In her ten years in documentary production, Nicole has developed, written, produced and/or supervised more than one hundred hours of television programming.
Prior to launching New Animal Productions, Nicole guided, from conception to delivery, the production of four different documentary series for Towers Productions in Chicago and the cable networks History Channel, National Geographic Channel and The Weather Channel. During her seven years at Towers, Nicole was also responsible for developing 96 episodes of A&E's flagship crime series with Bill Kurtis, American Justice.
Inside 9/11, the 4-hour miniseries special Nicole supervised for Towers and the National Geographic Channel, is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and definitive documentaries produced about September 11, 2001. In 2006, Inside 9/11 was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction special, and received the awards for Best Documentary and Best Writing at the New York Film Festival.
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Prior to co-founding New Animal Productions, Seth produced and edited long-form television and film documentaries on topics from Robert Kennedy's assassination to the 2002 anti-war demonstrations in Chicago; the Jonestown, Guyana massacre to the 1991 siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. His television programs have profiled Coast Guard Station New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as well as the Special Response Teams of Detroit and Kansas City.
Seth's work in verite and reality formats as well as traditional, narration-driven content has been televised on PBS, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, and A&E, and screened at Cannes and the New York Film Festivals. As lead editor, Seth established the "look" of the 4-hour, Emmy nominated miniseries Inside 9/11, which garnered the highest ratings ever for National Geographic Channel.
A 2 Hour Special for Siskel/Jacobs Productions and the History Channel, airing Third Quarter 2008.
INSIDE 9/11 (2 x 120)
Produced in 2005 for Towers Productions and the National Geographic Channel
This Emmy-nominated, critically acclaimed special presents a comprehensive look at the events that led to that tragic day. From the rise of radical Islam after the Soviet-Afghan war, to the missed red flags in the months before the attacks, to the towers falling in New York and the unforeseen consequences of the war in Iraq, Inside 9/11 presents the story of what we now know was an inexorable march towards cataclysm.
PART ONE: WAR ON AMERICA
Part One presents the story of the road to 9/11 as a chronology of plot points. A series of vignettes tracks the rise of Osama bin Laden, the transformation of radical Islam into an anti-American creed, and the evolution of devout Muslim students like Mohammed Atta into murderous terrorists. It also tells a parallel story: the fateful encounters, missed warnings and botched missions that comprise the failure of American intelligence agencies to stop the attacks.
Supervising Producer - Nicole Rittenmeyer
Editor - Seth Skundrick view video
PART TWO: ZERO HOUR
Part Two presents in meticulous detail the minute-by-minute events of the attack itself. It is a largely first-person narrative that presents both the terror and the heroism of September 11, 2001.
Supervising Producer - Nicole Rittenmeyer view video
CONSPIRACY? (12 x 60)
Produced in 2004-2005 for Towers Productions and the History Channel
This compelling series examines evidence that powerful, sinister forces were behind some of the greatest tragedies of our time. Investigative journalists, government insiders and historians present the cases for and against provocative and enduring conspiracy theories, including the 2001 Anthrax mailings, TWA Flight 800, the assassination of Martin Luther King, the 1998 Oklahoma City bombing, and the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Supervising Producer - Nicole Rittenmeyer
Editor - Seth Skundrick view video
COAST GUARD STORM STORIES (13 x 60)
Produced in 2005-2006 for Towers Productions and the Weather Channel
For this cinema verite-style series, three production teams were embedded with the Coast Guard in New Orleans, LA, in Gloucester, MA and in Sitka, AK in the fall of 2005. This dramatic program takes viewers along on missions with these Coast Guard units, including the now-legendary rescue and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Supervising Producer - Nicole Rittenmeyer
Editor - Seth Skundrick view video
FINAL REPORT: The Waco Tragedy (1 x 60)
Produced in 2006 for Towers Productions and National Geographic Channel This episode of National Geographic Channel's acclaimed Final Report series chronicles the federal government's 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, TX in 1993. The standoff between cult leader David Koresh and the FBI ended in a massive conflagration that claimed the lives of 79 people, including 21 children and 4 ATF agents. Who was to blame?
Editor/Co-Producer - Seth Skundrick view video
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