Resume
Thomas Strodel is a creative, resourceful, and hands-on professional who specializes in puling stories out of real-life moments to deliver compelling and engaging entertainment to his audience. An expert in creating original television, leading and directing crews, talent, and diverse personalities, Tom brings his entrepreneurial know-how to every production situation, be it a local studio shoot, or a remote shoot overseas.
- Executive Producing (showrunning), Producing, Directing for both field and studio-based shoots, locally and world-wide
- Commercial spot creation, direction, and executive producing
- Talent-based concept development
- Original series and format creation and development
- Pre and post production management, budgeting, scheduling, and production accounting
- Scripts: writing and sweetening
- Concept pre-visualization
- Branded Entertainment: show sponsorship, trade-out solicitation and procurement, and more
- Foreign filming, production troubleshooting, and problem solving
- Personnel and crew management and staffing
- Crew, talent, and network contract negotiations
- Equipment planning and procurement
- Permits, Carnets, and location scouting
- Insurance negotiation and procurement locally and internationally
- Music licenses and supervision of original music development
- Show graphics, title sequences and art direction
- Extensive experience in multimedia (integrated web marketing and programming, interactive, interface, and instructional design, and more)
- Being successful in chaotic situations
Click below to explore his experience. ............................................................................
• Ghost Adventures: Best of Series (reality: paranormal)
My Tupelo for: The Travel Channel
Supervising Producer/Showrunner
(12 episodes)
• How'd They Do That - (web series)
Car and Driver’s YouTube Channel
Showrunner
(4 episodes)
• Bailin’ Out – (reality: docudrama)
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director
(Pilot)
• The Family – (reality: docudrama)
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director
(Pilot)
• Flying Cowboys – (reality: docudrama)
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director
(Pilot)
• Love is Blind – (reality: docusoap)
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director
(Pilot)
• What They Ate – (reality: food)
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director
(Pilot)
• The Katie Brown Workshop – (lifestyle series)
PBS
Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director, Season 3, 4, and 6 (59 episodes)
• Any Given Latitude - (hosted travel series)
The Fine Living Network
Creator, Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director (13 episodes)
Award: Golden Pen
• Destination - (travel series)
InDemand
Creator, Executive Producer (Showrunner), Director (2 episodes)
• On a Single Breath - (documentary)
Rush HD and National Geographic Channel
Creator, Producer, Showrunner, Director
• FreeFlight- (documentary)
Rush HD and National Geographic Channel
Creator, Producer, Showrunner, Director
• After School - (variety series)
PBS
Associate Director (26 episodes)
• Around Town – (restaurant series)
Metro Channels/Cablevision
Supervising Producer/Field Producer (13 episodes)
• New Joke City - (comedy series)
Metro TV
Producer, Editor (10 episodes)
• Dateline NBC - (news series)
NBC TV
Production Support
• One Life to Live - (daytime series)
ABC TV
Production Support
• America’s Next Sports Superstar (reality: docudrama)
Production Support
• TV Diners and Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay - (cooking series)
Food Network
Field Producer, Production Support
• History Showcase - (history series)
The History Channel
Production Support
• Riversense - (documentary)
TV Geis
Associate Producer
• New York Stories (documentary)
1st AD
• The Magic Pool - (children)
Air Sea Land Productions
1st AD
• The Real Estate Book - "Good Times"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
Award: Telly Award, 2011
• The Real Estate Book - "Pool Home"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
• Team Danbury Audi - "Horsepower Meets Manpower"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer.
Awards: Davey Award. 2010
• Humphreys - "Drool"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
• Audi - "Trust"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
Awards: Telly Award, 2010; Davey Award. 2010
• Audi - "Evolution
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
• Audi - "How do you know?"
Agency: Milk
Executive Producer
• Audi - "The Hunt"
Agency: Milk
Executive Producer
• Humphreys - "Teething Relief"
Agency: Milk
Executive Producer
• VW - "Little/Small"
Agency: Milk
Executive Producer
• VW - "Oxymoron"
Agency: Milk
Director, Executive Producer
• VW - "Sense.com"
Agency: Milk
Executive Producer
• “Kaboom” with Billy Mays
Agency: Soft Productions
Producer
Director, Executive Producer
• Goodbye Love (feature)
Production Support
• More Abandon (feature)
Production Support
• April Showers (feature)
Production Manager
• Six Tulips (35mm - black and white short)
Producer
• Chrisette Michele - "Love is You"
Island Def Jam
Executive Producer (Showrunner)
• Jigsaw Soul - "Cockroach Hotel"
Executive Producer (Showrunner)
• Underground NYC
Atmospherex
Camera, Production Support
• North American Power: Broker Presentation Video
Director, Producer
• Yamuna: FootWakers Promotional and Instructional Video
YZ Studio
Director, Producer
• David Bach: Press Kit Promotional DVD
Finish Rich
Producer
• Fossil Halls intro videos (27)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer (for video component)
• Climate Change (museum exhibit)
The American Museum of Natural History
Producer (for video component)
• 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
Award: IICS, Education
• 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
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
• Telly Award – “Good Times” The Real Estate Book, 2011
• Davey Award – “Horsepower Meets Manpower” Team Danbury Audi, 2010
• Davey Award – “Trust” Danbury Audi, 2010
• Telly Award – “Trust” Danbury Audi, 2010
• Golden Pen - Any Given Latitude, Fine Living
• IICS Award, Education, The Baby Book CD-ROM, Time Warner Interactive
• ReelScreen
• National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
• National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS)
• Studio Monthly: “Are you Covered?” (February 2009)
• Studio Monthly: “Seeing Sound” (July, 2008)
• Studio Monthly: "HDV and Old School 3D" (August 2007)
• Studio Monthly: "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitudes" (July 2006)
•HighDef: "Fine Living Travel in High Definition" (March/April 2006)
•Broadcast Engineering: "HD at any given latitude" (April 2006)
•Create Magazine: "A Creative Idea’s Journey into Reality" (Fall 2005)
• DV Magazine: FreeFlight: "The Making of a Documentary" (June, 2004)
• DV Magazine: "Diving for HD Pearls" (Volume 10, Number 3, March 2002)
• FilmFestival Reporter - Author of various articles (Winter/Spring 2002)
• Videography: "Swimming with the HD Sharks" (Volume 26, No, 1, January, 2001)
• HighDef: "Into the Deep with High Definition" (Summer 2000, volume 2, Issue 4)
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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.