Biography

David Craig is a multiple Emmy-nominated Producer and Partner in Media Nation, a content provider developing feature films, scripted and unscripted television series and movies, graphic novels and new media. In addition, Craig is a Professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism where he teaches courses in media industry studies, including film, television and new media production, media industry management and issues surrounding media convergence. Prior to Media Nation, Craig was a programming executive at A&E Television and Lifetime Television, where he supervised the production of over 30 television movies, mini-series or drama series. This includes Flight 93 (2006), the highest rated program in the history of the network, as well as the return of Sidney Lumet to television with highly acclaimed drama series, 100 Centre Street (2001). In addition, his programs garnered over 75 Emmy nominations, including two personal nominations as Supervising Producer for the mini-series Napoléon (2002) and the television movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004). Prior to A&E, Craig was an executive at Lifetime Television and an executive for the Haft/Nasatir Company, where he co-produced a number of television movies and worked on the feature Hocus Pocus (1993). Craig began his career working for Dan Melnick's IndieProd Company. In addition to producing film and television, Craig has worked as an executive in publishing and produced theatre in Los Angeles and New York. Craig has been a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the British Academy of Film and Television since 1999. Craig has his Masters in Cinema Studies from New York University and his Bachelors in Radio,TV and Film from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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