ROBERT CORSINI
FILMMAKER, PRODUCER, Avid EDITOR & WRITER
3932 Rome Court
Los Angeles, CA 90065
H 323-342-0057, Cell 323-360-2411 RECorsini@aol.com
Experience
Producer/Director. Aborginal Media Inc. Los Angeles. (July – present)
Velo Love: Independent feature documentary focusing three Dutch Antillian artists from Curacao. Filmed in Amsterdam and Curacao. Currently in post-production.
Co-Producer. Natural9 Entertainment, Burbank.
America’s War On Sex: Independent feature documentary based on the book of the same title by nationally renowned sex therapist, Dr. Marty Klein. Recently completed and entering domestic and international distribution.
Producer/Writer/Editor, Natural 9 Entertainment, Burbank.
FOX Reality. (October 2005 to present)
Reality Revealed Produced, wrote and edited thirty minute mini-docs behind the scenes of Network reality shows.
Flashbacks Produced and edited 365 promo/podcasts
TRAVEL CHANNEL
Sturgis: All Access. Producer, editor and writer for twelve part series on the cultural phenomenon of the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally.
Producer/Writer, Fremantle Media, Santa Monica. Discovery Health/TLC.
Love on the Rocks. Field Produced and wrote 2 episodes for a reality based series on problematic intimate relationships subjected to professional therapy and treatment.
(April-September 2005)
TLC.
Property Ladder. Reviewed and pre-edited over 100 hours of source material for home renovation reality series on TLC (April-September 2005).
Co-Producer/Field Producer, Studio7NY, New York.
1/2 The Nation feature documentary special distributed by GRB Entertainment, focusing on the chasm between the American Right and Left. (Filmed August-November 2004, Edited and Marketed 2005).
Director/Story Producer/Writer. Original Productions, Burbank/Discovery Channel
Monster House. Discovery Channel’s top rated prime-time reality show now in its third season. Responsible for managing, developing, filming and editing all story elements during intensive seven day production schedule followed by 6 weeks of post-production. (March 2004 – January 2005)
Field Producer/Writer. Original Productions for The Discovery Channel, Burbank.
Monster Nation. The most recent incarnation of the Monster Garage/House franchise that takes the ‘insanity’ on the road across America, in search of Monster-like people and their ‘wacky’, overpowered and dangerous creations. (Spring/Summer 2004.)
Field/Post Producer. E Entertainment, Hollywood.
How Do I Look? Field and post-produced 2 one-hour, reality based, maker-over programs hosted by General Hospital’s Finola Hughes. Responsible for pre-production research, location selection, subject development, pre-interviews, complete script writing for stand-ups, voice over and pre-edit assembly scripts. Supervised all aspects of post-production to program delivery. (Winter 2003/2004.)
Producer, Writer. Associated Television International, Los Angeles, CA.
May 2000 to December 2002.
Inside Television’s Greatest/TLC-Discovery Networks. Five one-hours focusing on the inner workings of classic television from I Love Lucy to Cheers, The Munsters and Addams Family to Hill Street Blues and L.A. Law.
On Location /Travel Channel-Discovery Networks. Two one-hours focusing on locations made famous by classic horror and suspense films such as Hitchcock’s Vertigo and The Birds, Jaws, Halloween, and The Sixth Sense.
Places of Infamy/Travel Channel-Discovery Networks. Two one-hours focusing on historic and ‘infamous’ places where history has been made from the Hindenberg disaster to Florence and Normandie the flash-point of the LA riots.
Producer, Editor. Tri-Crown Productions, Burbank CA. March 1998 to April 2000.
Fox Family Countdown/Fox FamilyChannel and Saban Entertainment. Weekly music video countdown show featuring top-ten pop songs, movie releases and one-on-one host interviews with major pop music artists and actors. 1999 – 2000.
Co-Producer/Director, Editor. Upfront Productions, Los Angeles, CA. 1992–1998.
Straight From The Streets. Independently produced feature documentary on the social, political and racial issues inherent in the genre of Rap music. Featuring Ice-Cube, Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and others. Currently in home video distribution with Leisure Entertainment, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Producer, Writer, Editor. WATV West Los Angeles, CA. 1996-1998
American Hot Rodder, American Thunder, Classics Speedvision/Outdoor Life Networks. Weekly half-hour motor sport programs that traveled nationwide to find the best ‘rides’ money can buy.
Road to the Record, Speedvision. One-hour documentary special on Craig Breedlove’s 1997 land speed record attempt.
Special Projects Producer. QRZ Media, Los Angeles, CA. 1996.
LAPD: Life on the Beat Nationally syndicated ‘reality based’ television series focusing on the lives and street realities of the rank and file officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.
Associate Producer. NBC News, Burbank CA. 1992-1994.
I Witness Video. Weekly prime-time network ‘reality’ program featuring extraordinary stories serendipitously video taped. One of the first nationwide, network programs that began the ‘Real TV’ and ‘Caught on Tape’ phenomena.
Associate Producer. WQED-TV (PBS National) 1989-1992.
The Infinite Voyage. National PBS science documentary series sponsored by the Digital Equipment Corporation.
Peace Corps Volunteer, Togo, West Africa, 1984–1987
Research Assistant, Center For National Security Studies, Washington D.C. 1982. ACLU funded national security studies research office.
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara. Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, 1984.
Los Angeles Community College, Film and Television Certificate Program, 1988.
Languages: French; fluent oral and written. Spanish and Italian; conversational familiarity.