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TIMOTHY E. SMITH

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Wilton, CT 06897

Cell Phone: 203-***-****

E-Mail: aduvmw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY: I have excelled as a television executive adept at developing, producing and marketing top-rated and award-winning documentaries, news programs and non- fiction series for leading US and international media companies. My productions have become successful programs and series for NBC, MSNBC, PBS, TLC, CNBC, A&E, HBO and National Geographic Channel. The quality of my work is attested to by a national and regional Emmy, five Emmy nominations, two Gracie Awards, Grierson Award, Genesis and Cable Ace nominations.

AMERICAN ISSUES INITIATIVE

New York, NY (2016-Present)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Developed and launched this non-fiction content company to address, via multi-platform content, some of the critical issues of our time. I assembled the team and partners for our initial project, Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, a theatrical documentary examining the issues of voter suppression and voter fraud. The theatrical film premiered in June 2019. It is narrated by Emmy & Tony award- winning actor, Jeffrey Wright. It’s been accepted into ten film festivals and won best feature documentary at North Carolina’s Indigo Film Festival. It is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and Peacock. Rigged has had over 300 theatrical screenings. For more, go to: www.riggedthefilm.com. In addition to the film, we also had an extensive social media outreach effort and launched our own YouTube Channel, the Voting Rights Voices Channel. A TikTok video we produced had over 10 million views. We also received a $100,000 grant from the JPB Foundation to support our outreach efforts. We are now in production on a feature documentary capturing the trials and tribulations of BIPOC medical students at the Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. It has received over $1 million in grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Sloan Foundation and Blavatnik Family Foundation. In addition, we are also producing a 30/30 podcast for ESPN on the life and tragic death of hockey legend, Hobey Baker. 2

TIMOTHY E. SMITH

MSNBC

New York, NY (2008-2015)

SENIOR PRODUCER

At the leading news cablecaster, MSNBC, worked to successfully overhaul its weekend programming line-up – helping establish MSNBC as the weekend news channel ratings champ for over seven years.

Developed strategic relationships with international distributors & broadcasters

(BBC, Channels 4 & 5, Arte) to acquire & co-produce new series and docs for MSNBC – resulting in increased ratings and decreased costs.

Produced the Future Earth documentary series. This five-part series worked across a variety of content platforms including the web

(www.futureearth.msnbc.com), social media and segments on Nightly News, Today Show, Rachel Maddow, Morning Joe. Series hosts included Lester Holt, Jeff Corwin and Sam Waterston. It won an Eco-Ovation Award from NBC.

Developed effective marketing strategies using both new and old media. Secured articles, op eds or reviews in NY Times, LA Times, Variety, Washington Post, Variety, Columbia Journalism Review, Huffington Post. Via social media, we trended on Twitter for Hubris and hosted a Google Hangout for Politics of Power. Working with msnbc.com, designed and launched numerous websites for our series.

Hubris was MSNBC’s top-rated documentary.

Produced hours or series with the top talent at NBC News including: Chuck Todd, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Lester Holt, Natalie Morales and Chris Hayes.

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DOCERE STUDIOS, INC.

Norwalk, CT (2003-2008)

PRESIDENT

Docere’s principal focus was developing and producing quality non-fiction programming and websites for U.S. and international broadcast and cable networks.

Built a distinguished roster of U.S. & international broadcast clients: A&E, Travel Channel, OLN, MSNBC, Discovery Health Channel, PBS, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, Court TV, CNBC, NHK (Japan), France 5, CBC (Canada), TV Global (Brazil).

For our productions, won prestigious grants from Corp. for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Humanities and the following foundations: Sloan, Kauffman, Carnegie, JPB, Annenberg, Robert Wood Johnson, JGS, Toyota, Verizon & Prudential.

Designed & built award-winning websites including: www.forwardthinkingmuseum.com; www.ucrowayton.org; www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/santos; www.roadtosuccesscareers.com.

Our documentary for NOVA, “Engineering Ground Zero,” was nominated for an Emmy and was one of their highest rated hours in the 2011 season.

For our History Channel Presidential series with Roger Mudd and Bob Woodward, we interviewed Presidents Clinton, Carter, Ford, H.W. Bush as well as Laura Bush, Ted Kennedy and Dick Cheney.

WASHINGTON POST COMPANY

NEWSWEEK/CARLETON TELEVISION

New York, NY 2000-2002

Helped the Washington Post Company move its print content into television programming and other platforms. I also negotiated the partnership between Newsweek Productions and the UK’s Carleton Television to form, Newsweek/Carleton Television.

New broadcast clients included: CNBC, MSNBC, AMC, A&E, The History Channel and National Geographic Channel.

Expanded production from one weekly half-hour broadcast on PBS to over 25 additional hours of programs.

Developed and executive produced, Surviving West Point, a top-rated, 14-part series for the National Geographic Channel and helped secure a series’ sponsorship from Boeing Corporation.

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UNAPIX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

New York, NY (1996-1999)

VICE PRESIDENT -- NON-FICTION DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION Initiated Unapix’s ($20 million annual sales) entry into the co-financing and production of quality non-fiction television content on a global basis.

Developed and oversaw 90 plus hours of original non-fiction programming for NBC, CNBC, PBS, TLC, History Channel, Animal Planet, AMC.

Secured strategic marketing alliances with: Disney Publishing, Carlton Television (UK), Time Inc., Wiley & Sons, Simon & Schuster Audio, Forbes, Warner Home Video, WGBH.

Major series included: Superstructures for TLC; Ushuaia for NBC & CNBC; ESPU for Animal Planet and Great Minds for WBGH.

New international clients included: SABC, ABC, Channel 5, Channel 4, NHK, CBC, France 5, TF-1.

Developed video content with leading print publications: American Heritage, Discover, Forbes, Health, Home & Garden, Scientific American, US News. PBS NEWSHOUR

New York, NY (1983-1995)

PRODUCER

At the NewsHour, produced hundreds of hours of live studio discussion segments as well as taped pieces in the field on news stories from Hurricane Andrew to Waco to the Presidential elections of 1988 and 1992.

As the NewsHour medical producer, I received a News Emmy and two News Emmy nominations.

Senior producer on a five-hour documentary series for PBS, “Learning In America,” hosted by Roger Mudd and underwritten by Chrysler.

Segments I produced became the basis for an ABC TV Movie and an HBO docu-drama. My pieces also received screenings on Capitol Hill and in the White House.

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AWARDS:

INDIGO FILM FESTIVAL, Best Documentary, Short, Voter Fraudbusters 2020 INDIGO FILM FESTIVAL, Best Feature Documentary, Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook 2019

NATIONAL NEWS EMMY Nomination -- Engineering Ground Zero (NOVA- PBS) 2012

NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL EMMY AWARD – Young American Heroes: Frederick Douglass (PBS) 2011

TELE AWARD – Young American Heroes: Frederick Douglass

(PBS) 2011

GRIERSON AWARD (UK) – Body Snatchers of NY (MSNBC) 2011 GRACIE AWARD – Assassination of Dr. Tiller (MSNBC) 2011 ECO-OVATION – Future Earth series, (MSNBC) 2010

EKTOPFILM PRIZE – Future Earth: Journey to the End of the World (MSNBC) 2010

GENESIS AWARD Nomination – Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats (MSNBC) 2010 CRYSTAL AWARD – Doomed Tower at Sea (History Channel) 2003 GRACIE AWARD – Headliners & Legends: Laura Bush (MSNBC) 2002 NATIONAL NEWS EMMY Nomination – Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

(FRONTLINE -- PBS), 2000

CABLE ACE Nomination, The Eddie Matos Story (HBO) 1994 NATIONAL NEWS EMMY Nomination – Designer Drugs (PBS NewsHour) 1990

NATIONAL NEWS EMMY AWARD – Agent Orange (PBS NewsHour) 1986 NON-PROFIT WORK:

NEWS EMMY AWARDS: I have been a judge for the News Emmys in the documentary category. (2014-2022).

PRODUCED PRO BONO FILMS FOR: Voices of 9/11 (NYC); Rowayton Historical Society (CT); A Better Chance (CT); Student Sponsor Partnership

(NYC)

PRINT WORK:

I have written articles for: The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, Talking Points Memo, Inside Philanthropy EDUCATION:

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

M.S., Journalism

BROWN UNIVERSITY

B.A. (with Honors), American Civilization

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