach an audience, but to touch it profoundly. When not weaving narratives, Ryan is usually cooking at home in Brooklyn, or exploring the world’s coastlines with his fiancée Stephanie.

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Hey, I'm Fedir - a visual artist with a passion for photography and film. I've been working in the industry for over 20 years, and during that time, I've had the opportunity to explore a variety of creative roles. As a Director of Photography, I specialize in corporate, documentary, and commercial productions. I love working with clients to create stunning visuals that bring their ideas to life. My technical expertise and creative vision have helped me to deliver high-quality work on time and on budget. I'm also a photographer, and I have experience in a wide range of genres, including photojournalism, portraits, products, fashion, and landscape photography. I believe that a great photograph is all about capturing the essence of the subject and telling a story. I love the challenge of finding the perfect composition and lighting to create images that are both visually stunning and emotionally impactful. In addition to my work behind the camera, I also have experience in production coordination and art direction. I've worked on a variety of projects, from small-scale independent films to large-scale corporate events. I'm a natural problem-solver, and I thrive on managing teams and ensuring that every aspect of the production runs smoothly. I pride myself on my creativity and attention to detail, and I'm always looking for new ways to push the boundaries of my craft. Overall, I'm a dedicated and passionate visual artist who loves to create stunning and impactful work. Whether I'm behind the camera or in a production role, I bring a wealth of experience and expertise to every project I work on.

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I'm a two time Emmy Award winning producer, editor and cinematographer with more than 20 years in the industry. I've worked on national prime time series, international film productions, commercials, corporate and short form. The 12 years I spent producing programming for Viacom, primarily for MTV Networks, included two Emmy Award winning series, and several highly rated one offs featuring artists such as Kanye West. I served as Executive Producer on the award winning feature film Ride With Larry, portions of which have been viewed more than 70 million times online. Above all else, I love to tell great stories and work with crazy talented people.

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Zsuzsanna Gellér-Varga is a documentary filmmaker, video story-teller and colorist. Born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, now living in the U.S., she has been producing content for over 20 years: TV news, docu series (as videojournalist), corporate videos and award-winning independent documentaries. She has been teaching at university courses and international workshops. She has a Masters degree from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and a D.L.A. from the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest.

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As a filmmaker and passionate video storyteller, I’ve driven over 60 million views globally through creating compelling video content for some of the most-loved brands in Australasia and in the US, including Peloton, New York Stock Exchange, McLaren Racing, Air New Zealand, and WeWork. My work has also earned high-impact media placements in the likes of the Today Show, Refinery 29, AdWeek, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Mashable, and Travel + Leisure. Connecting brands, NGOs and media companies to audiences through storytelling in a way that truly impacts them is something I've spent 8 years obsessively honing. I was fashioned to tell stories. There's an immeasurable joy I get from crafting stories that impact people — stories that they can relate to, learn from, or feel something as a result of. It's a privilege that I'm grateful to be able to practice every day. From concept ideation and storyboard creation to getting behind the camera shooting video, and finally creating storytelling magic in the editing suite: living and breathing unique, authentic and engaging video stories is a world I'm lucky to play in every day. Have a story in mind? Let's tell it together at www.clarecheyne.com.

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Sage Velastegui is a video producer, editor, and colorist with 10+ years of experience. Throughout his long-standing relationship with Turner Sports’ Bleacher Report, he helped develop their identity from the ground up with his signature approach to storytelling. During his run at Bleacher Report, he generated 30M+ views across all social media platforms. Some of his most notable work at Bleacher Report is Taking It There with Taylor Rooks, Finish the Lyric featuring Lil Wayne, and No Script with Marshawn Lynch. In 2017, Sage had an integral role as a colorist for Complex’s television series on Fuse, Complex X Fuse. Since then, he has color graded a handful of Complex’s series, including First We Feast’s Hot Ones, Sneaker Shopping, No Co-Sign, and Feast Mansion. Sage has partnered with Complex, NBC Universal, Equinox, Gatorade, Adidas, NFL Network, Ford Motor Company, Google, Ralph Lauren, and various others. He specializes in features, doc-series, short films, branded content, and music videos. Sage resides in New York City and is always excited to work with new clients who want to take their vision to the next level.

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Chris Vivion is a Producer and Development Executive with multiple Emmy and Webby Award nominations. Chris has created lifestyle, cooking competition, comedy, animation and reality programming for Time Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Scripps Networks and HBO. He has developed award-winning digital programming and products, including launching digital channels and extensions for iconic entertainment brands. As an Executive Producer for Turner Broadcasting, he created "The Tim Ferriss Experiment," a life hacking docu-series starring NY Times best-selling author Tim Ferriss, which debuted at #1 on iTunes in 2015 and "Cook Your Ass Off," with Top Chef's Richard Blais. Prior to Turner, Chris was the Executive Producer, Digital Video for Food Network, leading the development and production of all the channel’s original web series and digital-first efforts, including "Bobby Flay Fit," "Chopped After Hours," Star Salvation," and the comedy series "Fodder." Chris was an Adjust Professor of Multimedia Design at the American University of Dubai and is an inaugural member of Bloomberg Beta's Future Founder program. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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America Maldonado. Graduated in film production in Venezuela, where she directed several short films and a documentary entitled "Cosmic Race". She won the "Best Documentary Award" at the XIII Vebron Festival in France. At the end of 1998 America arrived in New York City, where she studied documentary film at the New School. Recognized for her most recent work as Director and Producer, America is nominated in 2017 and 2018 for the NY EMMY’s Awards for the documentary series "On The Grid" with Zephyr Teachout and Havana Comes to Brooklyn for BRIC TV. As a Director of Photography America has worked with several important networks like MTV, HBO, TLC, ANIMAL PLANET and DISCOVERY CHANNEL, OWN NETWORK and FACEBOOK live and Webisodes. America is always looking for new projects and experiences that will give purpose to her passion for film making. Her enthusiasm for telling a story through images has been met with critical acclaim and recognition by her peers in the industry. Her next project is the amazing influence of immigrant baseball players. The future holds great promise for film maker America Maldonado whose vision transforms our thinking about the landscape of our society.

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Mariah is an Emmy winning documentary filmmaker with a focus on wildlife and conservation whose work has taken her to six continents. She has produced content for PBS (Nature, History Detectives), Netflix (Human: The World Within) Discovery Channel (Hate in America), National Geographic (Lockdown, Doomsday Preppers), A&E (Intervention In-Depth), Al Jazeera (Close Up) Animal Planet, Amazon, History (Hidden Heroes), Weather Channel, MSNBC, VICE, Vocativ, Mic, Mongabay, Google, and The Smithsonian Institution. Mariah’s feature doc producing credits include Amazon Studios’ WILDCAT (2023 Emmy Award winner, Jackson Wild Finalist 2023, Sundance Doc Fund, Telluride Film Fest, AFI, IDFA, National Board of Review Top 5 Documentaries of 2022), MADINA’S DREAM (SXSW, Telluride Mountainfilm), END OF THE LINE (DOC NYC), and MARY JANES (Woodstock, Mill Valley). Her 2019 feature documentary SILENT FORESTS is about the fight to save forest elephants from ivory trafficking in Africa’s Congo Basin. It screened at Santa Barbara, Big Sky (Finalist – Feature Competition), Brooklyn Film Festival (Spirit Award), Jackson Wild WWD (Winner – Stories of Hope) and is a One World Media Award Winner. Mariah is passionate about illuminating the myriad intersections between humans and animals, and celebrating those dedicated to protecting wildlife. She is a proud Jackson Wild Summit Fellow (2021) and Explorer’s Club Fellow.

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Eunice is a producer/director based in New York City, and a recipient of Tribeca Film Institute’s All-Access Grant, Chicken & Egg Pictures Accelerator Lab Grant, and ITVS Diversity Development Fund. Given her background as a former broadcast producer, Eunice Lau has a propensity toward telling stories concerning social justice. Her short film "Through the Fire" was a finalist at the 2013 Student Academy Awards, while her feature "A-Town Boyz” which chronicles the struggle of Asian American youth growing up in America's South received the Spike Lee Fellowship. With her training in narrative filmmaking, she seeks to bring a cinematic form to documentary films to evoke visceral emotions in audience. "Accept the Call" is a continuum of her exploration on the definition of the American identity and capturing the journey of the immigrant. She is a Storyhunter since 2016, working for clients such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Emmy-winning executive producer Russ McCarroll is CEO of Pocket Square Productions, the full-service prod co he founded. Specializing in documentary content, his most recent credit, The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes, was commissioned by MGM Studios and premiered on Amazon Prime. Prior to founding Pocket Square, he was SVP of development and production for Discovery, overseeing the New York and London offices. McCarroll also spent ten years at History where he was SVP of Programming and Development overseeing development, talent and production for the network. He developed and oversaw series including Alone, Men Who Built America, Mountain Men, The World Wars, Knightfall, Pawn Stars, Counting Cars, Top Gear, and Ax Men. McCarroll has also produced live sports, news, scripted, documentary and reality content for NBC, TNT, ESPN and many other outlets. His work was recognized with multiple Emmy's and awards from NAACP, Banff, NY Film Festival and Edward R Murrow Foundation.

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Michael ‘Mickey Johnson’ Ohemeng Asante (born August 11, is a Ghanaian film Director, Documentary Director ,music video director, a Photographer and television commercial director. Mickey is the CEO and owner of Picplus Entertainment (A production company) ,Founder of Africanboy Worldwide (A music hub for finding great talents) and the Co -Founder of Lyon Empire . He has directed more than 100 music videos. Mickey directed, produced his first short film, Zylofon Chronicles starring Tiisha, which was and executive produced by Zylofon Media in 2020 and is developing several other film projects in Accra ,Ghana. He has also directed commercials for Mcberry Biscuit , R3d Beauty, Connie Avoi , Everlyna. Mickey Has worked on music video for ,The Late Ebony Reigns ,Wendy shay, Shaker,Magnum,Frenchkiss dj, Kwesi Arthur ,Twitch, Eshun,Tiisha, Akiyaana, Feli Nuna, Nana blue, Ene, Ishak Spark, Tino Gh,Camidoh, Mr.Eazi, Eugy, Boatzmadeit, Coco Benson, etc. He is working on several Documentaries as well

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Samantha Schutz is a Director of Photography, Producer and Editor working across independent and commercial projects, from feature documentaries to network shows, web series, and children’s television. Recent projects include producing and shooting Ashton Kutcher’s Going From Broke for Flicker Filmworks Productions, shooting a documentary on The Drum Major Coalition for The Martin Luther King Center, shooting a pilot for the docu-reality series All Hands on Deck starring Debrah Messing, and shooting for The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sam was Senior Producer and DP for the Martha Stewart brand’s Everyday Food YouTube Channel, growing it to well over 1 million subscribers; the channel’s show Kitchen Conundrums with Thomas Joseph that Samantha produced and shot won a James Beard award. Samantha was Co-Executive Producer and Director on the Cooking Channel show Log On and Eat with Eden Grinshpan; and she co-created, produced, and directed the Cooking Channel's Eden Eats. Other projects include: shooting a pilot episode for Discovery Plus and Magnolia Network titled From Grandma with Love, directing for OXO's Chef in Residence campaign hosted by Eden Grinshpan, and producing the livestream At Home for the Holidays with Gordon Ramsay for Stage TEN productions. ​Additional credits include producing and shooting a 360VR viewing room featuring A Guided Tour of the Magnolia Market with Chip and Joanna Gaines, shooting a special for ABC Nightline News titled Death with Dignity, and shooting for Biz Kid$, a public television series about financial education and entrepreneurship for a pre-teen audience. Samantha creates digital media content on a wide range of industry leading formats, her work seamlessly finds a vision for any story whether it’s for television and documentaries, branded and integrated content for the web, or Livestream and 360VR. AWARDS: Kitchen Conundrums James Beard Award Winner; Martha Stewart Facebook Live Webby Award Winner

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Sam Baumel is Principal and Founder of Wood Metal Rocks, a production company based in New York City. Sam works with brands, local businesses and nonprofits to find an authentic voice and translate their story for the screen. He takes pride in cultivating longstanding collaborative relationships with specialists across the media and creative technology spectrum. Sam has been producing video for a decade and is particularly dedicated to the development of virtual reality as a medium for artistic expression. His work has been showcased at festivals, galleries and in publications around the globe. Sam studied business and film production at NYU and University of London. He volunteers teaching photography with the Slideluck Youth Initiative and attends the Video Consortium Book Club. For leisure, Sam enjoys walking, bicycling and kayaking to the City’s most sacred spots.

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I'm a producer/ editor/ writer who specializes in news/ documentary. I've produced/ written/ edited human rights and environmental short films for the United Nations, and have worked for and with such companies as ABC News, PBS NewsHour, and WNET. I'm currently completing a project about Brazil during the pandemic for PBS NewsHour, for whom I've worked in the past, overseeing a series on local solutions to climate change. I also recently helped produce a project on native/ indigenous issues in Australia and Hawaii; edited a series on theatre and the coronavirus; and have written over a dozen articles for The New York Times. I'm author of the book, The New Censors: Movies and the Culture Wars. I gravitate toward projects on social justice, human rights, the environment, free speech, and culture.

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Mariano is an Emmy nominated documentary director, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn, NY. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, he came to New York City, 13 years ago. Until recently, and for the past five years, he worked as an in house filmmaker at CNN’s documentary unit “Great Big Story” where he made some of the most cinematic (and highest viewed) videos on the internet. Before CNN, Mariano worked at VICE Media for 5 years, creating original content about food, music, news, travel, and culture. He’s a proud alumni and film major of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he has since returned as a guest lecturer on documentary film. Mariano loves to cook, especially dishes from his native Peru (including an excellent family ceviche recipe) and has a growing collection of Latin American records.

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Director of content production and digital strategy, with deep experience creating, scaling and distributing highly successful branded and editorial content for digital, social, broadcast and OTT. Most recently I launched Brut America and increased followers 1600% and video views around 1200%; helping to propel the brand from a page with 82k followers into in the top 4 news publishers in the U.S. on Facebook in under 1.5 years. Prior to that I spent many years at CNN overseeing both editorial and branded content for digital, social and TV distribution that sparked numerous re-upped brand partnerships, drove revenue and audiences across platforms. At Upworthy I oversaw a team creating multiple award-winning videos and series on Facebook and YouTube; garnering billions of views. I like to lead, motivate, strategize and collaborate.

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I'm run Geraghty Creative, a full service production company in midtown Manhattan, NYC. I'm a producer, director, shooter and editor with an additional two PA/cam op/editors on my team. I own a Sony Fs7mii, As7iii and a Ronin-S gimbal. We have powerful, mobile lights. I edit in Adobe Premiere. I started my company after working for nine years in the video production field - at Conde Nast, Bustle, MTV, and a reality TV production house. I won a 2018 Webby Award for the short doc "Pretty Big Movement Destroys Dancer Stereotypes" which I directed and edited. I've pitched, shot and edited several short documentaries for NBC News. Geraghty Creative recently had their first broadcast commercial premiere! We'd love to work with you on your projects!

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Hi! I'm Dave and I love making documentary films and podcasts. Most recently, I was doing just that at CNN's Great Big Story. I've been a Storyhunter user on the company side for years, and now I'm so excited to be able to collaborate with folks on the freelance side and bring their visions to life. I'm able to handle all sides of producing short form news and documentary videos and podcasts: producing, directing, shooting, scripting and editing. My personal areas of interest are in social issues, the environment, music and the arts, and Asian American stories. But, what I really love about this line of work is getting to share stories of all kinds of people. Let's make something together!

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