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Established in 1989, as a small, independent television production company, LMNO (Leave My Name Off) Productions has become a full-service studio with 150 employees and over 600 programs and 50 different series to its credit. Headed by Emmy award-winning President and CEO, Eric Schotz, LMNO is one of the foremost providers of reality, documentary, informational and entertainment programming for network, cable and syndicated television. LMNO Productions has been a leading producer of network reality series since before the genre had a name. Some of LMNO's early high-profile shows include the CBS classic, "Kids Say the Darndest Things" hosted by Bill Cosby and FOX series "Guinness World Records: Primetime," "Boot Camp" and "The Littlest Groom." More recently, the company produced the hit CBS series, "Fire Me Please" and "Wickedly Perfect," the NBC reality series, "Race to the Altar" and FOX reality specials "Man vs. Beast 1 and 2" and "101 Things Removed from the Human Body."
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Eric SchotzNumber of Employees 174
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NAICS Code Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 711510
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Posting reality TV: all that footage needs to be managed. Here's how some deal with those assets
- 2007-03-01
"Cutting reality shows is much harder than any other type of television," declares Roy McDonald, president of The Production Plant (www.theproductionplant.com) and a frequent reality-programming editor. "Even documentaries or sports shows are all laid out; if they're live shoots the tosses are there, the interviews are all planned out. But...
From legal briefs to bachelorettes; Hate your job? There's always reality TV.(Focus: Law)(Kevin Kappock of LMNO Productions Inc)
- 2006-04-03
Byline: LAURIE CUNNINGHAM While delivering a speech at his law school graduation, Kevin Kappock got a big laugh when he noted that the first law school of the modern world was founded in Bologna, Italy-the birthplace of baloney. His classmates and professors...
Diversity Name of LMNO's Game; Spreads Its Projects Over Cable.(TV Currents)
- 2004-11-29
Byline: James Hibberd Lifetime has ordered a pilot for a new show called "It's About Time,'' a comic-book-style look at how women can better organize their day, from LMNO Productions. Though LMNO Leave My Name Off is best known for headline-making ...
Reality shingle LMNO adds exex for growth.(LMNO Productions promotes Ruth Rivin and Emily Freeman )(Brief Article)
- 2004-09-20
HOLLYWOOD -- Reality producers LMNO Prods. are expanding ranks, promoting Ruth Rivin to special project vice president and Emily Freeman to exec in charge of production for the cable group. LMNO is producing the CBS reality shows "Fire Me Now" and ...
LMNO Productions
- 2003-05-12
Ed Horwitz has been named vice president of production at LMNO Productions in Studio City. He will oversee production, financial and administrative matters with the reality television production company. Horwitz had served as supervising producer for Nash Entertainment's "Meet My Folks," on NBC.
eBay, Columbia TriStar host TV series - Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, eBay Inc - Brief Article
- 2001-09-17
CULVER CITY, CALIF. -- Columbia TriStar Television Distribution CTTD, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and eBay are teaming up for a new television project for fall 2002. The project's cornerstone will be a daily series that taps into the modern-day collecting through the unique stories behind the millions of...
LMNO ready for reality.(LMNO Productions)(Brief Article)
- 2000-08-14
Producer positioned to ride wave with three projects for Fox and long-term deal with UK's Granada The popularity of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? last fall set off a flurry of activity in Hollywood. Producers at home and abroad pitched ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Eric Schotz | President & CEO |
| Andy Suser | Senior Vice President General Counsel |
| Ed Horwitz | Senior Vice President Production |
| Lisa Bourgoujian | Senior Vice President Lmno Cable Group |
| Ned Davis | Senior Vice President Corporate Operations |
| Jan Lonsdale | Vice President Research & Story Development |
| Jen Mayer Kulp | Vice President Development |
| Larry Goldman | Vice President Corporate Communications |
| Larry Rosenthal | Vice President of Finance |
| Ruth Rivin | Vice President Special Projects |
| Jen Mayer | Director of Development |
| Eric Levy | Manager |
| Rob Meyers | Manager, Rights & Clearances |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | President & CEO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Senior Vice President General Counsel | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Senior Vice President Production | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Senior Vice President Lmno Cable Group | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Senior Vice President Corporate Operations | Current |
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Sales Executive | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Vice President Research & Story Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| I Wanna Be A Soap Star | Vice President Development | Current |
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Vice President Development | Current |
| The Movie Channel | Programming Director | Former |
| The Movie Channel | Station Manager | Former |
| Comedy Central | Creative Executive | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Vice President Corporate Communications | Current |
As Vice President of Finance for LMNO Productions, Larry Rosenthal oversees the financing and accounting department and all fiscal business planning. No stranger to numbers, Rosenthal served as director of finance and production accounting for Shukovsky/English Entertainment, worked as an independent production accountant on various television shows for New World Television and as a financial analyst for the Walt Disney Company, prior to joining LMNO. When he's not busy pulling together financial reports, he occupies his time pulling stunts. As a professional stunt coordinator and stuntman, Rosenthal's credits include the television series "Working," "The Wayans Bros.," "Ink," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "24" and feature films "Nothing But Trouble," "The Naked Gun 2 1/2" and "Naked Gun 33 1/3".
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Vice President of Finance | Current |
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Finance Executive | Current |
| I Wanna Be A Soap Star | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Vice President Special Projects | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Director of Development | Current |
| The Movie Channel | Programming Director | Former |
| The Movie Channel | Station Manager | Former |
Eric Levy is currently the Manager of Development at LMNO Productions, a leading reality TV producer whose credits include KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS, FIRE ME...PLEASE and I WANNA BE A SOAP STAR. Eric began his television career in New York as an advertising sales executive for The WB Network. After receiving his MBA from Columbia Business School, Eric moved to Los Angeles to continue his career in a more creative capacity. After stints in the television departments of talent agencies ICM and Endeavor, Eric is now an integral part of LMNO's development team as the company
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Manager | Current |
| Itvfest | Board of Directors | Current |
| Columbia Business School | MBA | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Lmno Productions, Inc. | Manager, Rights & Clearances | Current |
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