www.JohannaVanderspool.comWith 18+ years media experience, I am an award winning director | producer in scripted and documentary TV series, commercials, films and branded digital content for networks, cable, agencies and commercial production companies in LA and NYC.TV | studio roster includes: Esquire, ABC, GSN, HGTV, Discovery, A&E, Bravo, Li...
Read Morewww.JohannaVanderspool.comWith 18+ years media experience, I am an award winning director | producer in scripted and documentary TV series, commercials, films and branded digital content for networks, cable, agencies and commercial production companies in LA and NYC.TV | studio roster includes: Esquire, ABC, GSN, HGTV, Discovery, A&E, Bravo, Lifetime, PBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Oxygen, BET, Travel, History, Style, CMT, Sony Pictures, Fox, Disney, Warner Brothers, Warrior Poets, and more.Commercial | agency roster: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, American Airlines, Verizon, TW Cable, Ford, Toyota, Nike, Pier 1, Pepsi, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Google, Bob Industries, Ground Zero, Deutsch, Doner, Grey Worldwide, OMD and more.Regarding talent, I've worked with celebrities (from Chris Brown, Jennifer Aniston, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, P Diddy, Robin Williams, et al) and acclaimed directors | producers (Morgan Spurlock, John Langley, Kirsten Sheridan, Andy Tennant, et al). I also have a knack for working with reality (documentary) talent, providing strong direction and executing compelling story lines. I am able to quickly judge and/or write the creative and present an innovative story. Overall, I am adept in both creative AND logistics; a detailed orientated multi-tasker with the creativity to boot.Considered a "showrunner" and "preditor", my skill set includes showrunning, narrative and verite directing, story development, location scouting, writing VO | episodic scripts | outlines | treatments, editing | string outs (AVID, FCP, PREMIERE), casting, budgeting and managing various productions in different genres. Generally, I've concentrated on news | docs, competition, food | travel | design lifestyle and infotainment. In the past 5 years, I've also returned to directing and writing narrative films, branded digital series and commercials.
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