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Bruce David Klein Biography

Birth Name:Bruce David Klein

Profession Producer, Writer, Director, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Studied psychology and creative writing at SUNY Binghamton, where he also formed the Harper Television Workshop Club
  • Started out as a commercial editor for WMGC and soon became the youngest program director of any ABC affiliate at the age of 22
  • Quote: "Staying power as an independent producer is the most important thing․ I like to feel that we kind of win our success in the trenches, getting beaten up and bloodied․"
  • Quote: "For every 100 pilots, 20 get greenlit to series; for every 100 that get picked up, maybe one will get to the next season․ That long legacy of dead bodies along the way, to me, is a reason to celebrate․ All those skeletons taught me something․"
  • President and executive producer of Atlas Media Corporation
  • Best known as the executive producer of "Hotel Impossible," "Stalked: Someone's Watching" and "Playing with Fire․"
  • Has served on the executive committees of the National Association of Television Program Executives and the Nonfiction Producers Association

Awards

  • 2023Emmy-Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary: nominated
  • 2025Chita Rivera Award-Outstanding Direction of a Dance Documentary: nominated