Shauna Thomas has spent the past seven years working in various aspects
of television production. Her goal is to obtain an Executive
Development position that takes advantage of her considerable
experience where she can oversee and create hit shows for
television. 

 

Shauna Thomas currently serves as a segment director, DGA, for
CBS/Paramount’s Dr. Phil show, a position she has held since 2006.
Shauna Thomas was promoted from segment producer to segment director
within six months of being hired placing her as a member in the
Directors Guild of America. Shauna Thomas’ responsibilities include
writing, developing, producing and editing weekly in-depth stories
under tight deadlines. She also manages a team through pre- and
post-production, writes shooting scripts, interviews guests and manages
field production.



Some of the highlights of Shauna Thomas’ work with the Dr. Phil show
include

•    “Dr. Phil Now,” writing and producing up-to
the-minute news segments;

•    Delivering a five-episode reality series for 
The Dr. Phil House. From that, the series Todd & Jessica: A Family
in Crisis earned an Emmy nomination for multi-camera editing.

•    Wrote and produced high-conflict and drama tape
packages for shows such as The Scott Peterson Jurors: Life After the
Trial, Anna Nicole Smith: The Families Grieve, and Hoarding Nightmare.



During the summer of 2007, Shauna Thomas worked for “TMZ” as a
Predator. Shauna Thomas served as a freelance writer/producer/editor
delivering online content for the Tele-Pictures/Fox production.

           

Shauna Thomas has also served as a field producer for The Bachelor, an
ABC/Warner Horizon show. Her duties included producing highly rated
segments while maintaining a tight production budget. Shauna Thomas
interviewed contestants throughout casting and production while
following multiple story arcs.



From 2003 to 2006, Shauna Thomas worked for Good Day Utah, a Fox
O&O/KSTU morning news program based in Salt Lake City. She served
as the show’s live features and entertainment reporter. In this
capacity, Shauna Thomas wrote, produced, booked and reported daily,
covering entertainment content for morning live shots. In the field,
she acted as sole producer/reporter for a three-hour live show while
managing crew and guests. Some of her coverage during this time
include 

American Idol Finals, the Sundance Film Festival and the Fox Network TV
Press Tour. She also wrote and anchored daily entertainment segments
for Live at 11 and Fox News at 9.



In early 2003, Shauna Thomas served as entertainment correspondent for
the show Extra, a production of Tele-Pictures, she served as fill-in
host and writer for The Daily Buzz, an ACME Television nationally
syndicated morning news program; and as a reporter/writer/producer for
ESPN’s coverage of the Chicago Auto Show



In 2002, Shauna Thomas’ experience included work for

•    FOX 59 A.M., Indianapolis, where she wrote,
produced and anchored The Now Generation, a pop culture segment on the
morning news;

•    As part of Tribune’s duopoly with FOX 59 & WB4
Shauna served as reporter/writer/producer doing live shots &
packages and also hosted Quik Hitz, a nightly, entertainment, news
program.



In 2000, Shauna Thomas worked for DISNEY.com as an online
writer/producer/reporter. Her work for Disney’s branch company,
imoviestudios.com, included Red Carpet coverage and behind-the-scenes
content on film sets in Vancouver, Thailand & Ireland.



Shauna Thomas has also worked for KingWorld Productions’ Inside Edition
as an associate producer.



Before joining television production Shauna Thomas held the title of
Creative Development Executive for the film company Motion Picture
Corporation of America.  During her 2 years with the company she
developed & packaged scripts with talented writers and directors.



Shauna Thomas has earned awards for “Best Feature Reporter” in Utah.
She won the Reader’s Pick Award from City Weekly Magazine, 2004. In
2006, the Salt Lake Magazine featured Shauna Thomas on the cover for
the issue themed “Successful Singles in Salt Lake.”



Union Memberships:  D.G.A., A.F.T.R.A., S.A.G.



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