Joseph Brent Bohannon

10835 Warwick Avenue, Fairfax, VA  22030

Phone: (571) 217-9063           E-mail: joe.bohannon@nbc.com

 

 

SUMMARY/HIGHLIGHTS

·       Award-winning television news producer—with over 17 years of experience at all levels of production—currently pursuing MFA in Film and Electronic Media, concentrating on videography and producing documentary & narrative films

·       Detail-oriented with outstanding organizational skills and experience maintaining production schedules and project timelines; budget oversight including forecasting budget expenditures; crew and production management exercising team leadership. Experienced in marketing and fundraising

 

DOCUMENTARY FILM CREDITS

·       Producer, Writer, Director and Cinematographer, Varga’s Girls, 2009

·       Producer, Writer, Cinematographer & Editor, EcoViews: The Chesapeake Bay, Aired on Maryland Public TV (MPT); Original Airdate: April 23, 2008

·       Director of Photography, Sound Parrots: A Place to Land, 2008

·       Co-producer, Co-writer and Director of Photography, Free Flight, 2008

·       Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Rockabilly: Viva Las Vegas-11, 2008

·       Cameraman, River, 2008

·       Cameraman, Extreme Commuting, 2008

 

NEWS PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

NBC NEWS, Washington, DC, Producer, 2002-Present

·       Weekend Assignment Manager  - Field and Cutting Producer, NBC News programs: "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today Show," "Weekend Today" and "Weekend Nightly"

·       Field Producer at The White House & Capitol Hill

·       MSNBC.COM contributor on “digital journalism” projects

 

NBC NEWS/MSNBC, Burbank, CA, Producer, 1996-2001

·       Field and Cutting Producer, NBC News programs: "NBC Nightly News," "Today Show," "Weekend Today" and "Weekend Nightly"

·       Entertainment Features Producer, for Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globes, various movie premieres and event coverage

·       Producer for MSNBC and CNBC live programming

 

E! ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION, Los Angeles, CA, Assignment Editor, 1996

·       Managed crew scheduling, futures and planning

 

NBC NEWS, Washington, DC, Desk/Production Assistant – 1994-1996  

·       Assisted in the day to day operations of a working newsroom and performed daily production duties in support of the production of daily newscasts              

 

AWARDS

EDWARD R. MURRROW AWARD (RTNDA) and EMMY NOMINEE

·       Producer, The Arrest of the Snipers, 2002

 

EDUCATION

MFA, Film & Electronic Media, American University, Washington, DC, 2009

BA, Speech Communications, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, 1989