Project Medical

Art Cohen /MediaVideo Producer and Writer

SUMMARY

Produce

television magazine segments, video documentaries, educational and training

videos, corporate videos, and company newsletters. Write articles, live

presentations, and video scripts.

SKILLS

Strong creative

abilities including critical thinking, writing, directing, editing, and

storytelling skills combined with experience in project management, including

planning, budgeting, accounting, and personnel supervision.

INDEPENDENT

PRODUCER/WRITER

Independent

producer and writer since 1995. Highlights include:

Oceanic

Research Group, North Reading, MA

Silent

Wrecks (in production), documentary about World War II

shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands.

Endangered Mermaids (2001), documentary about the endangered

Florida Manatee.

Beneath the North Atlantic

(1998), documentary about the ecology of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Sharks: The Real Story

(1996), science oriented documentary about sharks. (Recut for USA Networks as Sharks:

Search for a Frenzy).

Massachusetts

Department of Public Health, Boston, MA

Making Parents Your Partners (2002), documentary style training video for

healthcare professionals about children with special healthcare needs.

WCVB TV,

Needham, MA

Chronicle: The HealthBeat

Project (January, 1997 September, 1999), a series of 13

specials on current medical topics.

Have produced segments and programs for Chronicle

since 1984.

Hearst-Argyle

Television Productions, Needham, MA

The Healthy Kids Show (1997),a

series of 8 programs on parenting madefor

Healthy Kids Magazine, broadcast on

the Family Channel.

Partners

HealthCare System, Inc., Boston, MA

Write,

edit, layout, and photograph for two quarterly newsletters on medical computing

for the Information Systems Division.

Massachusetts

General Hospital, Boston, MA

Annual report for the MGH Radiology

Department; Ghost wrote a series of articles for various publications about

technological developments in radiology.

New

England Institute of Art & Communication, Brookline, MA

Teach courses

in single and multi-camera production, writing, and documentary production.

EXPERIENCE

Massachusetts Corporation for Educational

Telecommunications, Cambridge, MA

Senior

Producer (September, 1990 December, 1994). Responsible for the annual production

of over 500 live, interactive, instructional teleconferences for K-12 schools

throughout the United States, including studio production and live television

remotes. Managed staff of over 15 producers, associate producers, and

production assistants. Produced, directed, and/or hosted some programs.

WGBH TV, Boston, MA

Producer

(October, 1988 March, 1989), Bodywatch,

a series on medical topics for PBS. Produced two complete programs and portions

of a third.

WCVB TV,

Needham, MASenior Producer (January, 1988 October, 1988 and April,

1989 September, 1990). Responsible for content and some aspects of production

for the repackaging of 175 Chronicle

programs for broadcast on the A&E Cable Network. Also produced a special on

the Stuart murder case for A&E.

WGBH TV, Boston, MA

Senior

Producer (July, 1986 December, 1987),The

Western Tradition, a $2.1 million, 52-part series for PBS on the history of

western civilization, funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project. Managed all phases

of production and post production and a staff of researchers, scholars,

writers, and designers.

WBUR FM,

Boston, MA

Executive

Producer for News and Public Affairs (October, 1985 July, 1986).

Boston

Programming and Access Foundation, Boston, MA

News

Director (January, 1985 October, 1985), The

Neighborhood Network News.

WGBH TV,

Boston, MA

Producer

(September, 1981 July, 1984). Produced, wrote, and directed documentaries and

other public affairs programs. Managed other producers.

Reporter

(March, 1976 September, 1981), The Ten

O clock News. Did general assignment reporting and substituted regularly

for anchor, show producer, and assignment editor. Nominated twice for a New

England Emmy.

WGBY TV,

Springfield, MA

Producer

(October, 1974 December, 1975), The

Habitat Project. WMAS AM/FM,

Springfield, MA

News

Director (October, 1973 October, 1974). WFCR FM,

Amherst, MA

Program

Director/News Director (September, 1969 July, 1973).

AWARDS

1984 Boston/New

England Emmy Award, Outstanding Public Affairs Programming for The Orange Line: Good News/Bad News, May

23, 1984, WGBH TV, Boston.

1995

Boston/New England Emmy Award, Information/Public Affairs Series (location

format) for Chronicle: Underwater New

England, November 2, 1995, WCVB TV, Boston. EDUCATION

B.A.,

History (1969), University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

RESUME

Contact:

Art Cohen

153 Warren Ave.

Boston, MA 02116

T: 617-***-****

F: 617-***-****

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