Eddie Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Current: Directing feature documentary about the story behind BlackBerry for Unrealistic Ideas and Viral Nation. Recent: Director and showrunner of GOOD ONE: A Show About Jokes, a docu-special capturing the highly personal craft of comedy, adapted from the hit Vulture podcast and produced in partnership with Seth Meyers’ Sethmaker Shoemeyers. Featuring Mike Birbiglia, Meyers, and more, the show began streaming on Peacock 3.26.24During a multi-year deal with Universal Television, Eddie Schmidt Productions created, developed, sold and produced projects for Peacock, NBC, Discovery+, History, YouTube, BBC Studios, American Public Television, and, yes, Quibi. Eddie is also consulting producer on Maggie Contreras’ MAESTRA, which had a NY / LA theatrical run after premiering in competition at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, and executive producer of the upcoming feature doc SHOWGALS.Previous projects include: EP, co-creator and episodic director of Netflix series UGLY DELICIOUS, with Tremolo Productions and David Chang;EP and director of Chelsea Handler’s Netflix documentary series CHELSEA DOES, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival;EP and director of IN SEARCH OF reboot with Zachary Quinto, Propagate and Universal Television Alternative;Previous docs include:EP of Neil Berkeley's GILBERT (as in Gottfried), which premiered at Tribeca and was released by Gravitas Ventures;EP of Berkeley’s prior BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING, which premiered at SXSW before airing on Independent Lens;Produced and developed two-time Emmy nominee VALENTINE ROAD, a Sundance Film Festival Doc Competition Premiere, which had its television premiere on HBO, currently on HBO Max.

THE CASE OF: JonBenét Ramsey, which premiered Sept 18 and 19, attracting 10.3 million viewers opposite the Emmys, on CBS. Broadcast internationally including Britain's Channel 4. Now available on amazon, iTunes, etc.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Bravo's NEWLYWEDS, Season 2 (10 hour-long episodes that ran March - May 2015). Now on iTunes and amazon.

Season 2, CATFISH: THE TV SHOW (16 hour-long episodes). Also half-hour preview special, HOOKED ON CATFISH: THE ROAD TO SEASON 2, and half-hour wrap special, SEASON 2: LAST HOOKS.

Season 1, STORAGE WARS: NEW YORK, launching the Big Apple-flavored spinoff of A&E's wildly successful reality franchise.

Helmed Season 3 episode of celebrity genealogy series WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (#3.11, Jason Sudeikis), plus Rashida Jones' series open. Season nominated for Outstanding Reality Series Emmy.

Produced Emmy-nominated TROUBADOURS, a feature documentary about the singer/songwriter scene in late 60s/early 70s Los Angeles, starring Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt & many other cultural luminaries. Premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Was Audience Award Winner @ 2011 Santa Barbara Film Festival, 2011 Port Townsend Film Festival and 2011 Thin Line Film Festival. Theatrical release in select cities (NY/LA/DC/etc) before airing on PBS' "American Masters" and BBC4, and DVD release via Concord Music (Universal Studios in UK).

Produced/directed/wrote 8 episode season of half-hour comedy series (WILDEST TV SHOW MOMENTS), as well as an hourlong doc/reality special (PSYCHIC HOLLYWOOD: THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH). Also directed reality/dating show pilot, BAGGAGE.

Supervised all day-to-day operations of major nonprofit serving nonfiction filmmaking community, including staff, budget, fundraising, programs & events (including the DOCUWEEKS THEATRICAL SHOWCASE; the IDA DOCUMENTARY AWARDS), production of quarterly magazine, DOCUMENTARY, and website documentary.org.

Developed, directed & produced docu/concert film hybrid pilot for HBO/Lionsgate based on popular MORTIFIED stage show & books.

Produced/wrote one half-hour comedy special, and was a script consultant for two others.

Producing, writing, directing and consulting for documentary features and television projects (incl. IFC, PBS, Food Network, Adult Swim, etc).

Award-winning feature documentary production company made five feature documentaries which landed three Sundance Film Festival premieres, a SXSW premiere, and an Oscar nomination, among other distinctions. These acclaimed projects included THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (for IFC), TWIST OF FAITH (for HBO) and CHAIN CAMERA (also for HBO), all of which I produced, shot, and co-wrote. The company also generated multiple development deals and catalog sales (to Sundance Channel, BBC, IFC, Zeitgeist Films, and others).

Producer/Writer for hit syndicated TV series BLIND DATE.

Creation and post-production of DVD added value material (BOOGIE NIGHTS; SE7EN); TV versions of feature films; trailers, commercials, and web series. Extensive work with New Line Cinema, as well as Fox, Universal, and many others.