Ted Gesing

Author and Graphic Designer

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Timeline
About me
Documentary Director and Producer
Education
- Phillips Academy
  1989 - 1993
- University of Texas at Austin
  2000 - 2003
  MFA
- Yale University
  1993 - 1997
  BA
Experience
- Peachpit
  May 1996 - Dec 1996
  Author and Graphic Designer
  Wrote, designed and edited the first edition of JavaScript: A Visual Quickstart Guide. The book was distributed internationally and translated into Dutch and Korean.
- Nutria
  Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
  Producer/Director
- Freelance
  Dec 2003 - Jan 2006
  Sound Recordist
  I've recorded sound for several documentaries, TV shows and feature films.
- Model City
  Jan 2004 - Dec 2004
  Producer/Director
  15 minute documentary short about 1960s urban renewal in New Haven, CT.
- American Teen/Mile End Films/Aronson Film Associates / Pangloss FIlms
  Mar 2005 - Jul 2006
  Associate Producer / Field Producer
  The Investigators. CourtTV.American Teen. A&E IndieFilms.Beautiful Daughters. Logo.
- Ofra Bikel Productions - Frontline
  Jul 2006 - Mar 2011
  Co-Producer
  Frontline: The Confessions. 2011 Nominee – Emmy for Informational Programming. 2010 Winner - Innocence Network Journalism Award.Frontline: Close to HomeFrontline: The Hugo Chavez ShowFrontline: When Kids Get Life.2007 Winner – National Council on Crime and Delinquency PASS Award.
- This American Life
  Jan 2009 - May 2009
  Reporter
  Where's King Solomon When You Need Him?
- Wondros
  Sept 2011 - Nov 2011
  Supervising Producer
  Operation Change. Produced in New Delhi and Port-au-Prince.
- Sharp Entertainment
  Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
  Field Producer
  Doomsday Preppers S2 for National Geographic.Call of the Wildman S2 for Animal Planet.
- DeSantis Breindel
  Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
  Producer
  10,000 Women. Produced in China.
- ITV
  Dec 2012 - Mar 2013
  Producer
  The Mathis Project for BET.
- Moxie Firecracker Films
  Mar 2013 - Dec 2014
  Producer
  A Dangerous Son. Peabody Award Winner 2019.
- Zero Point Zero Production Inc
  Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
  Producer
  The Hunt with John Walsh S1.
- @radical.media LLC
  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
  Development Producer
- Zero Point Zero Production Inc
  Sept 2014 - Jul 2015
  Producer
  The Hunt with John Walsh S2 and S3.
- NBC News
  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
  Producer
  Disappeared S7. Peacock Productions for ID.
- Jigsaw Productions
  Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
  Producer
  Water & Power: A California Heist. National Geographic.
- American Issues Initiative
  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
  Producer
  Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
- Zero Point Zero Production Inc
  Jan 2017 - Oct 2017
  Director, Writer
  Rotten: Big Chicken and The Peanut Problem.
- BuzzFeed
  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018
  Producer
  Follow This. BuzzFeed News for Netflix.
- NBC News
  Sept 2018 - Mar 2019
  Producer
  American Swamp. Peacock Productions for MSNBC.
- Jigsaw Productions
  Apr 2019 - Jun 2019
  Producer
  Recreation producer for "How to Fix a Drug Scandal" on Netflix
- ABC News
  Jul 2019 - Nov 2019
  Producer
  20/20
- CBS
  Feb 2020 - Apr 2020
  Producer
  48 Hours
- Story Syndicate
  May 2020 - Sept 2022
  Executive Producer & Director
  Children of the Underground for FX Documentaries. Now streaming on Hulu.
- Candle True Stories
  Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
  Producer
  Crime Nation
- THE TRAVELING PICTURE SHOW COMPANY LLC
  Feb 2024 - now
  Story Producer
Licenses & Certifications
- Director
  Directors Guild of America
  Sept 2020
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Ted Gesing
  Independent Spirit Award Nominee Film Independent Mar 2023 Children of the Underground nominated in Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series category
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  IDA Documentary Award Nominee IDA Dec 2022 Children of the Underground nominated in Best Multi-Part Documentary category
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  Peabody Award University of Georgia 2019 Won for "A Dangerous Son".
- Awarded to Ted Gesing
  Emmy Nominee - Informational Programming NATAS 2011 Nominated for "The Confessions".
- Awarded to Ted Gesing
  Innocence Network Journalism Award Innocence Network 2010 Won for "The Confessions".
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  PASS Award National Council on Crime and Delinquency 2007 Won for "When Kids Get Life".
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  Best Documentary Short SXSW Mar 2003 Nutria
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  Honorable Mention Black Maria Film Festival 2003 Nutria
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  Prix DeVarti Ann Arbor Film Festival 2003 aka Funniest FilmNutria
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  Silver Plaque Chicago International Film Festival 2003 Nutria
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  Student Documentary Achievement Finalist International Documentary Association 2003 Nutria