Lawrence Frank Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Cross Platform Video Marketing, clients mostly branded and corporate image, supporting B2B and B2C marketing and product awareness, developing promotional strategies for web and mobile.• Recently finished and delivered 10 shows of the Cheerleaders series franchise for the AwesomenessTV Youtube network and Verizon go90.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Strategic Consulting with Public Relations Directors and Agency Account Reps, developed broadcasttelevision campaigns, internet social media campaigns and more with emphasis on brand development and corporate image. Directly responsible to deliver Electronic Press Kits, including associated print collateral. Promotional Broadcast Productions including Video News Releases, EPK and Behind-the-scenes promotional films and trailers. Maintained and monitored distribution including satellite feeds, social networking and Emerging Media development with emphasis on video marketing.

Greater New York City Area

Producer and Director. Developed and pitched entertainment news / human interest stories. Executives green lit more than 70% of my unique and topical story ideas, many highlighting eco/green subjects. I was responsible to direct, edit and deliver final master segments ready for broadcast.

Greater Los Angeles Area

THE ROYAL TOUR for the Travel Channel. Producer of extreme sports adventure guest starring King Abdullah II of Jordan while accompanying him on a countrywide holiday journey. Debut earned highest rating for the year. Co-created story, drafted and maintained budgets co-op production costs by negotiating in-kind services from governments valued at approximately $1,000,000 per episode. Organized and maintained all contractual deliverables. Developed various television spots and promos for network to include host talent.PROBABLE CAUSE a series of documentary television shows for Discovery network. In this series, we celebrated investigators detective prowess as they probed for answers into the cause of various airplane disasters. Pitched stories to production and network executives, drafted production beat sheets, directed field production, supervised graphic artists, and designed re-creation animations. The TRAVEL DETECTIVE - Described as the "60 Minutes" of Travel, this pilot was the planned flagship of The Travel Channel. Responsibilities included preproduction, line production and post, as well as the development of trailers and interstitial programming.

Working Globally; Based In Los Angeles, Ca

Promotional Media Management. Producer of promotional productions with corporate tie-ins to the broadcast industry. Developed scripts and pitched ideas to television assignment editors and production executives. Director of broadcast for promotional campaigns including a variety of VNR, EPK and Behind-the-scenes promotional films and trailers. Supervised non-linear post production environments. Monitored network satellite feed distribution.

Under contract to write, direct and re-create scenes for one hour documentary style films.Responsibilities included editing, direction of interviews and re-creation of historic events.

Shows include:AWESOME INTERIORS - Director Home & Garden NetworkPAUL WILLIAMS BIOGRAPHY - Show Producer and DirectorINTERIOR MOTIVES - Field Director Discovery Networks ESSENTIALS - Field Director TLC HGTV numerous projects + more

Produced and directed the promotional kick off in Detroit. During opening for concurrent stores, designed Electronic Press Kit, Point-of-Sale promotions, negotiated television commercial time and pitched, as well as distributed packages to the media. For the national network TV program, I was brought in to create slick field segments to roll into the studio wraps, adding production value to this studio talk show.

AMERICAN GLADIATORS - Post Producer - With ratings down, I was taxed with cost cutting in post waste of previous seasons. My team was brought on board with new supervising producer to give fresh look to the show, shorten the production schedule and come in on budget for the first time in five seasons.

ABC "Home Show" weekday morning strip. Originally hired as an Editor, promoted to Post Supervisor in year 2 with alternating Assistant Director duties on live broadcast. Responsible for final cuts of field segments and all other tape to be cut for air. Scheduled activities of Segment Producers and acted as liaison with post production. Directly involved in creative decisions, story development and structure of segments on a daily basis.

Liberal Arts Ba, Film Studies

While at SFSU, my Senior Film was called Toes are for Loving, during the production a school Nagra I was using crapped out. I opened.

Theater Arts

Advanced and Post Graduate Studies in continuing education. Internship in Theater Department.