Resume

Thomas Strodel is an award-winning director and producer who has worked in a variety of genres for television, shorts, and features, music videos, commercials, and even multimedia. As a hands-on professional, he lends his creative, management, and producing expertise to a wide variety of programming. He has successfully organized and managed diverse teams of creative professionals worldwide, developing entertaining and informative content for a variety of audiences.

Click below to explore his experience. ............................................................................

+ TELEVISION – multiple genres

• The Katie Brown Workshop (lifestyle series)
PBS
Director, Executive Producer, Season 4 (26 episodes)

• The Katie Brown Workshop (lifestyle series)
PBS
Director, Season 3 (26 episodes)

Any Given Latitude (award winning 13 part travel series)
The Fine Living TV Network
Creator, Director, and Producer

Destination: (2-part travel series)
InDemand
Director and Producer

On a Single Breath (sports documentary)
Rush HD and National Geographic Channel
Creator, Director, and Producer

FreeFlight (sports documentary)
Rush HD and National Geographic Channel
Creator, Director, and Producer

• America's Next Sports Superstar (sports reality series pilot)
Production Support (one episode)

TV Diners and Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay    (cooking series)
Television Food Network (TVFN)
Field Producer, Production Support

History Showcase (history series)
The History Channel
Production Support (one episode)

Around Town - Restaurant (restaurant series)
MetroChannels/Cablevision
Supervising Producer/Field Producer

New Joke City (comedy series)
Metro TV
Producer, Editor

Riversense (sports documentary)
TV Geis
Production Support

New York Stories (feature)
1st AD

World Chef (cooking show series pilot)
Creator, Producer, Director

The Magic Pool (children’s program)
Air Sea Land Productions
1st AD

Gadget Wars (reality series pilot)
Producer

After School (tween variety series)
PBS
Associate Director

Dateline NBC (news series)
NBC TV
Production Support

One Life to Live (daytime soap opera series)
ABC TV
Production Support

+ COMMERCIALS

• Audi - "How do you know?"
Agency: Milk
Producer

• VW - "Little/Small"
Agency: Milk
Producer

• Audi - "The Hunt"
Agency: Milk
Producer

+ FEATURE FILMS AND SHORTS

• Goodbye Love (feature)
Production Support

• More Abandon (feature)
Production Support

April Showers (feature)
Production Manager

Six Tulips (35mm - black and white short)
Producer

+ MUSIC VIDEOS

• Chrisette Michele - "Love is You"
Island Def Jam
Executive Producer

• Jigsaw Soul - "Cockroach Hotel"
Executive Producer

• Shiny Toy Guns - "Rainy Monday"
RefusedTV: Universal Records
Post-Production Support

• Circa Survive – “The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is In The  Dose"
Dignity & Shame / RefusedTV: Equal Vision Records
Post-Production Support

• My American Heart - "The Shake (Awful Feeling)"
Dignity & Shame / RefusedTV: Warcon
Post-Production Support

• Straylight Run - "Soon We'll Be living In The Future"
RefusedTV: Universal Records
Post-Production Support

• Lifetime - "Airport Monday Morning"
Dignity & Shame: Fueled by Ramen
Post-Production Support

• The Click Five - "Jenny"
RefusedTV: Atlantic Records
Post-Production Support

• John Butler Trio - "Better Than"
RefusedTV : Atlantic Records
Post-Production Support

• Nu World Hustle ft. Bigg Dame & S Coop "Fresh"
Nu World Hustle: ARK MM
Post-Production Support

• Enko ft. Baby Ranks "Dale Dembow"
ARK MM: Stardome Latino Entertainment
Post-Production Support

• K@ren - "Se Desvance"
Sony International
Post-Production Support

• Omar Bien - "La Novela"
Post-Production Support

Underground NYC
Atmospherex
Camera, Production Support

+ CORPORATE AND INDUSTRIAL

Fossil Halls intro videos (27)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer (for video compnent)

Climate Change (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer (for portion of video compnent)

• Underwater Video Basics (Instructional DVD)
24fps Productions, Inc.
Creator, Writer, Producer, Director

•FootWakers (Instructional DVD)
24fps Productions, Inc.
Writer, Producer, Director

The Making of a Commercial (short)
Canon U.S.A.
Creative Director, Writer, Editor

• probono.net (legal training videos)
probono.net
Editing, Post Production Support

La Micoque, Hall of Human Evolution (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer (for video compnent)

Vietnam -  Journeys of the Body, Mind, and Spirit (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Editor

Pearls Exhibition (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer, Director (for opening video motage)

Hudson Estuary: Hall of Ocean Life (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer

The Baby Book (award winning interactive CD-ROM)
Time Warner Interactive
Producer/Director

The Frank Gehry Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC. (museum exhibit)
Frank Gehry Architect
Consultant

Underwater HD, Bahamas 24p Underwater HDTV Videos (promotional video)
Air Sea Land Productions
Writer, Producer, Director

The Power of One (promotional video)
Bankers Trust New York Corp.,  for Todd Street Productions
Production Manager, Writer, Editor

+ MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE

Director of Interactive Production
The Jack Morton Company
• Responsible for the overall development, integration, growth, sales, and management of a full service interactive department
•  Supported sales effort by identifying opportunities with existing accounts, attending and conducting capabilities presentations, and developing proposals.
• Managed staff and freelance resources responsible for several concurrent, cross office and cross discipline projects.
• Developed and executed sales and marketing materials to build the department’s brand internally and externally.
• Lead team in generating and delivering on over $2.4 million during tenure.
•  Clients included: Aetna US, British Airways, Chase Manhattan, CNBC, Deloitte & Touche, Lifetime TV, Lucent Technologies, NBC, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, KPMG, PaineWebber, Cushman & Wakefield, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Pharmicia & Upjohn, and many others.

Producer
Grey Direct
• Developed vision, strategy, and requirements for an interactive production division.
• Produced and consulted on a number of marketing-oriented web sites and CD-ROM’s. Accounts included: Chase Manhattan Bank, Seagram Company, LTD., Sprint, The Direct Marketing Association, and others.

Producer
Time Warner Interactive and Time Warner Cable - Broadband Applications
• Oversaw the production of web-based applications for the RoadRunner cable modem service, interactive television programs for The Full Service Network (FSN), and commercial CD-ROM titles.
• Hired and managed multiple production teams.
• Developed production budgets, marketing strategies, and cost/benefit assessments.
• Projects included: The Virtual Garden, The Baby Book–Online, Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, Best Buys TV, and the award winning, The Baby Book CD-ROM.

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+ EDUCATION

Masters of Science
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse
University (May 1992)
• MS in Television Radio and Film

Bachelor of Science
State University of New York, ESF, Syracuse, New York (May 1990)
• BS in Environmental Studies/Educational Television Radio and Film Production

Associates Degree
Long Island University, Southampton Campus, New York (May 1987)
• AS in Biology/Marine Science

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+ PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• ReelScreen
• National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
• National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)
• Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF)

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If you'd like a screener of any of the projects listed here, please e-mail or call: 917-721-2718.