Biography
As an Executive Producer and Innovative Showrunner, Travis Cochran's career has been defined by a passion for television production, creative direction, scriptwriting, original programming development, and sponsor/brand partnerships. Travis thrives on leading projects from the page to the screen, specializing in turning creative visions into reality in fast-paced and high-pressure environments.
His expertise lies in overseeing end-to-end production execution, where his role as a performance-focused leader allows him to drive teams towards excellence in timely delivery while upholding high-production value quality and standards. Whether it's developing new content or guiding a show through its lifecycle, Travis's goal is to innovate and inspire, ensuring that each production not only meets but exceeds expectations.
Key Achievements Include:
. Led a production crew of 27, successfully handling tight episodic deadlines, planning, budgeting, and program forecasting, leveraging extensive experience in competitive gaming landscape and media production to transition towards broadening esports and gaming content reach to an even larger mainstream audience.
. Created late-night TV talk show, The Gamer Hour, at Reuters Studios in Times Square, NYC, serving as the creative force behind the show and navigating the entire production lifecycle from concept to distribution and delivering 2 seasons and 25 episodes that achieved over 2.3M viewers across 50+ streaming channels. Completed all episodes on time and on budget week after week.
. Secured key sponsorships for The Gamer Hour and current TV production company, including establishing tiered sponsorship packages that significantly boosted funding and brand partnerships as well as raising $60K for a debut series sizzle reel.
. Led 15-member production crew for debut competition series, The Leap, overseeing scheduling, location scouting, casting, and scriptwriting, collaborating with an Emmy nominated director to produce a reel with incredible high-production value quality that meets major broadcast network standards. Adapted editing cuts for potential networks.
. Achieved a #1 world ranking as a professional esports athlete, managing an esports team in Switzerland and Las Vegas, collaborating with elite high-performance coaches from Formula 1, the English Premier League, and the National League ice hockey training divisions, worked alongside and trained by Roger Federer's performance coach.
He graduated from the University of Southern California with dual degrees in Cinema: Critical Studies (B.A.) from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and in Broadcast & Digital Journalism (B.A.) from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
