PRODUCING
“Diana is by far one of the hardest working individuals I have ever come across. The only thing I respect more than her ability to always get the job done on-time, under budget, and beyond expectations is that she does it with patience, fairness and good humor…She is one of those exceptions who is truly good at everything she attempts to do.” JON-ERIK GOLDBERG, Actor/Writer/Producer
Selected experienced below. For a complete résumé, please contact.
Director and Producer, for broadcast, WNET, Channel 13
The Originalist by John Strand Filmed live at Arena Stage, Stage Direction by Molly Smith
Director and Producer, for broadcast | Playbill Theater Network
Alice in Wonderland by Janet Yates Vogt and Marc Friedman; Filmed live at The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, Stage Direction by Roderick Justice
Director and Producer, for broadcast | Playbill Theater Network
The Yellow Boat by David Saar; Filmed live at Childsplay Arizona, Stage Direction by Dwayne Hartsford
Supervising Producer | Stage17 Productions (2013 – 2015)
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Line Producer for ten original short form series, both scripted and unscripted, as well as supplementary one-of-a-kind content
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Primary contact with all talent (actors, hosts, designers), as well as full-time production staff and freelance crew; Managed all contracts (union and non-union), payroll, pension/health/welfare, and budgets/reimbursements
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Produced pre-taped packages for the 2015 Tony Awards Red Carpet, in association with The American Theatre Wing and Serino Coyne; Produced Live Stream of 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, as well as twelve pre-taped packages for Playbill.com/Stage17.tv
Story Associate Producer | World of Wonder: Big Freedia, Queen of Bounce (2013)
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FUSE Network; Exec. Producers Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Jeremy Simmons
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Story AP for various episodes of Season 1
Associate Producer/Story Producer | Air Extreme Productions: The uneXplained (2011-2012)
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Exec Producers Doug Liman and Russ Stratton; Producer, Johanna Baldwin for A&E/The BIO Channel
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Led research team responsible for selection of content, including casting and vetting of participants
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Supervision of post-production including music supervision, licensing, and delivery
“I cannot recommend Diana Basmajian highly enough. She is a patient and skillful collaborator and supervisor, never asking anything of her employees than she would not do herself. Under her leadership, our production values rose to a higher quality than we would have thought possible. As the Vice President of Programming, her developmental and organizational skills were unparalleled... Rather than micromanage, she skillfully teaches, suggests and collaborates creating a happy and highly productive workplace environment. I am better at my job because I had the fortune of working along side her.”
JACOB PINION, Writer/Actor/Director