About Gene
Gene earned an Emmy Award nomination (2008) as a producer-writer for Fox News Channel, and an American Documentary Film Festival Award (2019) as a producer-writer-director. Gene's passion is developing provocative, unexpected stories that shape audience experience and resonate with today's culture. As executive producer, he finds, develops, and produces promising programming for prestige media brand partners, including PBS-TV affiliates (WTTW, WEIU, Utah PBS/KUED-TV, Oregon PBS, Tennessee PBS, Iowa PBS, San Francisco's KQED) carrying Gene's new Frank Capra documentary, later voted a fan favorite BACK BY DEMAND at AMDOCS. He develops radio documentaries for public media's Pacifica Network; and clients overseas. He sets the artistic vision, design and creative standards for these media projects. An entertainment executive, he plans all aspects of production, spanning from writing to directing and editing. Gene's written and field-produced for CBS News/Local, Fox News Channel digital; produced a feature film distributed by Amazon; and produced a documentary for Swiss TV. Gene was the first digital producer to cover the Democratic National Convention for WIRED. Gene regularly appeared as on-air talent on Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU-TV and on the radio. Gene authored four visionary books: The bestseller Done With Diabetes (2016); Tongkat Ali+Other Herbs to Boost Vitality (2017); Nanotechnology in Medicine (2012); +The Genius of Imitation (2005).These books are sold on barnesandnoble.com and amazon.co.uk. Past integrated multi-media clients include: Forbes, Asia Times, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal Digital, America Economia, UPI, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Entrepreneur. Gene wrote + produced a weekly public affairs show syndicated to 300 PBS stations, TechnoPolitics, and produces/directs/writes for shows at The Second City, including Make America Gag Again, and The Interview at the Acting Studio and Zero Bond at The Greenhouse Theater.
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