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.
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+ 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
• Audi - "How do you know?"
Agency: Milk
Producer
• VW - "Little/Small"
Agency: Milk
Producer
• Audi - "The Hunt"
Agency: Milk
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
• 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
• 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
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.