- Born
- Craig is a veteran television producer-director-writer with extensive experience in overseas documentary production. Considerable field experience shooting and directing in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, New Zealand & Latin America. International assignments & travel have taken him to 151 countries, flying him nearly 3 million miles + 15 times around-the-world.
Broadcast clients ABC, CBS, HBO, Discovery Channel, A&E, PBS, ESPN, Fox Sports, Travel Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel, USA Network. His work has won numerous Telly, Aegis, Communicator & Aurora awards. Part of team for 2009 Primetime EMMY-winning The Amazing Race. He has also directed & production managed/crewed national & regional commercials/corporate projects for major clients like McDonalds, Acura, Toshiba, Northwest Airlines, Wells Fargo, Hyatt Hotels & DuPont.
Numerous projects for non-profits, including a 2005 TV fund-raising special for a humanitarian group that assists Holocaust survivors in Eastern Europe. Recently landed a prestigious Cine Golden Eagle award for a compelling documentary short on tribal warfare (w/ redemption, forgiveness & healing) produced in Burundi, East Africa.
Is a member of the prestigious Traveler's Century Club, whose members have traveled to at least 100 countries. Also a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Emmys).- IMDb Mini Biography By: RBM
- SpouseRebecca Mangual(April 3, 2004 - present)
- Pursuing Masters degree in Film Studies @ Conservatory of Motion Pictures, Chapman University.
- Based in wine country Lodi, CA (2020) and still takes projects on-assignment.
- Doctoral project became a working manual on documentary production techniques entitled Commando Tactics for Digital Filmmakers and was published by Kindle Direct Publishers & BookBaby. Also translated into Spanish.
- Influenced by the films of late writer-director Billy Wilder, including Wilder's classics Double Indemnity, Stalag 17, Sunset Boulevard, Sabrina, Love in the Afternoon, Some Like It Hot, The Fortune Cookie & The Apartment.
- Is of Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Irish & English Channel Islands (Jersey) heritage. His father's side is from Canada (Victoria, BC) with mother's side from Texas (San Angelo). Grew up in California's San Joaquin Valley, where his late father was a respected pastor.
- When producing on-location overseas, time is either your best friend...or your worst enemy.
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