JOHN BASSETT
Producer Writer Director Creator
Experience:
“Love In Black and White” - Limited Series - PRODUCER - 2025 (Pre-Production)
(Field and Post Producer ) - Nocturnal Epiphany Productions
Four part series about interracial life in America as media (television, film and music) has both divided and brought us together.
“The Last Wright” - Season 1 (Unanounced) - PRODUCER - 2024
(Consulting Producer / Field Director) - All3 Media/Scout Productions for MAGNOLIA/MAX
A Mother and Daughter in Ohio build the last residential designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
“JUNGLE CROWS” - Limited Series - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2024
(Showrunner / Co-Creator) - In Development for KING TOLEDO ENT.
Following an all girl’s rubgy team from the slums of Kolkata, India.
THE NETWORK STUDIOS – Podcast Studio – CONSULTING PRODUCER – 2024
(Host/Show writing and development / Directing / Set Design) – TNS ORIGINALS
Shows: “Socially Xceptable” / “The Chann Barry Show” / “Uniting America w/ John Wood Jr.”
“CRACK ADDICTS” – Season 1 - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR – 2022/23
(Showrunner of Field and Post) – ALL 3 Media/Woodman Park for TLC
Uplifting medical follow featuring in demand chiropractor Dr. Alessandra Colon.
“BAD HAIR DAY” – Season 1 – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR – 2022
(Showrunner of Field and Post) – Crazy Legs Productions for TLC
Renowned hair and skin surgeons change the lives of patients in need.
“UNEXPECTEDVILLE” – Pilot/Dev. – CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2021
(Field E.P. / Writer / Field Supervisor) – Eastern Productions for TLC
In a small town in Indiana, the teen pregnancy rate is the largest in the U.S.
“B.T.K - CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER” – Limited Series – SUP. PROD. - 2021
(Field Manager/ Research and Access / Writer) – ITV for A&E
4 part crime series featuring new interviews with the B.T.K Killer, Dennis Rader
“ALASKA THE LAST FRONTIER”- Season 10 – CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2021
(Lead Post Story/Head Writer) – Discovery Studios/ALL 3 Media for DISCOVERY
Following the lives of the homesteading Kilcher family on their remote 600 acres.
“ALASKA THE LAST FRONTIER”- Season 9 – SUPERVISING PRODUCER – 2019/2020
(Lead Post Story Producer/Writer) – Discovery Studios/ALL 3 Media for DISCOVERY
“HAUNTED” – Seasons 2 and 3 – SUPERVISING PRODUCER – 2019/2020
(Field Producer/Cast Access/Post Story Producer/Writer) – Propagate for NETFLIX
True accounts of witnessing ghosts, aliens and creatures from other worlds.
“UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA” – Season 4 – PRODUCER – 2018/2019
(Field Manager and Post Story Producer) – All 3 Media for CNN
W. Kamau Bell has the tough conversations about the world we live in.
*Emmy winners- Best Unstructured Program / Best Editing
“PEOPLE MAGAZINE INVESTIGATES”- Season 3- PRODUCER - 2018
(Script Writer/Post Story Producer)- Radley Studios for I.D.
The famed magazines top reporters recount their favorite crimes.
“BORN THIS WAY” Seasons 2-4 – SUPERVISING STORY PRODUCER – 2016-2018
(Field Director/Story Supervisor) Bunim-Murray Productions for A&E
*Emmy winner- Best Unstructured Program / Best Cinematography / Best Editing
“BLOOD RELATIVES” Season 6 – CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - 2017
(Lead Post Producer/Script Writer) Mike Mathis Productions for I.D.
“BEING: Golden” – Podcast - Season 1 – PRODUCER/DIRECTOR - 2022
(Field Producer/Director) – for LEMONADA MEDIA
“THIS IS HAPPENING” – Season 1 – SENIOR PRODUCER -
(Field Director/Post Story Producer) Jukin Media for GO90 (Digital)
“UNDRESSED” – SENIOR STORY EDITOR - 2017
(Post Story Producer) Bunim-Murray Productions for MTV
“THE GARY OWEN SHOW” – SENIOR STORY PRODUCER - 2016
(Post Story Producer/Writer) – Bunim-Murray Productions for BET
“MURDER AMONG FRIENDS” – SUPERVISING PRODUCER - 2016
(Field Director/Post Story Producer/Writer) – Mike Mathis Prods for I. D.
“A SEASON WITH NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL” – STORY PRODUCER - 2015
(Sole Post Story Producer/Writer) – Stone and Co.- Crazy Legs Prods for SHOWTIME
“FAST N’ LOUD” – PRODUCER - 2014
(Lead Post Story Producer) Pilgrim Studios for DISCOVERY
“BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERS” - STORY PRODUCER / WRITER / DIRECTOR - 2013
(Prep, Field and Post) Optomen Productions for INVEST. DISCOVERY
“THE GLEE PROJECT” (Seasons 1 and 2) – FIELD PRODUCER – 2011/2012
(Field) Embassy Row for OXYGEN
“ON THE ROAD WITH AUSTIN AND SANTINO”- SENIOR STORY PRODUCER- 2010
(Field and Post) Goodbye Pictures for LIFETIME
“DOMINICK DUNNE’S POWER, PRIVILEGE AND JUSTICE” – CO-PRODUCER - 2009
(Field and Post) Digital Ranch Productions for TRU TV
Education:
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ‘03
Bachelor of Mass Communications and Media Arts
Minor: Psychology
Skills:
Twenty-year veteran with “soup to nuts” experience both in the field and post.
Proficient in Avid and Premier editing.
Thousands of hours field directing/managing reality crews/verité/interviews/re-creations.
Valid Passport/have produced challenging projects in numerous countries.
A career storyteller counted on to produce characters and stories that deliver.