| Bob Raser - a career biography |
Bob Raser's bi-coastal and international career reflects a wide variety of producer/director assignments and award winning results. Raser is a "magazine TV" trained creator, using his proven talents and story teller skills to deliver on any subject matter or format, from documenting the large scale chaos of an on-going event in real time, to entertainment, sales, branding, commercial and infomercial driven content, to information, corporate and non-profit productions. In 2009 Raser was awarded the prestigious THEA Award that recognized his creative and production achievement for The Discovery Center: "Operation Urgent Fury", a multi million dollar immersion experience production. Raser is a three decade career professional and President of RLR Production Group, Inc., providing broadcast, cable cast, web, PDF and cell phone video from the nation's creative capital city area. Raser is in the idea business, producing product to engage the imagination of any client or audience. His credits include network series, syndication, cable and corporate, director [DGA], producer, writer, executive producer, creative consultant, programming and development executive, VP of Programming, even popular NBC cable daily live network host. Bob?s career credentials do have common denominators in quality, presentation and in results that have proven to be beyond creative expectations. Raser's hands-on production experience also delivers a uniquely personal and imaginative style to any assignment or position. From news to entertainment, information to creative corporate requests for people driven projects, Bob is a video storyteller and one of the DGA's preeminent on-location producer/directors. This is experience clients count on, and some of the industries top producers and corporate decision makers do just that.
The prestigious National Association of Broadcasters, the industries most powerful trade association, calls only on Raser to create powerful presentations for VIP TV functions reporting directly to the Executive Vice President. Tribune Entertainment Co. and entertainment legend George Schlatter [Laugh In, Real People] call on Raser to deliver on-location laughs for the re-invention of the classic reality hit "Real People". The Walt Disney Company required strong interview skills and directing know-how in difficult and rapidly changing production situations for their prestigious and popular American Teacher Awards franchise. Air Force One, the multi-million dollar historical experience at The Reagan Presidential Library premiers a variety of audio and video award winning features exclusively from Raser's RLR production team. The Discovery Center at The Air Force One Pavilion features ground breaking Raser created inter-active audio & video feature elements that include actors, computer generated effects and on-location production nationwide. Multiple EMMY winner Vin DiBona [Funniest Home Videos] personally has counted on Raser creativity and directing skill to deliver critical programming from pilot to prime time. Smith-Hemion [winner of more EMMY Awards than any other production team] required a producer/director who conveys confidence and the strongest creative point of view in managing superstar guests. GMA has sent Raser to the widest variety of locations to deliver live breaking news or people profile coverage. NBC looked to Raser for delivery on the drama & fun of the Olympics [2000] exclusively for VIP guests, or the personal stories of the Oklahoma City bombing. Pleasant Holiday's, AAA's premier travel provider to Hawaii and warm beaches worldwide experienced a 20% increase in destination inquiries as a direct result of Raser driven radio and TV spot production. The Limoneira Company, one of the nation's largest agra-firms and community developers, Hollywood Charities, The National Archives & Records Administration, Bounce Event Marketing, JC Penney, The National Academy of Television & Radio, LEXUS, The Walt Disney Company, Merv Griffin Productions, and planned 2009-11 projects in association with The National Archives and Records Administration, all punctuate a career biography requiring a solid creative point of view, the experience to handle complex assignments, a background in e-commerce and direct marketing skills, strong interviewing talent on [NBC] and off camera, and producing/directing know-how in difficult and rapidly changing situations.
Today, based on a decade of award winning history productions involving re-creations, computer generated re-enactments, archival clips and the re-mixing of audio bio-material, Raser has earned his reputation as a signature producer/director for projects involving US presidential storytelling and US history.
After earning an AA in Business from Valley Forge Military Academy & a Communications degree with Dean?s List honors from The Pennsylvania State University, Bob began his career as an NBC Page. With an interest in live, talk-variety programming formats, Bob soon added late-night, then daytime talk variety to his earliest resume. As a writer/segment producer, Bob created and delivered interviews, demonstrations and performance segments for TV?s most popular entertainment-talk formats earning each program multiple daytime Emmy nominations. Raser moved easily to early network morning programming as well as mid-day news and human interest TV as an award winning on-location producer/director. On the West Coast, Bob became the largest supplier of on-location based reality segments for NBC prime-time entertainment programming. Responding to requests Raser and his RLR Production Group, Inc. moved easily into corporate VIP production, delivering network quality material and earning a reputation as "corporate America's favorite storyteller".
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| Bob Raser ready to interview columnist and author George Will at Mr. Will's Washington, DC offices. |
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Passion: The passion for production delivers beyond expectations.
Determination: Establish a clear focus on a project that will drive it from start to finish.
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