From the runner's pass to the producer's chair — a timeline of credits, decisions, and inflection points. Coordination · Production · Direction · Executive.
Entered the industry on the production floor — arena calls, runner work, learning every department from the back of house up.
Moved into coordination — building schedules, riders, run-of-shows, and budgets for touring artists and arena events.
Production coordination across the marquee clients of the era — touring acts, championship sports, and family entertainment at the Barclays Center corridor.
Promoted into producer chairs on televised specials and feature crews — translating coordination instinct into producing and directing language.
Stood up an independent banner with a BMI-registered publishing catalog and direct UnitedMasters distribution — owning the IP, not renting it.
Emmy-nominated work on the Alvin Ailey biographical feature — a cinematic portrait of an American dance icon, from principal photography through post.
Cross-disciplinary defense work: project contributions on XM30 for General Dynamics and a seat at the military weekly briefing on the creation of the Platform One environment for U.S. Air Force and military personnel.
Operating as a producer-director and production executive — building original features, episodic, and live properties under the Cory Jordan Wayne banner.