Associate Professor - Georgia Southern University
Professional TV Producer
or
Most Recent Creative Work
TV Pilot Script:
Canajoharie
After graduating from high school, Degan Brandt escapes small-town life, never to be heard from again, only to be called back thirty-five years later, by the spirit of his former, recently dead, girlfriend.
Creative Scholarship - 2015 - present
Emmy Winner
18 Holes with Jimmy Hanlin - Chambers Bay
Won Regional Emmy
Sports - Daily or Weekly Program (2015)
This episode aired nationally on Fox Sports One. Dean Cummings was the producer/writer of 18 Holes with Jimmy Hanlin.
The show was also nominated for Photography/Non-News.
Eagle Fund - Favian Upshaw
2017 Festival of Media Arts
Faculty Video Competition
Promotional Video Category
Award of Excellence
- Broadcast Educators Association
Cleveland Convergence (2007-2015) Owner: Dean Cummings
Emmy Nominated
2011 Nomination
“Cleveland Indians Fan Camp” – Videographer/Editor,
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lower Great Lakes Chapter
2012 Telly Award: “Indians Fantasy Camp”
– TV Program – Videographer, Editor –
SportsTime Ohio.
2014 Emmy Nomination (Historical/Cultural Program or Special)
“Cleveland’s Gateway”
- Director of Photography -
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lower Great Lakes Chapter
Emmy Nominated
2010 Emmy Award
(Sports – One Time Special)
“Par 3 Shootout”
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lower Great Lakes Chapter
A Cleveland Convergence Production aired on SportsTime Ohio
Emmy Winner
2009 Emmy Nomination
(Sports – One-Time Special)
“STO Cares – All Stars Among Us”
- Videographer -
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lower Great Lakes Chapter
2010 Telly Award:
“STO Cares – All Stars Among Us”
– Videographer, SportsTime Ohio.
Emmy Nominated
Edited "Sizzle Reel" and commercial spots for PGA to advertise Valhalla 2014.
Cleveland Convergence
produced University Hospital's
"The Health Difference" ad series
from 2007 to 2013.
Do What We Do
Documentary of the 2008-2009 Cleveland State Vikings
NCAA Tournament run
- solo journalist/producer /writer -
Europinion Election
Documentary on 2008 Election
WKYC - TV 1999 - 2006
Medical Miracles - Medical Producer
(Producer/Writer/Photographer/Editor)
Emmy Winner
Medical Miracles:
The series was produced by WKYC-TV in
collaboration with Cleveland Clinic
from 2000 - 2006
We produced 32 half-hour documentaries.
When the series began I was the photographer/editor but after two other producers left the series, I became the producer/writer/photographer/editor from 2002 - 2006.
Yes, I was a one-man band producing the shows from 2002-2006.
My mentor, Dennis Goulden, produced the first season and I'm eternally grateful for his teaching, wisdom and experience. I could not have had a better mentor to teach me the ropes of producing a documentary with the challenges of balancing the interests of corporate marketing representatives against journalistic ethics.
New Frontiers in Research 2004
One of my favorite shows.
I enjoyed producing Medical Miracles.
It was a great experience meeting patients, scientists, and doctors.
I liked the challenge of finding creative ways to tell their stories.
Emmy Nominated - Writing
Pandemic: When the Flu Hits Home - 2005
The fear of the bird flu (H5N1 virus) inspired WKYC-TV to produce this production.
I produced this like the Medical Miracles shows, as a one-man band. I traveled to Cornell University, hired my nephew to help me lug the gear, and was very happy with the result.
I enjoyed the research, the interviewing and the writing more than any other piece.
This is the first segment of the show.
WKYC-TV (1999-2006) - The Browns are Back. (Producer/Photographer/Editor)
WKYC - TV (1999 - 2006) - Documentary Unit
WKYC - TV (1999 - 2006) - Special Projects Unit
WZZM-TV (1998) - Video Journalist - Assignment Manager
WWMT-TV 1992 - 1998 (Producer/Photographer/Editor)
Angels Among Us -
Won Emmy for Single Topic Program
Michigan NATAS
1996
Producer/Photographer/Editor
Emmy Winner