JAMES CARHART 18067 old ranch road, tehachapi, ca. 93561 office / mobile: (818) 519-7143 / e-mail: [email protected]
TELEVISION / CORPORATE EVENTS / THEME PARK ARCHITECTURAL / INDUSTRIALS / MUSIC VIDEOS / THEATRE
EDUCATION
Carnegie-Mellon University - Graduate Studies, Theatre Set Design / Bucknell University - BA Art / ADG IATSE Local 800
PRODUCTION DESIGN / ART DIRECTION
TELEVISION
THE HUSTLER Allmedia, Clock Productions, Jack Burgess, Susan House Exec Producers RIDICULOUSNESS* (Season 11-16) MTV / Perfect Feet Productions, Rob Dirdyk Executive Producer BATTLEBOTS* (3&4) Greetings Media Productions AMAZINGNESS* MTV / Superjacket Productions, Rob Dirdyk Executive Producer THE TOY BOX* (Season 1&2) Hudsun Media, ULTIMATE BEAST MASTER*(Season 2&3) Netflix / 257 Productions, David Broome Executive Producer ARE YOU THE ONE?* MTV HATCHED Trium Entertainment HOOD ADJACENT (Pilot)* Comedy Central AMERICAN BAKING CHALLENGE* CBS-TV, Jay Bienstock, Richard McKerrow Exec Prod, Love Productions 2013 THE JAMIE OLIVER FOOD REVOLUTION (1&2) ABC-TV, GCM Productions TOP CHEF (Season 1) Magical Elves Productions, Bravo EXTRA VIRGIN (Season 1&2) Cooking Channel, Ready Freddy Productions STEAMPUNK’D* GSN /Pink Sneakers Productions, Jen Duncan Exec Producer 2015 BAGGAGE ON THE ROAD GSN / Wilshire Studios 2014 JUDGE FAITH Good Faith Prod, Kathy Sapp, Hank Cohen Exec. Producers 2014, 2015 FAMOUS IN 12* CW Network, Warner-Horizon, Elderick Productions 2014 WOLF WATCH* MTV, New Remote Productions 2013 VISALUS VITALITY EVENT Patterson Avenue Productions, Keith Dixon Exec Prod,14k pax @AA Arena Miami MAJORS & MINORS* HUB Network, Boardwalk Music Productions, Tim Bogart, Executive Producer PLATINUM HIT Bravo, True Entertainment, Susan House Executive Producer SMTV 4th ANNIVERSARY Patterson Avenue Productions, Keith Dixon Exec Producer DATING IN THE DARK (Season 2) ABC-TV, Endemol Productions, Tom Steele Exec Producer BREAKTHROUGH-TONY ROBBINS (Finale) Relativity Real Productions, Tom Forman, Executive Producer MAKING HIS BAND MTV 13 FEAR IS REAL CW Network, Jay Bienstock Executive Producer KID NATION CBS-TV, Tom Forman Productions KEITH BARRY MAGIC SPECIAL CBS-TV, Embassy Row Productions TREASURE HUNTERS* CBS-TV, Magical Elves Productions NEWS JUNKIES (Pilot) Susan Winston Productions MADE IN THE USA Realand Productions, Ken Mok Exec. Producer, USA Network STARLET WB, Next Entertainment THE LAW FIRM NBC-TV, Oseola Productions STARTING OVER (2004, 2005) Bunim-Murray Productions, NBC Daytime, Daily show THE BENEFACTOR ABC-TV, Clay Newbill, Producer LAST COMIC STANDING 2* NBC Studios – Peter Engel, Jay Mohr, Producers AVERAGE JOE (Season 1)* NBC Studios THE OTHER HALF (Season 1&2)* NBC Studios –Dan Funk, Susan Winston, Mark Stendal, Alan Winters CHAPEL OF LOVE – The Music of Jeff Barry PBS / Delilah Films – Stephanie Bennett / Albert Spevak, Producers 1990 BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL * NBC - Hope Enterprises, Linda Hope, Executive Producer ENTERTAINMENT DAILY JOURNAL Fox TV - Bill Knoedelseder, Executive Producer MY HOME'S IN ALABAMA (Outdoor Concert) CBS - Dick Clark Co. - Gene Weed, Producer AMERICAN GLADIATORS (Pilot) Samuel Goldwyn Productions /4 Point Entertainment JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW (Season 1&2)* Witt-Thomas Productions SANTA BARBARA (Soap Opera, 2yrs)* NBC-TV, New World Productions SALE OF THE CENTURY* NBC-TV, Reg Grundy Productions
CORPORATE EVENTS
YOUNGEVITY – Corporate Events Patterson Avenue Productions, Keith Dixon, Executive Producer 2015-2016 VISALUS SCIENCES – Corporate Meetings Patterson Avenue Productions, Keith Dixon, Executive Producer 2007-2012 PATTERSON AVENUE PRODUCTIONS Staff Production Designer, Keith Dixon, President and Owner HERBALIFE - Onsite Design Coordinator Herbalife International, David Dorr Sr. Director Corporate Events, 2006-Present HERBALIFE WORLDWIDE EVENTS Wesley Morris Ent. / Herbalife International 1992 - 2000 HBN - HERBALIFE’S SATELITE NETWORK Wesley Morris Ent. / Herbalife International 1995 - 2000
THEME PARK
WILD WEST STUNT SHOW -Attraction MCA Recreation Services - Barbara Epstein, Producer BACKDRAFT - Attraction MCA Recreation Services - David Codiga / Nick Drobnis Producers
ARCHITECTURAL
GUITAR CENTER VINTAGE ROOM Guitar Center, Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA. Remodel
INDUSTRIALS
THE MAGIC BULLET (Infomercial) C Squared Productions OPTI-FREE (Infomercial) Alba Communications BBDO THERMOJETICS (Industrial) Bou-Tie Productions PERFECT ABS (Infomercial) Cort Howell Productions EASY SHAPER (Infomercial) Onyx Productions
MUSIC & EXERCISE VIDEOS, PARTIES & EVENTS
I LOVE LITTLE GIRLS (Music Video) Oingo Boingo - Mark Robinson / Danny Elfman Producers BALANCED WORK-OUT (Exercise Video) Feeling Fine Productions - Art Ulene, Producer SUZAN HUGHES – TAKE 10 (Exercise Video) HBN Productions SIMMONS BIRTHDAY (Montecito, CA) Sharon Sacks Productions GRAMMY JAM PARTY, MERCEDES Sharon Sacks Productions VELOZ NEW YEARS EVE PARTY Sharon Sacks Productions
THEATRE
TEHACHAPI COMMUNITY THEATER Resident Designer 2010- Present LITTLE EGYPT (The Musical) Joe Stern, Producer, The Matrix Theatre, LA, CA. LITTLE EGYPT Appian Way Productions, The Met Theatre, LA, CA. THE VISIBLE HORSE Appian Way Productions, Court Theatre, LA, CA. SELTZER MAN Gravy Productions, Tiffany Theatre, LA, CA. FURTHEST FROM THE SUN Woody Harrelson / Children at Play Productions, Tiffany Theatre, LA, CA. PALLADIUM IS MOVING Appian Way Productions - Court Theater, LA, CA THE FEELING HOUR Donna Salem, Producer - Eagle Theater, LA, CA HEART STOPPER LA Theater Unit, LA, CA WORKING GUEST ARTIST - University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL ELIXIR OF LOVE Theater of Light, Hollywood, CA GOD IT'S TOO LATE La Mama ETC - New York, NY CAROUSEL GUEST ARTIST – Univ. of Missouri, Lyric Theater, Kansas City, MO 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE La Mama ETC - New York City, NY & Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA NOYES FLUDDE St. James Episcopal Church, Batavia, NY STAR SPANGLED GIRL Limelight Dinner Theater, Bushkill, PA
AWARDS
EMMY NOMINATION 2001, 2002 “THE OTHER HALF” – Art Direction DRAMALOGUE AWARD 1990 "PALLADIUM IS MOVING" – Set Design AV MAGAZINE AWARD 1999 “HERBALIFE BROADCAST NETWORK” Worldwide excellence in use of television TELLY AWARD 1999 “COLOUR LAUNCH” – HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, NYC 10/1999 OMNI AWARD 1999 “COLOUR LAUNCH” – HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, NYC 10/1999
INTERNATIONAL & LARGE VENUE EXPERIENCE - UNITED STATES, EUROPE, ASIA & SOUTH AMERICA. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. *Union