stephen mclaughlin resume april 2016
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STEPHEN MCLAUGHLIN 263 KINGSLAND TERRACE SOUTH ORANGE, NJ 07079. . C: 610-513-6264
[email protected] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAMMING – OPTOMEN PRODUCTIONS, INC, AN ALL3MEDIA COMPANY
Oversee non-fiction programming for busy NY office, specializing in creating formats and taking ideas and pitches from initial concept through production and post production. Over the past 5.5 years, created over 20 new pilots and/or series for clients including MTV, Discovery, A&E & Lifetime in genres ranging from crime and personal ordeal to character-driven docusoaps to verite adventure shows. Main responsibilities include running all aspects of production and post, overseeing the writing of all story arcs, scripts and/or narration, conceiving the shows’ visual style and working directly with all network clients.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & SHOW RUNNER CREDITS (SELECTED) – 2009-PRESENT
One Bad Choice, MTV, Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen, 10x60 Scorned: Love Kills, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen, 80x60, Ssn 1-5 Land Rush, Discovery, Executive Producer – Optomen, 8x60 Track Down Samantha Brown, Travel, Executive Producer – Optomen, 2x30 pilots Most Evil, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen, 10x60 Evil, I, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen, 18x30, Ssn 1-2
Alaska Haunting, Destination America, Executive Producer – Optomen, 6x60 Beauty Queen Murders, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer – Optomen, 12x60, Ssn 1-2 Deadly Sins, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer – Optomen, 20x60 Poisoned Passions, Investigation Discovery, Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen, 6x60
Mother of Murder, A&E/Lifetime, Executive Producer – Optomen, 1x60, special Deadly Ambitions, A&E/Bio, Executive Producer – Optomen, 1x60, pilot Monsters Inside Me, Animal Planet, Series Producer, Season 2 – Optomen, 50x60
Bedbug Apocalypse, Animal Planet, Co-Executive Producer – Optomen, special
Reel Rivals, The Weather Channel, Executive Producer – Optomen, season Rat Busters NYC, Animal Planet, Co-Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen
Animal Fugitives, Nat Geo Wild, Co-Executive Producer/Showrunner – Optomen Wedded To Perfection, TLC, Supervising Producer – NBC Peacock Productions Extreme Trains, History, Story Producer – Tiger Aspect USA, season Intervention: In Depth, A&E, Story Producer – NBC Peacock Productions Mystery Diagnosis, Discovery Health, Producer – True Entertainment EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School – Bachelors of Science, Economics, Honors 2000 Syracuse University, Newhouse School – Masters of Arts, TV/Film, Honors 2003