JON NEUBURGER

617.416.5539

jonneuburger22@gmail.com

 


 

Independent Productions:

 

"Dave McKenna: The Key Man" - Greg Mallozzi, Producer, Quest TV

·  Biography of innovative jazz pianist from Rhode Island (60 min)

 

"Sacred Cow" - Diana Rodgers, Producer

·  Environmental and ethical quandaries we face in raising and eating meat (90 min)

 

"The Ghost Army" - Rick Beyer, producer, Plate of Peas Productions

·  U.S. Deception Unit in Europe during WW 2 (60 min)

·  Cine Golden Eagle, Salem Film Fest Audience Award

 

National Geographic Explorer: “Expedition Apocalypse” - Rick Beyer, Producer

·  Scientists travel to Siberia to resolve the Tunguska explosion from 1908 (60 min)

 

Discovery Channel: “How Stuff Works” - Lee Brownstein, Producer, Powderhouse Productions

·  Pilot for magazine-style show based on the web site (30 min)

 

History Channel: “Hillbilly: The Real Story” - David Huntley, Producer, Moore Huntley Productions 

·  History and traditions of Appalachia (2 hrs)

 

“Zamir Chorale: Jewish Voices Return to Poland” - Eric Stange, Producer, Spy Pond

·  Boston-based chorale tours eastern Europe (60 min)

 

National Geographic Explorer: “Destination Space” - Rubin-Tarrant Productions  

·  Magazine-style show about space entrepreneurs (90 min)

 

Discover Magazine: “New Pioneers of Flight” - Mark Etkind, Producer, Pinball Productions

·  Technologies behind solar unmanned aircraft (30 min)

 

“Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley St” - Mark Lippman & Leah Mahan, Producers

·  Roxbury community group builds housing (60 min)

·  Cine Golden Eagle 1997

·  New England Film and Video Festival (Outstanding Video)

·  Philadelphia Int. Film Festival (Gold Award)


 

 

 American Experience:

 

 “The Busing Battleground” - Sharon Grimberg, Producer, Winterpink Films

·  The history of the Boston School Integration Program of the 1970’s (2 hrs) 


The Harvest - Doug Blackmon and Sam Pollard, Producers,  Five Dollar Films

·  The personal odyssey of the 1st integrated class in Mississippi and its repercussions (2 hrs)


 “Flood in the Desert” - Rob Rapley, Producer, Apograph Films

·  1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam and its aftermath (60 min)

 

 “Codebreaker” - Chana Gazit, Producer, Steward/Gazit Films

·  Elizebeth Friedman, the US government’s premiere codebreaker from WW1 through WW 2 (60 min)

 

 “The Circus” Pt. 1 - Sharon Grimberg, Producer, Winterpink Films

·  History of the Circus in the U.S._2 Part Series

 

 “The Great War” Pt. 1 - Steven Ives, Producer, Insignia Films

·  America’s involvement in WW1_3 Part Series

 

 “Disney” - Sarah Colt, Producer, Sarah Colt Productions

·  Supervising Editor of 4 hour biography

 

 “JFK” - Susan Bellows, Producer, WGBH

·  Supervising Editor of 4 hour biography

·  2014 Creative Arts Emmy Winner – Non Fiction Special

 

 “The Great Famine” - Austin Hoyt Productions

·  1921 U.S. effort to save Lenin’s Russia from famine (60 min)

 

 “George H. W. Bush” (Pt. 2) - Austin Hoyt Productions

·  Biography of the former president (90 min)

 

 “Victory in the Pacific” - Austin Hoyt Productions

·  The final year of WWII against Japan (60 min)

 

 “The Gold Rush” - Randall MacLowry, Producer, Yellow Jersey Films

·  The 1849 California Gold Rush (2 hrs)

·  2007 Eric Barnow Award – Org. of American Historians

 

 “Fidel Castro” - Adriana Bosch, Producer, WGBH

·  Biography of the Cuban dictator (2 hrs)

·  Silver Hugo award – Chicago Int. Film Fest 2006

 

 “Chicago-City of the Century” - Austin Hoyt, Producer, WGBH

·  History of Chicago from founding to 1893 (45 min & 90 min)

 

 “U.S. Grant” (Pt. 1) - Adriana Bosch, Producer, WGBH

·  Biography of the Civil War general through 1865 (2 hrs)

 

 “The Rockefellers” (Pt. 2) - Adriana Bosch, Producer, WGBH

·  Rockefeller dynasty, 2nd and 3rd generations (2 hrs)

 

 “Richard Byrd-The Last Explorer ” - Nancy Porter Productions

·  Biography of celebrated polar explorer (60 min)

 

 

 

WGBH Frontline Series:

 

 “After Zero Tolerance” - Oscar Guerra, Producer

·  The Department of Homeland Security tries to reunite families 

        divided by the Zero Tolerance immigration policy (30 min.)

 

 “The Brotherhood” - Martin Smith, Producer

·  The Muslim Brotherhood and its role in the Egyptian revolution (30 min)

 

 “Sick Around The World” - Jon Palfreman, Producer

·  Reporter T.R. Reid explores 5 countries’ universal health care systems (60 min)

 

“The Age of AIDS” (Pt. 2) - Greg Barker, Producer

·  The global spread of AIDS, and prevention methods (2 hrs)

·  duPont-Columbia Journalism Award 2007

 

 “What Jennifer Saw” - Ben Loeterman Productions

·  Eyewitness reliability vs. DNA (60 min)

 

 “Angel on Death Row” - Ben Loeterman Productions

·  Profile of Sister Helen Prejean from “Dead Man Walking” novel (60 min)

·  1996 National Emmy for Directing  (Ben Loeterman)

 

 

 

WGBH NOVA Series:

 

 “Space Shuttle Disaster” – Arun Rath, Producer

·  The Columbia Space Shuttle tragedy (60 min)

 

 “Shark Attack” - Susan Kopman -  Lewis, Producer

·  Why sharks attack surfers (60 min)


“The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies” - Elizabeth Arledge, Producer

·  Monarch butterfly migration (60 min)

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“Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives” - Julia Cort, Producer

·  A rock star explores quantum physics (60 min

 

 

 

PBS Other:

 

Lidia Celebrates America: “Return of the Artisans” - Callie Wiser, Producer, WGBH

·  How artisanal crafts are making a comeback in the U.S. (60 min)

 

Latino Americans: Ep. 4 “The New Americans” - Bosch and Co. for WETA

·  6 part series on history of Latinos in the US.

·  2013 Peabody Award Winner

 

Simply Ming: Season 9 & 10 - Laurie Donnelly, Executive Producer, WGBH

·  Offline and online edit, sound mix for 26 half-hour episodes of cooking show each season.

·  (14 studio shows, 12 location shows)

 

Design Squad Nation  - Dorothy Dickie, Series Producer, WGBH

·  3 half-hour segments for the 10 part series on engineering for kids

 

“Last Chance DNA” & “El Tiante - A Red Sox Legend” - Patricia Alvarado, Producer, WGBH

·  Documentary profiles for La Plaza series (25 min segments)

·  2003 New England Emmy for Editing  (“Last Chance DNA”)

 

Greater Boston Arts: Four Segments - Stephanie Stuart, Series Producer, WGBH

·  Profiles of Boston-based artists (7 min shorts)

 

Culture Shock: “The Devil’s Music” - Maria Carter, Calvin Lindsay, Producers, WGBH

·  Controversial music, past and present (60 min)

                 “Huck Finn - Born to Trouble” -  Jill Janows, Producer, WGBH

·  An examination of Twain’s classic novel  (90 min)


War on Poverty series: “Given a Chance” - Dante James, Producer, Blackside Inc.

·  Head Start program in Mississippi in the ‘60s (60 min)

·  duPont-Columbia Journalism Award 1995