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ERIC SCHOTZ
Eric Schotz, President and CEO of LMNO Productions, is a nine-time Emmy-award winner whose innovative style and creativity has established him as one of the television industry's foremost producers/directors of non-fiction and reality-based programming for network, cable and syndicated television.
Since LMNO opened its doors in 1989, Tibetan born Schotz's leadership and his ability to "think outside the box" have helped position the company as a leading independent provider of television programming both in the United States and internationally. His extensive credits include executive producing the highly successful CBS series, "Kids Say the Darndest Things" hosted by Bill Cosby; "Amazing Medical Stories" for The Learning Channel; "Final Justice with Erin Brockovich" for LIFETIME Television; "WinTuition" for Game Show Network; the NBC reality drama, "Race to the Altar" and "Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden" for A&E. Schotz recently served as executive producer on "Wickedly Perfect" and “Fire Me…Please!” for CBS, "Who Gets the Dog?" for Animal Planet, “MFI: Medical Fraud Investigators,” “Iraq: Front-line ER” and “National Body Challenge” for Discovery Health Channel and the special “A Face For Yulce” for TLC. Upcoming programs include “Transplant with Dr. Oz” for Discovery Health Channel; “Double or Nothing” for FOX Reality and the third edition of SOAPnet’s original reality drama “I Wanna be a Soap Star.”
Additional credits include numerous series and specials such as, "Since You've Been Gone," "Guinness World Records: Primetime," "Boot Camp" and "Celebrity Boot Camp," “The Littlest Groom," "101 Things Removed from the Human Body," and "Man vs. Beast" I and II all for FOX; "World's Funniest Pets," "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!" and a "Murphy Brown" special all for CBS; "World's Funniest Hypnotist," "Put To The Test" I and II for ABC; the series "Super Surgery," "Babies: Special Delivery" for Discovery Health Channel and dozens of "Intimate Portraits," an on-going series of documentary specials for LIFETIME Television. Schotz and LMNO also created and produced the pilot for the hit syndicated television series, "Real TV" for Paramount and created and executive produced "How'd They Do That," for CBS.
Schotz began his career as a journalist in 1979 for a daily news program on KQED, the PBS television station in San Francisco. Soon after, he moved to KABC-TV in Los Angeles where in 1980, he played a key role in creating the highly successful magazine series, "Eye on L.A." Responsible for the show's stylish look and format, Schotz also made several technological breakthroughs, including "3-D" broadcasts that set ratings records. "Eye on L.A." ultimately led to the long-running late-night series, "Eye on Hollywood" for the ABC network.
In addition to his Emmy awards, Schotz is the recipient of ten New York International Film and TV Festival awards and three Columbia TV and Film Awards among many others. He is a member of the Writers Guild, Directors Guild and the Television Academy.
Schotz believes that very few people actually read these biographies this far... so it is important to note that he was not really born in Tibet. The only Tibetan phrase he knows is; "Gunga La Gunga" from the original "Caddy Shack." Despite all his travels, he has never been to Tibet, but would someday love to meet the Dali Lama and play a round of golf with him while talking about the meaning of life.
Schotz does in fact reside in Los Angeles with his wife who claims they have three children.
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