GLOUCESTER – Ted Reed of Ted Reed Productions has won numerous prestigious awards, including an Oscar and 12 Emmys for his work in documentaries, commercials, film features and other rmulti-media productions. In MSO’s interview shown below, Ted talks of the creative process, technology, how he got started, how much he relied on the contributions of his late wife, and some of the new projects Ted Reed Productions is taking on.
From Ted Reed Productions website
Emmy-and Oscar-award winning filmmaker Ted Reed…
has been producing, directing, writing, and shooting films and television since the 1970s. Creating documentaries, commercials, animated features, and broadcast and streaming series, he was one of the founding producers of television’s first nightly magazine program. His storytelling expertise has led to award-winning shows about gender equality, the future of communications technology, immigration, national parks, West Indian music, space tourism, assisted suicide, Jewish innovators, and handgun violence.
During his career he partnered with the MIT team who pioneered internet streaming video technology, produced New England’s first local all-digital TV broadcast and pioneered the use of interactive video for large business meetings.
Ted has taught and lectured at Harvard University, Tufts University, Boston University, Endicott College and the Boston Film and Video Foundation. He has brought filmmaking courses to elementary schools, community groups and retirement homes, and continues to run film, photography and music workshops at his office in Gloucester, MA.