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India

"A Walk to School". An action-adventure feature film set in Tibet.

Syracuse, New York Area

Comedy Feature film in distribution.

Norwalk Ct

Produced 3000 video segments for online magazines including Taste of Home, Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Country Living, Delish, Weight Watchers, Prevention, Women's Health, Allrecipes, Better Homes & Gardens, Parents, Eating Well, Fine Cooking, Spark People, Men's Health, Shape and brands including Kraft, Wusthof, Bord Bia, Hellmann's, Bertolli, Barilla, Bush's Beans, Silk, Ninja, KitchenAid, Raley's Grocery Stores, Eggland's Best, Alaska Seafood, Cranberry Growers, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Sea Cuisine.Developed new business and managed $4MM in branded video content production.Created and built a video distribution partnership called the "Holiday Kitchen.TV" consisting of 50 premium food-centric sites including Allrecipes, Aol, Amazon, Delish, MSN, TLC and Hulu. He syndicated 200 original video recipes sponsored by KitchenAid and Unilever, garnering 30MM video views over three years without ad-spend.Produced and directed an online cooking school for "Taste of Home" featuring a dozen chefs teaching 100 cooking lessons.

Emmy Award wining Television broadcast production and post production company in Stamford,CT.

Westport Ct

Everyday Food PBS. Series development and 1st season; 26 Eps.Wedding Specials Style Network.

Westport Ct

Daily CBS Syndicated Series; Two Emmys Best Service Show.

Uganda, Nicaragua, Sarajevo

War Child - Three dramatic specials about children growing up in war. Shot in Uganda, Sarajevo and Nicaragua. Hosted by Paul McCartney, Glen Close and Aidan Quinn. Based on true 1st person stories. Bob co-wrote the scripts based on interviews he conducted with real participants in the conflicts.

International

Production Managed staffs in excess of 300 people and project budgets of $10m.Produced and directed, "The Street" for MCA, a forty half-hour late night drama strip which Newsweek dubbed the father of guerrilla TV (Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi). Executive Produced, "Wish You Were Here" for CBS, a comedy series about a man (Lew Schneider) traveling the world with his camcorder; the first digital small format network prime time series. Produced "Spearfield's Daughter" a six hour mini series for Metromedia, Robert Halmi Productions and starring Christopher Plummer. Executive Produced, "One for the Road", a comedy series for Channel Four and produced "Night Shift", a police drama for BBC Wales.Line-produced two feature films: "Lily in Love" with Maggie Smith and Christopher Plummer for Robert Halmi, Inc. and "This is My Father", with Aidan Quinn and James Caan, for Filmline International.Produced startup of "Crossbow, the Adventures of William Tell" a weekly period drama series and co-production between France 3 & Family Channel/Robert Halmi Inc. Starred Will Lyman, shot on location around Lyon. Led a production team at Viacom which created interactive programming for the start up of Noggin. Formed and operated the "Folk Video Network" and trained 300 people in 35 countries around the world to produce programming using low-cost digital cameras. The network produced series and specials for Viacom, Showtime, Nickelodeon and WAM.Directed multiple episodes of "The Renford Rejects" over 3 seasons: this scripted comedy for Nick UK/Helion Pictures featured some of the biggest soccer stars in Europe.Produced the 1st travel film in China sponsored by AMEX in 1981; and production managed the 1st TV movie shot there in 1980, "Peking Encounter" with Joan Chen; for RHI. Produced a documentary special about the 1982 Bicentennial of Thailand for The Royal Family.Negotiated the first permission with the Chinese Government to shoot a feature in Tibet in 1984.

Executive Produced:"Wish You Were Here", Comedy CBS"Self Portraits", Showtime"Video Pen Pals", Nickelodeon"Letters to the Earth", Nickelodeon"The Folk Video Network". First UGC video network in the world!!! 1991.

Newhouse School Ba Film, Film/Cinema/Video Studies

High School Diploma