Lisa Levenson(I)
- Producer
- Director
- Executive
Award-winning television producer, Lisa Levenson has been serving as Vice President, Unscripted Programming, TBS, TNT and truTV. Levenson is responsible for creating and overseeing unscripted content and development across the company's three brands. A pioneer in unscripted TV, she has been at the forefront of multiple landmark series and specials in unscripted television and developed international formats for the U.S. market. Among her achievements, Levenson was instrumental in the creation and production of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette". She also helped reshape "Big Brother" during its second season, giving it the structure, storytelling and gameplay that have made it a consistent hit for CBS. Levenson was Senior Vice President, Alternative Programming at FOX where she oversaw the Gordon Ramsay franchises, including "Hell's Kitchen," "24 Hours to Hell and Back" and many other successful series. Prior to that, she was EVP of Programming and Development at Cineflix Productions, producer of "American Pickers" and "Property Brothers," where she opened the company's L.A. office and managed the Los Angeles-based programming team, developing international formats for the U.S. market. Levenson's career began as a producer for the talk show "The Jerry Springer Show." She also worked on the long-running soap opera "General Hospital" where her work as producer earned her two Daytime Emmy Awards.