Brady Connell

Director

Executive Producer and director of non-fiction television, web content, VR/360, and "reality-styled" commercials. Helped launch and/or sustain several successful franchises such as SurvivorThe Amazing Race, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and The Great Christmas Light Fight.

Credits

The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC, EP/Dir., 2013-21, DGA award nom); Extreme Makeover: Home Edition reboot (HGTV, EP, 2019-20; Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge (NBC, EP, 2017); American Tarzan (Discovery, EP, 2016); Capture (CW, EP, 2013); 72 Hours (TNT, EP, 2012-13); Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC, EP, 2008-2012, EMMY nom); World Wide Web Games (GSN, EP/Dir); Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive (E!, EP); Welcome to the Neighborhood (ABC, Dir.); Outback Jack (TBS, EP); Street Racing (Discovery, EP); Race to the Altar (NBC, Co-EP/Dir); No Boundaries (WB, EP, co-creator); The Amazing Race (CBS, Supervising Producer, EMMY recipient); Survivor (CBS, Senior Producer, EMMY season); Eco-Challenge: Borneo (USA Network, Supervising Producer, EMMY nom); Wild Things (UPN, Senior Field Producer); America's Funniest People (ABC, Segment Director); Six Degrees of X (EP/Dir., Base Camp Films, Sony); Now or Never: Face Your Fear (Producer, Gurin Company, FOX); MTV Beach House (Producer, Remote Productions, MTV); Real World, L.A. (Field Producer, Bunim-Murray, MTV); Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (Field Producer, syndication); Gonzo Games (Producer, Stone Stanley, USA). SEGMENT PRODUCER/DIRECTOR:  Extreme World Records (UPN), Danger Zone (Discovery), Greatest Sports Moments of All Time (ABC), Paranormal Borderline (UPN), Hollywood's Greatest Stunts (Discovery), World Entertainment Report (HBO), Super Trax (ESPN), The World's Greatest Stunts (Fox), A Day in the LIfe of Hollywood (Showtime), Family Challenge (Family Channel), Haywire (FOX), Fun House (Lorimar), The Disney Family Album (Disney Ch.), Rescue 911 (CBS).  FILMS/COMMERCIALS: Home Depot :30 national spots, Target national spot, Russian Roulette (PSA for AIDS Center of Los Angeles, CLIO nomination, CINE Golden Eagle), SUZUKI national spots, "Hitman (CINE Golden Eagle Award), Balloon Boy (CINE Eagle Award), President Clinton Spots (The White House),  MTV Marketing Spots (AT&T, Footlocker, Duracell, Champs, Converse, M&M's, Blockbuster), FORD Crown Victoria spot.   EDUCATION/OTHER: UCLA - B.A. History June 1985; Co-founder/President, Base Camp Films, LLC founded 2001; INSTRUCTOR, UCLA Extension - "Produce and Direct Reality and Documentary Television" (since 1999); BIG BROTHER of Los Angeles since 1990; Scuba certified, expert snow skier/ex-racer, backpacker, ex-catamaran racer, married/2 children.  Extensive travel: assignments in all 50 US states and in over 50 countries.


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DGA Quarterly
Reality shows are visually and logistically complex and require dozens of cameras. To incorporate all that takes forethought and planning; basically, it takes a director.