Wednesday, May 4, 2011

WTVI adds executive producer Rick Fitts to develop new programs


CHARLOTTE, NC (May 4, 2011) – WTVI, Charlotte’s PBS television station, has added local producer/director/editor, Rick Fitts, as executive producer. Fitts is a 14-time Telly Award winner and owner of Fitts Production Associates.

A longtime collaborator with North Carolina Dance Theatre (NCDT), Fitts began working with NCDT in 1988 as producer, multi-media director and scenic designer for John-Pierre Bonnefoux’s “Seeing Through.” In 2010, Fitts and NCDT’s Sasha Janes won a Telly Award for the documentary “Glass Houses” that shows the behind-the-scenes work on creating a new ballet. Fitts is also a former partner and vice president of production services at Tribble Creative Group.

“I look forward to developing new programs for broadcast that meet WTVI viewers’ expectations of quality content they can trust,” says Fitts. “We have some creative projects in the works that the community will be excited to see.”

Corporate production credits for Fitts Production Associates include special widescreen programmed event entertainment, film projects and corporate award shows in the United States, Australia, China, Germany, France and South Korea.

Fitts also works with a wide range of non-profits and has a 15-year history producing media for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte as well as Johnson C. Smith University, Leadership Charlotte, The Governors’ NC Conference for Women, Girl Scouts of America and Pride Magazine. Fitts is an active volunteer in the community, and he is working with the YMCA of Greater Charlotte's Prayer Breakfast committee, producing the live event on May 5, 2011, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Crown Ballroom.

“Rick brings more innovation and experience to our WTVI team, and his community connections will help build new relationships and continue relationships with long-time collaborative partners like the Arts & Sciences Council, Foundation for the Carolinas, the League of Women Voters and the United Way,” says Elsie Garner, CEO at WTVI.

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