Ted Schillinger - Bio

Ted Schillinger has been making films since childhood, and watchable films since 1993.

Ted's work has aired on PBS, Discovery, National Geographic Channel, the Travel Channel, Lifetime, A&E, and the History Channel. His independent feature film, JUNK, starred Simon Callow and Michael Shapiro.

He was a founding producer of A&E’s acclaimed AMERICAN JUSTICE series. He won a James Beard Society award for his History Channel special, AMERICAN EATS. His history of the Chicago Tribune, CHICAGO'S FRONT PAGE, won a Midwest Emmy.

In 2006, he directed the docu-drama series BREAKING VEGAS for the History Channel.

His most recent film is the feature documentary, ROBERT BLECKER WANTS ME DEAD, the story of the strange and riveting friendship between a death-penalty advocate and a mass-murderer on Tennessee’s death row.

He grew up in New England, and is a graduate of Yale University. He lives at the very center of the universe, in Brooklyn, NY.