John Amodeo

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In 1980 John moved from Long Island to Los Angeles, where he became a videotape editor. He joined the Editors Guild in 1982 while working for Carson Productions.In 1984, he joined the Director's Guild of America as the associate director of the Practical Joke unit of "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes".Because of his post production and technical expertise, he was asked to join The Reeves Entertainment Group as the Director of Television Production. As a production executive, he overs... more

In 1980 John moved from Long Island to Los Angeles, where he became a videotape editor. He joined the Editors Guild in 1982 while working for Carson Productions.In 1984, he joined the Director's Guild of America as the associate director of the Practical Joke unit of "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes".Because of his post production and technical expertise, he was asked to join The Reeves Entertainment Group as the Director of Television Production. As a production executive, he oversaw familiar shows such as "Kate and Allie", "I Married Dora", "That's Incredible" and "Doctor Doctor". He eventually went on to Co-Produce "Doctor Doctor", which launched his producing career.John has produced numerous television pilots and series in Los Angeles, New York and Canada. Most notable, "Sports Night" for which he designed and oversaw construction of a practical video newsroom. He is also credited with being the first person to produce a multi camera, High Definition videotape sit-com when he moved the 20th Fox Television series "Titus" from 35 millimeter film to Sony HDCam.He made his directorial debut on "Titus".Over the years he's managed to receive an Emmy nomination for editing. He has two Golden Laurel awards from The Producers Guild of America and a Humanitas award as the producer of "Sports Night". He received his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for "Arrested Development".John is producing "Samantha Who?" (starring Christina Applegate) for ABC Television. He, was most recently the supervising producer of the 20th Century Fox Television series "Arrested Development".