Biographie
Emmy Award winning producer/director/writer Glenn Kirschbaum has spent more than forty years working in television production. A native of Boston, Glenn has overseen hundreds of hours of programming on such networks as The History Channel, A & E, Discovery, National Geographic, The Travel Channel, The Food Network, and HGTV.
Glenn's latest film, "Remembering Gene Wilder", is a heartfelt, feature documentary honoring the beloved star of such movie classics as "The Producers", "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", and "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory". Gene's friend and collaborator, the legendary Mel Brooks said, "I love this film! It's a warm and wonderful tribute to my dear friend Gene. Don't miss it!"
Kirschbaum began his career as an independent writer/director. In producing his first documentary feature, "Adolf Hitler: Man and Myth", he traveled throughout America and Europe, interviewing Holocaust survivors, as well as members of Hitler's inner circle. His film was honored with two national Emmy Awards: a News & Documentary Award for Outstanding Historical/Cultural Programming and a Daytime Emmy for Best Writing.
Kirschbaum spent the next several years writing the NBC hit program, Unsolved Mysteries. In that capacity, he was nominated for another national Emmy Award.
In 1997, Glenn was hired by Greystone Television as Vice President of Television Programming. In that role, he oversaw production on dozens of films for The History Channel including Nostradamus: 500 Years Later, Remember the Alamo, Masada, Rescue at Dawn: The Los Banos Raid, Dinosaur Secrets Revealed, and Countdown to Armageddon. He also oversaw several series that aired on A &E and The History Channel, including Treasure, Haunted History, Civil War Combat, Nature Tech, Inviting Disaster and AutoManiac
In 1999, Kirschbaum began production on The Unfinished Civil War, a poignant look at the racism that can be directly traced to The American Civil War. For an entire year, he traveled throughout the American south - from the Civil War battlefields of Maryland and Mississippi -- to the fiery steps of the State Capitol in South Carolina, chronicling the deep passions that persist from The War Between the States. At the heart of the film was the Confederate Flag Controversy that was threatening to divide South Carolina in two. The Unfinished Civil War aired on The History Channel and won awards at several film festivals throughout the South, including the Houston Film Festival the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, and the Maryland Film Festival.
More recently, Glenn served as the Co-Executive Producer of Combat Zone, the Discovery Channel's hard-hitting look at the lives of soldiers in battle. Episodes ranged from the deadly assault at Inchon Harbor, Korea, to the treacherous battlefields in Viet Nam and Iraq. Dramatic first-hand accounts and never-before-seen footage helped bring the soldiers' compelling stories to life.
In 2008, Glenn joined Public Media as Co-Executive Producer. In that capacity, he helped develop and produce the company's new Public Television series, Collector's Cafe. This informative and entertaining series examines the lives and passions of high-end collectors.
From 2007 through 2009, Glenn served as a Supervising Producer at Creative Differences. There, he produced the 3-hour series, Raging Nature and 13-part series, Time Warp, for the Discovery Channel, as well as the special, Wild on Tape, for National Geographic. From 2009 thru 2011, Glenn served as the VP of Creative Affairs at MPH Entertainment, producers of such series as National Geographic's The Dog Whisperer.
In 2012, Glenn was asked to open Indigo Film's office in Los Angeles and oversee production there. His first series, America Declassified debuted on the Travel Channel in September of 2013 and ran for ten episodes. The series was honored with a Genesis Award from the Humane Society of the United States. At present, Glenn is serving as Co-Executive Producer of "Weather Gone Viral", the highest rated series on The Weather Channel.
