This journey has also garnered accolades “behind the table” as an award-winning talent director, television and documentary film producer, and teacher presenting myriad bizarre opportunities from hiding from the city authorities in the New York City subway tunnels on guerrilla shoots with the “mole people” and traveling the world as a docu-anthropologist (my term) observing twenty-first century side-show performers including London’s Circus of Horrors, Toronto’s Carnival Diablo and New York’s anarchistic Bindlestiff Family Circus. My life has been anything but boring and fortunately acting and my professional life has been an extraordinary device allowing me to fulfill a desire to share my and others’ voices through every medium.
Mole People:
Life In The World Below
Tim Miller Entertainment/Big Chief Entertainment
New York, New York, 1997 – 2006
- Producer/Talent Director, “Get the Hookup,” TV-One (Telly Award)
Traveled the United States casting contestants and creating talent content with a staff of 15 including writers, producers and casting personnel for this nationally syndicated television show.
- Associate Producer, “The New Sideshow,” TLC (Documentary) (Telly Award)
Traveled throughout the United States, Canada and England living with and interviewing The Bindlestiff Family Circus, Circus of Horrors and Carnival Diablo. Managed all creative and technical aspects including film crew logistics, production travel, and final deliverables in accordance with all FCC and network regulations.
- Producer/Production Manager, “Mole People: Life in the World Below,” Discovery Networks (Telly Award)
Produced and cast talent for documentary about homeless New Yorkers living in the city’s subway and Amtrak tunnels. Created non-traditional, underground gorilla shoots with a crew of three.
- Production Manager, “Repo Men: Stealing for a Living,” USA Network, (Telly Award)
Managed all production casting, filming logistics for multiple sites, and maintained budget for weekly television series.
- Casting Producer for the following clients: HGTV, The Travel Channel, TLC, Discovery, USA Networks, NASDAQ TV, and CBS, as well as numerous industrial shows, promos and upfront sales tapes for ABC, NBC and CNN.
CORPORATE EVENT/PRODUCING/DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Lighthouse International, “Music of Winter Night, A Gala Benefit”
Venue: Marriot Marquis, New York, New York, March, 2007
The G & P Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, “Disco and Diamonds”
Venue: Capitale, New York, New York, October, 2006
Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, “The Gypsy of the Year Competition”
Venue: The Palace Theatre, New York, New York, December, 1996
City of Hope, AIDS Gala
Venue: The Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California, June, 1992
