PRODUCER
Billy Rapaport’s career began with behind-the-scenes interviews at Saturday Night Live and has taken him to coverage of the Olympic Games with NBC. His long list of producing credits includes The Rascals: One Upon a Dream on Broadway, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning SportsCentury: The Fifty Greatest Athletes on ESPN. As well as the Emmy nominated Breeders’ Cup film series on NBC.
DIRECTOR
Billy’s directorial experience has followed a similarly diverse and accomplished path. The World’s Funniest Commercials for TBS, The Instant Beauty Pageant pilot for E! and New York stage productions of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This and Sam Shepard’s Simpatico are among the projects he has directed in the past.
CREATOR
Throughout his career Billy has served as the idea generator behind first-of-their-kind productions such as television coverage of the Olympic Torch Relay and the Kentucky Derby Red Carpet Show.
Billy recently produced and directed ¡A Picture of George!, a documentary on the life of legendary Los Angeles photographer George Rodriguez; which premiered at the Vincent Price Museum.
Please see extended bio and credits for a full history of work.