1. MICHAEL J. WELSH
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
301.404.4789 cell ● WelshMJ@hotmail.com
EXPERIENCE
Executive Producer, Development & Production, National Geographic Channels 2007 - present
Welsh is an award-winning executive producer who has worked with the industry’s top producers on over
600 hours of programming in such genres as reality, verité, science, history, current events, world culture,
and natural history. He was the driving force behind such critically acclaimed and top-rated programs as:
SERIES:
· SOUTHERN JUSTICE -- Electus (Season One wraps to a 0.36 demo)
· ALASKA STATE TROOPERS -- PSG Films
(currently in its 5th season & holding a 0.46 demo, +70% above the network prime average);
· AMERICAN COLONY: MEET THE HUTTERITES -- Collins Avenue Productions (0.43 demo);
· SHARK MEN -- Fischer Productions (0.48 demo);
· THE INDESTRUCTIBLES -- Storyhouse Productions (0.44 demo);
· BATTLEGROUND AFGHANISTAN -- Markus Davies Productions (0.42 demo);
· INSIDE THE AMERICAN MOB -- Left/Right Productions (0.36 demo);
· INSIDE NATURE’S GIANTS -- Windfall Productions (2009 BAFTA Award)
ONE-OFF SPECIALS:
· WITNESS: KATRINA, 1x120 -- Siskel/Jacobs Productions (2011 Emmy)
· IRAN & THE WEST, 1x120 -- BrookLapping Productions (2009 George Foster Peabody Award)
· RUSSIA & THE WEST, 1x120 -- BrookLapping Productions (2012 George Foster Peabody Award)
· STONEHENGE DECODED, 1x120 -- Change Productions
(0.92 demo; TSV 32.5 minutes, 39% higher than NGC’s average TSV for 120-min. program)
· INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES, 1x60 -- Towers Productions (0.85 demo/1.50 house)
· ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: COSTA CONCORDIA, THE UNTOLD STORIES, 1x60 --
Dragonfly (0.64 demo/1.30 house; 2nd highest 7pm rating in NGC history)
· INSIDE THE VIETNAM WAR, 1x180 -- Towers Productions
(0.49 demo/1.39; TSV 34.5 minutes, 46% higher than NGC’s average TSV for 180-min. program)
· WITNESS: DISASTER IN JAPAN, 1x120 -- Siskel/Jacobs Productions (0.62 demo/0.82 house)
· MAYA UNDERWORLD: THE REAL DOOMSDAY, 1x60 -- NGT Productions (0.59 demo/0.96 house)
· 2012: COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON, 1x60 -- Storyhouse Productions (0.56 demo/0.87 house)
· A DECADE BEHIND BARS: RETURN TO THE FARM -- Jonathan Stack’s critically acclaimed
follow-up to Academy Award-winning “The Farm”
NGC “EXPEDITION WEEK” SPECIALS
Executive Produced 6 of the top 10 rated premieres for 2008-2011 week-long stunts:
· SEARCH FOR THE AMAZON HEADSHRINKERS -- Bullseye Productions (0.91 demo/1.39 house;
TSV 32 min.)
· EXPEDITION GREAT WHITE -- Fischer Productions (0.70 demo/0.91 house; launched 3-season series)
· LOST GOLD OF THE DARK AGES -- Fulcrum Productions (0.68 demo/1.15 house; TSV 28 min.)
· HITLER’S STEALTH FIGHTER -- Myth Merchant Films (0.56 demo/1.44 house)
· MONSTER FISH OF THE AMAZON -- NGT (0.52 demo/1.00 house; launched 4-season series)
· EATING WITH CANNIBALS -- Diverse Productions (0.50 demo/1.17 house)
NG WILD “BIG CAT WEEK” SPECIALS
2. Executive Produced 1st and 5th highest rated premieres of 2010 & 2011 week-long stunts:
· LION ARMY: BATTLE TO SURVIVE -- Off The Fence (0.28 demo, TSV 26.4 min.)
· SWAMP LIONS -- Off The Fence (0.26 demo, TSV 36 min.)
OTHER CREDITS
Before joining the network in 2007, Welsh worked as a freelance producer for some of the most distinguished
networks on television including the Discovery Channel (MYTHBUSTERS), HBO (BUS STORIES) and
ABC News (HOPKINS 24/7). A partial list of credits include:
DEADLY DOZEN, Series Producer (NGT) -- National Geographic Channel
MYTHBUSTERS, Producer/Writer (Beyond Productions) -- Discovery Channel
GARAGE TAKEOVER, Supervising Producer (Beyond Productions) -- Discovery Channel
DOUBLE AGENTS, Supervising Producer (Beyond Productions) --- Discovery Channel
CRITTERCAM, Producer/Writer/Camera (NGT) -- National Geographic Channel
SNAKE WRANGLERS, Producer/Writer (NGT) -- National Geographic Channel
BUS STORIES, Producer/Writer/Camera (self-produced) -- HBO
BUS STORIES, Producer (self-produced) -- National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered”
WOMEN & THE BADGE, Field Producer/Camera (Oxygen Channel) -- Oxygen Channel
REPTILE WILD, Producer/Writer/Camera (NGT) -- National Geographic Channel
FORENSIC FILES, Producer/Writer (Medstar Productions) -- Court/True TV
THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘LIFELINE: BENCH TO BEDSIDE,’ Field Producer/Camera (New York Times TV) --
Discovery Health
TRADING PLACES, Producer/Camera (Warner Brothers Television) -- Warner Brothers Television
ABC NEWS ‘HOPKINS 24/7,’ Field Producer/Camera (ABC News) -- ABC (2011 Columbia/du-Pont Silver Baton)
BIRTH DAY, Producer/Writer (Banyan Productions) -- Discovery Health
MEDICAL DETECTIVES, Producer/Writer (Medstar Productions) -- TLC
THIS WEEK CONSIDERED, Field Producer/Camera (New York Times TV) -- PBS
TRANSPLANT: THE CLOCK IS TICKING, Writer (New York Times TV) -- TLC (nominated, Cable Ace)
DEVELOPMENT WRITER 1995 - present
Credits include full-length treatments for CBS, The Learning Channel, National Geographic
Channel, History Channel, Oxygen, HGTV, Animal Planet, Spike, Discovery Health, Discovery
Channel, Travel Channel, and PBS. Commissioned programs include EYE WITNESS (CBS),
PARAMEDICS (TLC), and BUS STORIES (HBO).
AWARDS
· George Foster Peabody Award, Executive Producer, “Russia and the West”
· Emmy, Outstanding Historical Program/Long-Form, Executive Producer, "Witness: Katrina"
· George Foster Peabody Award, Executive Producer, “Iran and the West”
· BAFTA (Best Popular Factual Program, British Academy of Film And Television Arts)
Executive Producer, “Inside Nature’s Giants: The Whale”
· Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University, Silver Baton Award, Field Producer, “Hopkins 24/7”
· Panda Award/Best Series, Wild Screen, Executive Producer, “Inside Nature’s Giants”
· Panda Award/Presenter-Led, Wild Screen, Executive Producer, “Expedition Wild”
3. COMPLETE LIST OF NGC EP CREDITS:
SERIES, MINI-SERIES, & PILOTS:
ALASKA PICKERS PSG Films (pilot)
ALASKA STATE TROOPERS PSG Films (5 Seasons, 90 eps)
ALASKA WING MEN National Geographic Television (2 Seasons, 10 eps)
AMERICAN COLONY: MEET THE HUTTERITES Collins Avenue (Season 1/1, 10 eps)
ANCIENT X-FILES Wag TV (Season 1/2, 3 eps)
ANIMAL ODDITIES Hoff Productions (pilot)
BATTLEGROUND AFGHANISTAN Markus Davies Productions (Mini-Series, 5 eps)
BID & DESTROY Leftfield Pictures (Season 1/1, 12 eps)
BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST Windfall Productions (Season 1/3, 4 eps)
BREAK IT DOWN National Geographic Television (3 Seasons, 16 eps)
BUILDING WILD 90 Miles Productions (2nd Season, 10 eps)
COOKING ALASKA Orion Productions (pilot)
COWBOYS OF THE SEA PSG Films (Season 1/1, 6 eps)
CHURCH RESCUE T Group Productions (Season 1/1, 6 eps)
DEADLY DOZEN National Geographic Television (3 Seasons, 12 eps)
DELTA DIVERS Antenna Films (pilot)
DISASTER LAB National Geographic Television (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
DRUGS, INC. Wall To Wall Productions (Season 7, 16 eps)
ENGINEERING CONNECTIONS Darlow Smithson Productions (Season 1/3, 4 eps)
EXPEDITION WILD w/ CASEY ANDERSON Grizzly Creek Films (Seasons 1/4, 6 eps)
EYEWITNESS WAR Karga Seven Pictures (Season 1/1, 16 eps)
FACTORY FLOOR Atlas Media (Season 1/1, 12 eps)
FILTHY RICHES Half Yard Productions (Season 2, 8 eps)
FORAGE WARS Shine America (pilot)
FRONTIER FORCE PSG Films (Season 1/1, 8 eps)
GOLD TOWN Nick Davis Productions (pilot)
HACKING THE SYSTEM Ping Pong Productions (1st Season, 10 eps)
HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE Atlas Media (Season 1/1, 6 eps)
HUNTER/HUNTED National Geographic Television (3 Seasons, 14 eps)
INSIDE THE AMERICAN MOB Left/Right Productions (Mini-Series, 6 eps)
INDESTRUCTIBLES, THE Storyhouse Productions (2 Seasons, 20 eps)
KENTUCKY JUSTICE National Geographic Television (Season 1/1, 6 eps)
LIVING IN THE TIME OF JESUS Associated Producers (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
LOST FACES OF THE BIBLE Associated Producers (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
MEGA-FAMILIES Barcroft Media (pilot)
MENNONITE MADE Collins Avenue (pilot)
MONSTER FISH National Geographic Television (pilot)
MY DOG ATE WHAT? Nancy Glass Productions (Season 1/1, 6 eps)
NAKED SCIENCE various production companies (3 Seasons, 16 eps)
NIGHT STALKERS Ammonite Productions (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
100% Bullseye Productions (pilot)
PARANATURAL Storyhouse Productions (Season 1/2, 3 eps)
PERILOUS JOURNEYS Tower Productions (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
PYTHON HUNTERS Cineflix (3 Seasons, 19 eps)
RAW ANATOMY Windfall Productions (Season 1/2, 4 eps)
SHARK MEN Fischer Productions (Season 1/2, 10 eps)
SHOWDOWN OF THE UNBEATBALES GRB Productions (Season 1/1, 9 eps)
STREET GENIUS Renegade (2nd Season, 12 eps)
STREET HEAT: HIGH SPEED JUSTICE PSG Films (pilot)
SOUTHERN JUSTICE Electus (1st Season, 7 eps)
SURVIVE & DELIVER Original Media (1st Season, 8 eps)
ULTIMATE FACTORIES various production companies (3 Seasons, 15 eps)
WITCH DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW, THE Bullseye Television (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
WILD BUCKS Matador Content (Season 1/1, 4 eps)
WITNESS various production companies (Mini-Series, 8 eps)
4. COMPLETE LIST OF NGC EP CREDITS:
SPECIALS:
A DECADE BEHIND BARS: RETURN TO THE FARM Jonathan Stack (120 min)
AFTER THE SPILL Jonathan Stack (60 min)
AMERICAN SERENGETI National Geographic Television (60 min)
AMERICA VS. IRAQ Brook Lapping Productions (120 min)
ANACONDA: QUEEN OF THE SERPENTS Wilco Productions (60 min)
ARCTIC ICEBREAKER Off The Fence Productions (60 min)
BRITAIN’S NAZIS KING Oxford Film & Television (60 min)
CLASH OF THE CAIMANS National Geographic Television (60 min)
CODE BREAKERS Fulcrum Productions (60 min)
EATING WITH CANNIBALS Bullseye Television (60 min)
EARTH FROM ABOVE ORF (60 min)
EGYPTIAN JOB, THE Wide Eyed Entertainment (120 min)
EGYPT’S LOST RIVAL Storyhouse Productions (60 min)
ESCAPING THE GREAT WHITE Off The Fence Productions (60 min)
EXPEDITION GREAT WHITE Fischer Productions (60 min)
EXPLORER: AFTER THE SPILL National Geographic Television (60 min)
GRIZZLY FACE-TO-FACE National Geographic Television (60 min)
HITLER’S HIDDEN CITY Fulcrum Productions (60 min)
HITLER’S STEALTH FIGHTER Myth Merchant Films (60 min)
HUNT FOR THE GIANT SQUID Ammonite Productions (60 min)
INSIDE 9/11: ZERO HOUR UPDATE Tower Productions (120 min)
INSIDE 9/11: THE WAR CONTINUES Tower Productions (60 min)
INSIDE THE IRAQ WAR Tower Productions (120 min)
INSIDE THE VIETNAM WAR Tower Productions (180 min)
ITALIAN CRUISE SHIP DISASTER: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE COSTA CONCORDIA Dragonfly (60 min)
IRAN AND THE WEST Brook Lapping Productions (120 min)
LION ARMY: THE BATTLE TO SURVIVE Off The Fence Productions (60 min)
LOST GOLD OF THE DARK AGES Fulcrum Productions (60 min)
MAYA UNDERWORLD: THE REAL DOOMSDAY National Geographic Television (60 min)
MOTORCYCLE CRASH TEST Cry Havoc Productions (60 min)
MYSTERY GORILLA National Geographic Television (60 min)
NASCA LINES: THE BURIED SECRETS National Geographic Television (60 min)
NAKED EARTH: DEADLY CYCLONE internal (60 min)
NIGHT OF THE HUNT Ammonite Productions (60 min)
ROAD TO WAR: IRAQ Tower Productions (60 min)
RUSSIA AND THE WEST Brook Lapping Productions (120 min)
SALEM: UNMASKING THE DEVIL Wide Eyed Entertainment (60 min)
SEARCH FOR THE AMAZON HEADSHRINKERSDiverse Productions (60 min)
SECRETS OF THE LOST GOLD Fulcrum Productions (120 min)
SEA TURTLE ODYSSEY Gulliver Productions (60 min)
SEIZED & SOLD: THE MADOFF AUCTION Hoff Productions (60 min)
SERPENT KING National Geographic Television (60 min)
SHARKVILLE Off The Fence Productions (60 min)
SHARK PIT MYSTERY Off The Fence Productions (60 min)
STONEHENGE DECODED Change Productions (120 min)
SUPER PRIDE National Geographic Television (60 min)
SWAMP LIONS Aquavision (60 min)
2010: COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON Storyhouse Productions (60 min)
TWINS WHO SHARE A BRAIN, THE Renegade Productions (60 min)
WITNESS: DC’S 9/11 Siskel/Jacobs Productions (60 min)
WITNESS: DISASTER IN JAPAN Siskel/Jacobs Productions (60 min)
WITNESS: KATRINA Siskel/Jacobs Productions (120 min)
WORMZILLA Gulliver Media (60 min)
