Sara Parnell Crosby

(202) 288-3704

Work Experience

  • Field Producer:
  • DIY Network’s I Want That – 2011

Produced by NAHB Production Group

  • Discovery Channel’s Finding Amelia – 2010

Produced by Discovery Studios

  • National Geographic Channel’s Break it Down season 3 and 4 – 2009

Produced by National Geographic Television

  • Discovery Channel’s American Loggers season 1 - 2008

Produced by Half Yard Productions

  • Coordinating Producer
  • PBS NOVA Who Killed Lindbergh’s Baby (wt) - current

Produced by WGBH

  • Kennedy Center Honors – 2011, 2012

Broadcast on CBS

  • Last Will & Testament– 2011 (also Assistant Editor)

Broadcast on Sky Arts, produced by Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment and First Folio Pictures

  • Short Form Producer/Director
  • Growing Hope Productions – current (Consulting Producer)

Series of not for profit videos highlighting various underserved community development projects in South Florida

  • Scythian Music’s Church Bus TV – 2011-2012(also Editor)

Series of short films chronicling a globally touring band on the road

  • Long Way Home - From the Ground Up – 2010

Short film on a community development NGO based in rural Guatemala

  • Edgeworks Dance Company’s the determining factor – 2008

Produced video portion of multi-media dance performance piece touring internationally

  • Associate Producer
  • National Geographic Channel’s Undercover History: Hunting the Anthrax Killer – 2009

Produced by National Geographic Television

  • Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol Interactive Training Videos – 2007-2008

Produced by Maslow Media/Interface Media

  • Animal Planet’s Ms. Adventure season 1 – 2006-2007

Produced by Tiger/Tigress Productions

  • Discovery Channel’s Young Scientist Challenge 2006, Discovery Education’s State History Series 1 and Discovery Education’s Discovering Math grades K-8for United Streaming website – 2005-2006

Produced by Discovery Studios

  • Live Events Production Assistant
  • Discovery Health Channel’s National Body Challenge 2005, Birth Day Live! 2005
  • Television News Field Producer
  • The Washington Bureau – 2002-2004

Covered events included: State of the Union 2003 and 2004, President Ronald Reagan State Funeral, Election Day coverage 2002, 2003 and 2004

Technical Skills

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- B Camera shooting experience – Sony EX1 and Panasonic HVX200

- Final Cut Pro editing experience

- Archival video research experience

Education

- BA in Journalism, from the University of Maryland, minor in Government and Politics, May 2002

References

- Leslie Shampaine: production manager/line producer: 202-468-7678

- Patrick Prentice: producer/writer: 202-531-3739

- Jimmy Felter: producer/editor: 202-465-5796

- Dave Goulding, director of photography: 301-675-8370

- Kalindi Corens, production manager/line producer: 202-744-2294

- Hugh King, series producer: 818-381-1699