During the more than twenty years Wayne Grajeda has worked in television production he has been a writer, producer, director, stage manager, production manager, consultant, talent executive, studio producer, location manager, segment producer, music supervisor, music composer, researcher, as well as working in development and casting. In the field or in the studio, live or pre-taped, archival footage or re-enactment, documentary or game show, serious or comedic, he knows how production works, who needs what and when and how to get it done.

In 1989, the day after Hurricane Hugo devastated Charleston, South Carolina, Wayne was on site working to establish a national feed for an ABC Television live broadcast and producing interviews with survivors.

As one of the producers for Nickelodeon's highly rated Wild and Crazy Kids, he was involved in creating and producing events for children staged at various Washington, D.C. landmarks, including the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Building.

Wayne provided court cases for CBS News’ 48 Hours and advised the producers on how to best tell the background stories and cover the trial proceedings.

Among the many subjects and locations that Wayne has shot have been the “The Most Beautiful Yacht In The World” in Monaco, the action on the “Strip” in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Frankenstein Castle in Germany and the ancient monuments of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt.

In 2002 Wayne was part of the team at IM3 Productions that produced The Color of War: Into The Breach. The show won the CINE Special Jury Award for the Best Broadcast Historical Program of the Year over PBS, NBC Dateline, ABC News and an episode of Ric Burns’ documentary on New York, among others.

Wayne has now relocated to Berlin, Germany. Since being there he has already produced for a number of American and German companies in several countries. He appreciates hearing from interested parties regarding their productions in Europe and beyond and looks forward to using the expertise he’s acquired in the past to help them get the highest quality coverage possible while keeping their budgets in line.

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