Bruce Klein

Career

On the television front, Klein was an early innovator in cable programming, responsible for series such as Doctor G: Medical Examiner (for Discovery Health/TLC), Breaking Vegas and History"s Lost & Foundation (for The History Channel), lieutenant Could Happen Tomorrow (The Weather Channel), Factory Floor (National Geographic Channel), and Top 5 and Behind The Bash with Giada DeLaurentiis (Food Network). (Discovery Channel), Phowned! (Spike television), Mary Knows Best (SyFy), Big Brian: The Fortune Seller (TruTV), and What History Forgot (AHC). On the theatrical documentary front, Klein directed Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2008) and produced Robert Blecker Wants Maine Dead.

He also co-wrote and directed the independent film The Stranger, starring William Atherton and Roxana Zal.

In 2011, Klein wrote and directed the television movie Who Killed Chandra Levy? for TLC. Klein has moderated and appeared on numerous panels for organizations such as NATPE, RealScreen, the Producers Guild, the United States of America Film Festival and New York University Film School. His work has been featured and reviewed in publications such as The New York Times, Variety,Crain’s New York Business, Entertainment Weekly, TelevisionWeek, and World Screen News.

Achievements

• He is the founder of Atlas Media Corporation and serves as its president and executive producer. More recently, he has been responsible for producing and/or executive producing hundreds of hours of television including Hotel Impossible (in its 6th season for Travel Channel), Playing With Fire (East!), Epic Win (Music Television), Stalked: Someone"s Watching, and Frenemies: Loyalty Turned Lethal (Investigation Discovery), Brainwashed and Alien Invasion: Are We Ready?.

Membership

Klein is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a founding member of the Non-Fiction Producers Association (Non Performing Asset), and currently serves on the Executive Board of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE).