Barron Blackman

á  5943 Farmgate Rd #300  á  Raleigh, NC  á  27606  á  919-349-2626  á 

á   ATP Networks, Inc.   á   barron@atptv.com   á

Professional Experience

2002- present

Producer
The Communications Group, Raleigh, NC

In addition to duties as Line Producer for CG long-form documentaries and educational videos,  Barron provides services such as project management, video editing, media encoding and screenwriting. Concurrent with these duties, he is also the Production Coordinator for subsidiary company On Location NC Film & Equipment Services. Company supports out of area producers with local crew and equipment for their NC shoots. Clients have included Nike, NBC, FCB Healthcare, Style Network, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and more.

2000 - 2001

Producer
CMP Media, Inc. / DV Media Group,  San Francisco, CA

Produced streaming media for professional trade journals DV Magazine, and DV.com; coordinated video production for the week-long DV Expo. Responsibilities include increasing subscribership, creating value-added programming and pay-per-view economic model for new-media properties. Member of Editorial staff.

1998 - 2000

President
ATP Networks Company, Raleigh, NC

Created and administered private television networks and interactive multimedia point-of-sale display applications for retail and other high-traffic audiences. Responsibilities included corporate strategic planning, project sales and marketing, project creative design (including feature and functional specification plans), project management, scheduling, budgeting, and multimedia content creation and delivery.

1992 - 1998

VP, Executive Producer, Project Manager
ATP, Inc., Raleigh, NC

Responsible for all creative development, scheduling, budgeting, sales, and marketing for a full-service audio-visual production company. ATP, Inc produces commercial broadcast entertainment programs, TV commercials, and corporate/ industrial videos. 1994 Emmy Nominee for our broadcast TV comedy program "Rob & Bill's TalkShow".

Professional Credits

Corporate Video

ÒWith Her Own VoiceÓ, Co-Producer, 2008 documentary, Communications Group

ÒA Thousand Brothers & SistersÓ, Co-Producer, 2007 documentary, Communications Group

ÒMoving MidwayÓ Associate Producer on feature length documentary, 2006 Midway, LLC

ÒProstate Health For You & Those You LoveÓ, Producer/Editor, 2005 Communications Group

ÒBreast Health For You & Those You LoveÓ, Producer/Editor, 2005 Communications Group

ÒVideo Informed ConsentÓ, Producer/Editor, 2004, Communications Group

ÒMoebius Interview ClipsÓ, Producer/Editor, dv.com. CMP, Inc 2001
ÒDVPW at NAB2KÓ, Producer/Project Manager, CMP Media, 2000
"ThinkLink 2" ,Producer/Project Manager, Private Network Launch '99, Motorola
"ThinkLink 1", Producer/PM/Writer, Trade Show Demo for '98 CES & CTIA, Motorola
ÒHockey GuideÓ Producer/Writer/Editor, NHL Carolina Hurricanes promotion '98
"SFI", Producer/Writer, hardware superstore net launch '98, Comprise, Inc
"Local Insertions", Staff Writer/Producer, '98 Time Warner Cable Adnet
"KPET", Producer/Developer, pet superstore network '97, ATP Inc.
"Velocity!", Writer/Producer, trade show booth video for '96 NAB, Microspace Communications Inc.
"KenCasting", Writer/Producer, trade show booth video for '96 NAB, KenCast Inc.
"DTV", Electronics Store Network, '95, Square D Company
"More Than TV 5", Video Brochure, '95, Capitol Broadcasting Company
"Wal-Mart Pharmacy IVR", USRR Training, '95, Synectics, Inc.
"6D Minutes", Writer/Producer, five 30:00 episodes, sales training '94 - '95, Square D Company.
"Square D Univ", Writer/Producer, trade show booth video for '94 EIESA, Square D Company.

Broadcast & Cable Television

IFC Split Screen "A/V Geeks"

Producer/ Editor '98

ESPN 30 episodes "Gaters"

Field Producer '95

NBC 60 episodes "Rob & Bill's TalkShow"

Exec Producer Writer '92 - '95

TNT m.o.w. "Christmas In Connecticut"

Producers Ass't. '91

CBS m.o.w. "Another Pair of Aces"

Producers Ass't '91

New World Entertainment/SRI Research

Nielsen Research Analyst '90

Education

Master of Fine Arts, 1991
UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television Producers Program
University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Arts, 1984, Drama/Theater Technology, U Cal, Irvine

References

Jay Spain, President, Communications Group

Raleigh, NC 919-828-4086


Bill Columbus, President, AValive Inc.

Wilmington, NC 910-202-0102