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Kevin Kaufman

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Kevin Kaufman is a director and executive producer of television series and feature films. He created the first The Real Housewives of Orange County, the most successful franchise in cable TV history, and recently directed and produced the feature Ace the Case, starring Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon, and Ripley Sobo, star of Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs.

Other television credits include The Perfect Murder, the highly rated series now in its third season on Investigation Discovery;[1] Ms. Homicide for LMN; The 100 Scariest Movie Moments for Bravo;[2] the 22-episode series I Married a Mobster for Investigation Discovery;[2][3][4] Family Pickle for RLTV,[5] winner of the Cablefax Award for Best Show or Series Reality – Professions in 2013[6] and the New York Festivals Gold World Medal for Best Reality TV Drama in 2013;[7] Watching the Detectives[8] and DEA Files for A&E; The Greatest Fashion Icons in Film for TLC.[2]

Kaufman produced and directed the feature documentary, The Palladium: Where Mambo Was King,[9] which also aired on Bravo and won the Imagen Award for Best Television Documentary in 2003;[10] and also wrote, directed, and produced the 1991 feature film Romeo & Julia, which won the Silver Award at the Houston International Film Festival.[11]

References

  1. ^ "The Perfect Murder 1 Season". Amazon Prime. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "PGA East Event: Anatomy of a Green Light with Investigation Discovery". New York: Producers Guild. May 2, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "I Married a Mobster: Season Two Premieres Wednesday, August 15 at 10 and 10:30PM". Silver Spring: Discovery press Web. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Schaefer, David (June 8, 2011). "Investigation Discovery's I Married a Mobster Breaks Code of Silence as the Wives of 'Family Members' Share Their Side of the Story". Silver Spring: Discovery Press Web. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  5. ^ Walsh, Barry (August 2, 2011). "RLTV picks 'Pickle'". Toronto: RealScreen. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "Program Awards Special Issue 2012" (PDF). CableFax Daily. December 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  7. ^ "Browse by Winners :: Gold World Medal :: Reality TV Drama :: USA – Piece #1 – Old School New School". New York Festivals. 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  8. ^ Gendar, Alison (September 6, 2008). "Behind NYPD Badge in A&E Series". New York: New York Daily News. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  9. ^ Wrap Staff (February 3, 2010). "Illumination Inks with 'Real Housewives of O.C.' Producer". The Wrap. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  10. ^ "18th Annual Imagen Awards – Winners". The Imagen Foundation. May 23, 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  11. ^ White, Daniel (September 11, 1991). "'Romeo and Julia': Comedy with a Twist". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Richmond: William Byrd Press. p. 32. Retrieved May 30, 2014.