Mike Schmiedeler has been VP of Development, Executive Producer since August 2010. Before that Mike served as the Managing Director for Towers Productions, LLC, with oversight of the company’s production operations and staff’s work on series and specials for A&E, History, Discovery, National Geographic Channel, Travel Channel, Animal Planet, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CourtTV, The Weather Channel, Biography Channel, ID: Investigation Discovery, and WEtv. Prior to moving into his management role in 2003, Mike wrote and produced numerous documentaries for Tower’s clients including The History Channel, A&E and The Weather Channel. Mike was also a co-creator and Show Runner for Sports Action Team, the sports comedy series syndicated by MGM Worldwide Television.
Before joining Towers Productions in 1999, Mike produced “Today’s Life Choices,” a documentary series that aired nationally on PBS. He received a Gabriel Award (1995), Worldfest Charleston Award (1997), and two New Festivals Awards (1995, 1999) for his work on that series. Mike earned a B.A. in Communications & Theater and Marketing from the University of Notre Dame in 1994. In 2001, he received a grant from The Center for Religion & the News Media and studied at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism as a visiting scholar.