Eric Evangelista
Birth Name:
Eric Evangelista
Profession
Producer, Writer, Director, Actor
Fast Facts
- At the age of 19, while he an undergraduate student at Boston University, he became the youngest producer in Boston to win an Emmy Award and would win another before graduation
- By the time he was 26, he had won 13 Associated Press Awards
- His first broadcast network experience came in 1999 when he moved to New York to work at the ABC News network headquarters
- Has executive produced a number of reality series about the Amish community, including several renditions of "Breaking Amish" and "Amish Mafia․"
- Known for creating, selling and executive producing unscripted pilots and series, including follow documentaries, comedies, paranormal shows and game shows
- Opened the New York office of Hot Snakes Media in 2010, seeking to produce high quality unscripted television at low costs by staying flexible and utilizing advances in technology
- By the time he was 26, he was responsible for more than 2,000 hours of live in-studio production