SMOKEY FORESTER

Producer/Director/Production Manager

52 East 1 Street (4)

New York, NY 10003

(212) 677-6607

smokey@smokey.com

http://www.smokey.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006 – present FREELANCE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION MANAGER

2003 – 2006 HEAD OF PRODUCTION – Katahdin Foundation

1998 – 2003 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER – American Museum of Natural History

1982 – 1998 FREELANCE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION MANAGER

1979 – 1982 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - University of Mid-America

1978 – 1979 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - South Carolina ETV

1976 – 1978 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - University of Mid-America

1972 – 1976 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - New Jersey Public Television

1967 – 1971 PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - Connecticut Public Television

SELECTED WORK

Generation 911
2009-2010

UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER and FIELD PRODUCER for a feature documentary about how the West doesn’t understand Islam. Nigel Noble director

S. O. P. Standard Operating Procedure

2007

FIELD PRODUCER for exteriors in Jordan for Errol Morris’ new theatrical documentary about Abu Ghraib.

Reunion

2006

FIELD PRODUCER and DIRECTOR of a short documentary about the saving of a Jewish brother and sister by brave farm family in Lithuania during World War II for Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.

Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action

2005

CO-PRODUCER of a 90-minute super 16mm film about American Indians and environmental justice. The film contains four stories: The Penobscot in Maine and their struggle with paper companies discharging dioxin; the Gwich’in struggle to keep Bush from drilling in ANWR; the Northern Cheyenne and the expansion of coal-bed methane gas drilling; and finally, the Navajo trying to stop another round of uranium mining. Homeland won the 2005 Santa Barbara Film Festival Social Justice Award and Audience Award for Best Documentary and Environmental and Festival Award at Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Homeland is available on DVD for educational and home use.

Science Bulletins

1998 – 2003

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER of an 12-person new media team shooting and editing high-definition video (1080i HDCAM), kiosk and web sites – current science stories designed to enlighten and entertain 4-million visitors to the three new halls of biodiversity, earth and space science. Also developed MPEG2 distribution system to deliver HD content overnight to other museums on a subscription basis.

Sahara

1997

FIELD PRODUCER for a two-hour special about animals of the Sahara Desert in Morocco. Telenova Productions. Dyanna Taylor, director.

The American Revolution

1996

SERIES PRODUCER for a six-hour series about the American revolution for PBS. A co-production of Middlemarch Films and KTCA (St. Paul).

The Seven Habits

1995

FIELD PRODUCER and PRODUCTION MANAGER for a 90-minute look at Stephen Covey's work in corporations, homes and communities throughout America. Funded by Sprint. John Nathan, director.

Great Performances:

In the Fiddler's House

1995

FIELD PRODUCER for an SIP special in which Itzhak Perlman discovers klezmer music in Krakow, Poland.

American Process

1994

FIELD PRODUCER for a series about democracy for high school students.

Woodstock II

1994

LINE PRODUCER of the feature documentary about Woodstock II for Propaganda Films. Barbara Kopple, director.

Visions of Asia

1993

FIELD PRODUCER of an hour film on great tales in Asian literature and the great art they have inspired to be shot in Korea, China, India and Indonesia. Perry Miller Adato, director.

500 Nations With Kevin Costner

1992/93

SUPERVISING FIELD PRODUCER of an 8 hour series on the history of of American Indians from Mexico to Canada. Hosted and funded by Kevin Costner.

American Masters:

Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

1991 - 1992

FIELD PRODUCER and PRODUCTION MANAGER of 90 minute portrait of Paul Simon on tour in Asia and South America and South Africa. Nigel Noble and Susan Steinberg, directors - Susan Lacy producer.

AT&T HDTV
1992

PRODUCTION MANAGER of a 20 minute HDTV dramatic glimpse of the future of the telephone. Presentation was designed for AT&T's largest customers. Maritz Communications, producer - Nigel Noble, director.

The Dance Project

1990 – 1991

SERIES ADVISOR and PRODUCTION MANAGER – documentary series about cross-cultural look at dance around the world - Middlemarch Films, Inc. - Rhoda Grauer, executive producer.

Art of Indonesia: Tales of Indonesia

1990

PRODUCER – documentary about temples of Indonesia for Festival of from the Shadow World - for PBS, Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Gallery of Art - Andrea Simon, director.

Power of the Past with Bill Moyers

1989

PRODUCER - documentary about Florence and the Renaissance for PBS. David Grubin, executive producer.

Saturday Night with Connie Chung

1989

LINE PRODUCER - Dramatic recreation of newsworthy events – Vicki Samuels, Director, CBS News.

NBC White Paper:

To Be an American

1989

PRODUCTION MANAGER - documentary with Tom Brokaw about the new wave of immigrants to America from Southeast Asia - Tom Spain, producer.

IBM Senior Management Meeting

1989

PRODUCER - annual meeting of top IBM executives worldwide – for David Grubin Productions, Inc.

Dukakis Presidential Campaign

1989

DIRECTOR - Spots for Dukakis 1988 Campaign - Sawyer Miller Group, producer.

CBS News
True Stories
1988

PRODUCTION MANAGER - docudrama pilot for series of reenacted true stories shot on location - Andy Lack, director.

U. S. Constitution with Bill Moyers

1987

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - PBS series examining the meaning of the Constitution in our daily lives for Agency for Instructional Technology.

The Health Century

1987

COORDINATING PRODUCER - PBS series of documentaries exploring medical advances of the past hundred years for The Blackwell Corporation.

NBC White Paper:

To be a Teacher

1986

FIELD PRODUCER - a view of teaching from the teachers' perspective with Tom Brokaw - Tom Spain, producer.

In America

1985

SENIOR PRODUCER - English as a second language home video series for Reeves Corporate Services.

USA: Mr. Wilson and the Great War

1984

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - documentary profile of Woodrow Wilson and World War I - CPB/Annenberg Project.

NBC Reports:

Iacocca An American Profile

1984

FIELD PRODUCER - profile of Lee Iacocca and the Chrysler recovery – Tom Spain, producer.

NBC Reports:

Labor in the Promised Land

1983

FIELD PRODUCER - examination of organized labor and its future in the Sunbelt - Tom Spain, producer.

Close to Home
1982

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - three dramas on child abuse prevention.

Listening for Understanding:

Work Redesign
1981

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - two films on management and psychology.

Loosening the Grip

1980

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - series about the use and abuse of alcohol.

ThinkAbout
1978 – 1979

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - children's dramatic series for Agency for Instructional Television.

Japan: The Changing Tradition

1977-1978

PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - sixteen half hour films about the history and culture of Japan with advisor Edwin O. Reischauer.

AWARDS

2005 GRAND TETON – Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival – Homeland

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM – Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival – Homeland

CINE GOLDEN EAGLE – Homeland

GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – Berkeley Video & Film Festival – Homeland

CHRIS AWARD – Columbus International Film & Video Festival – Homeland

INDIAN SUMMER FILM & VIDEO IMAGE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE – Homeland

EARTHVISION ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD – Homeland

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY – Santa Barbara Film Festival – Homeland

SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD – Santa Barbara Film Festival - Homeland

2001 PEABODY – American Masters: F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

1997 EMMY - Great Performances: In the Fiddler's House

1994 PEABODY - American Masters: Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time

1988 AMERICAN FILM AND TV FESTIVAL - To Be a Teacher

1987 NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL -

U. S. Constitution with Bill Moyers

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - To Be a Teacher

1984 SAN FRANCISCO FILM FESTIVAL - Labor in the Promised Land

EDUCATION

1969 Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Trinity College, Hartford, CT

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