TV Producer and Writer · Script Consultant
Travel Writer · Author · Public Speaker

PRODUCER

My experience covers the entire production process. I’ve taken programs from concept to completion with creative problem solving and teamwork. This includes development, scheduling, supervising crews, rough cut editing, and supervising post. My work involves extensive travel, interviewing experts, writing both shooting and edit scripts, cutting promos, coaching on-screen hosts on location, and staging dramatic recreations.

I’ve been nominated twice for an Emmy Award, as a writer and as a producer, and my work has aired on Discovery Chanel, History Channel, Travel, Science, Nat Geo, BBC, TLC and AHC.

Demo Videos

BEST PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS >
Short promos from my favorite projects. 4:23

EXPEDITION UNKNOWN

Josh Gates searches Siberia for frozen woolly mammoth remains to extract DNA for cloning. 4:45

TOP 5, EATEN ALIVE
Discovery Shark Week: Five true stories of people who have been swallowed by giant sharks and lived to tell the tale. I wrote and produced the show, and directed dramatic recreations in New Zealand and the Bahamas. 7:05

BEST SHOTS MONTAGE 2019
Two minutes of cool shots from my favorite shows. 1:52

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Three hour mini-series dramatizing key battles and stories of unsung heroes in the American Revolution. Emmy Nominated. 2:59

ANGELS VS. DEMONS
A trek to Rome and the CERN supercollider in Switzerland to explore the science behind Dan’s Brown’s “Angels and Demons.” 6:06

MARINE CORPS BOOT CAMP
One of my first projects, documenting boot camp with the U.S. Marines. 4:03

THE HEADHUNTER TRAIL
We stay the night with the grandchildren of Borneo headhunters and explore the world’s largest bat cave. 5:56

VIKING FIRE FUNERAL
Up Helly Aa is a New Year’s celebration, Viking style, held each January in the Shetland Islands. It’s spectacular. 5:26

BEYOND THE DA VINCI CODE
Emmy-nominated History Channel special deconstructing the bizarre alternative history of Christianity featured in “The Da Vinci Code.” 7:42

WRITER

Documentary TV, Screenplays, Author, Travel Blog, Writing Instructor

I’ve written every program I’ve worked on, including dozens of prime time documentaries for Discovery Channel, History, Travel, Science, BBC and others. My Beyond the Da Vinci Code two-hour special for History received an Emmy nomination for Non-fiction Writing.

My feature experience includes a half-dozen produced or optioned screenplays. As a studio Story Analyst, I’ve written coverage on 3000 screenplays for DreamWorks, HBO, Universal Studios, Paramount, Sony and others. I also teach dramatic screenwriting.

My MFA is in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute.

The travel writing I do takes a dry-eyed look at the world, with humor and a quest for fascinating facts and fresh observations. Check out the articles on this page.

I’m also an author and, well, somebody had to do it: A funny, skeptical but authentic history of western religion entitled, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A CHOCOLATE JESUS? More…