Executive Director of Programming & Production
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Executive Director of Programming & Production at GSN
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- Principal at REZLUTION
- Producer at Piper Ferguson Photography | Astralwerks | Contract Position
- Supervising Producer at Rocket Science Laboratories | Fox Television
- Line Producer at Next Entertainment | Universal Pictures
- Line Producer at Rocket Science Laboratories | Fox Television
- Production Manager | Production Supervisor at Wolf Films | Universal Television | Buena Vista Entertainment | Comedy Central
- Production Accountant at Touchstone Pictures | Pixar Animation Studios | Franchise Films | Leonard Hill Films | CBS
- First Assistant Accountant at Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Touchstone Pictures
- Production Intern | Production Assistant - Skellington Productions at James and the Giant Peach
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Sean Alvarez’s Summary
Sean Alvarez is an entertainment professional with over 10 years of experience in the motion picture and television industries. He has been contracted as a supervising producer, line producer, production manager, and production accountant in his career thus far.
Through the course of his career Sean has had the opportunity to work alongside some of the most prominent figures in film and television entertainment. His extensive background includes experience in a wide range of formats including studio live action films, CGI animated features, independent films, television movies of the week, television game shows, and network television unscripted docudramas, and reality competitions. His work has taken him across the nation and abroad successfully leading numerous projects from concept to delivery.
His solid foundation in the area of production finance prepared Sean for the rigorous demands of production management. He has consistently demonstrated a remarkable ability to create, implement and oversee any project size from cable, to network, to the big screen.
Sean Alvarez has a proven track record creating feasible, cost-effective, creatively driven production models and he has consistently delivered them through all phases of the production process.
Sean Alvarez’s Specialties:
Project management, format development, casting, budgeting, cost reporting, contract negotiation, infrastructure planning/implementation, location logistics, strategic alliances, international negotiations, union negotiations
Sean Alvarez’s Experience
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Executive Director of Programming & Production
GSN
(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
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Principal
REZLUTION
(Entertainment industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years)
Business Development & Website Design Projects
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Producer
Piper Ferguson Photography | Astralwerks | Contract Position
(Music industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
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Supervising Producer
Rocket Science Laboratories | Fox Television
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years)
❖ Supervising the development of a creative concept into a cohesive format structure
❖ Creation and implementation of complex cost-effective production strategies
❖ Daily supervision of all aspects of multiple network television series
✯ Format development
✯ Casting
✯ Business negotiations: cast, crew, equipment, travel, locations
✯ Budgeting
✯ Scheduling
✯ Cost Reporting
✭ The Partner
✭ Trading Spouses - Season 1, 2 -
Line Producer
Next Entertainment | Universal Pictures
(Entertainment industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
❖ Design and execution of complex, cost-effective production strategy
❖ Direct management of all department heads to establish a collaborative environment in which to achieve a common objective
❖ Directly responsible for the success execution of all aspects of project development, production, and post-production
✯ Business negotiations: cast, crew, equipment, travel, locations
✯ Project Budgeting
✯ Project Scheduling
✯ Project Cost Reporting
✭ The Quest (Next Entertainment, Universal Pictures) -
Line Producer
Rocket Science Laboratories | Fox Television
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
❖ Design and execution of complex, cost-effective production strategies
❖ Direct management of all department heads to establish a collaborative environment in which to achieve a common objective
❖ Directly responsible for the success execution of all aspects of project development, production, and post-production
✯ Business negotiations: cast, crew, equipment, travel, locations
✯ Project Budgeting
✯ Project Scheduling
✯ Project Cost Reporting
✭ My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance
✭ The Next Joe Millionaire
✭ Joe Millionaire -
Production Manager | Production Supervisor
Wolf Films | Universal Television | Buena Vista Entertainment | Comedy Central
(Public Company; Entertainment industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
❖ Daily management of department heads in the design and execution of production strategies
❖ Direct negotiation of diverse business commitments
✯ Personnel
✯ Equipment
✯ Locations
✯ Travel
✭ Crime & Punishment (Dick Wolf Films, Universal Television)
✭ Win Ben Stein's Money (Comedy Central, Buena Vista Television) -
Production Accountant
Touchstone Pictures | Pixar Animation Studios | Franchise Films | Leonard Hill Films | CBS
(Public Company; Entertainment industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
❖ Directly responsible for accurate budget preparation during the prep period and accurate daily/weekly cost reporting, and projections
❖ Financial liason between studio executives and production management
❖ Design, implementation, and daily supervision of all financial controls in relation to production
✭ Stolen from the Heart (CBS)
✭ Cahoots (Independent)
✭ Animal Factory (Franchise Films)
✭ Monsters, Incorporated (Pixar Animation Studios)
✭ The 13th Warrior (Touchstone Pictures) -
First Assistant Accountant
Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Touchstone Pictures
(Entertainment industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years)
❖ Design, implementation, and daily supervision of all financial controls in relation to production
❖ Daily estimation of previous day's actualized costs
❖ Management of a staff of 5-12 accounting assistants in the daily operation of all production costs
✯ Payroll
✯ Contractual Obligations
✯ Vendor purchase orders
✯ Accounts payable
✭ Enemy of the State (Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstone Pictures)
✭ Krippendorf's Tribe (Touchstone Pictures)
✭ Con Air (Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Touchstones Pictures) -
Production Intern | Production Assistant - Skellington Productions
James and the Giant Peach
(Entertainment industry)
1995 — 1995 (less than a year)
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Sean Alvarez’s Interests:
Surfing, snowboarding, scuba diving, tennis, photography, graphic design, web design, new technology, new media, traveling
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Film and Television Professionals
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