Shauna Thomas
Shauna Thomas has nearly ten years’ experience in producing on news, talk and reality shows, including Dr. Phil, TMZ and The Bachelor.
Current Work On Dr. Phil Show
Shauna Thomas currently serves as a segment director, DGA, for CBS/Paramount’s Dr. Phil show, a position she has held for two years. Shauna Thomas was promoted from segment producer to segment director within six months of being hired. Shauna Thomas’ writes, develops, produces and edits weekly in-depth stories under tight deadlines. She also manages pre- and post-production, writes shooting scripts, interviews guests and manages field shoots.
Some of the highlights of Shauna Thomas’ work with the Dr. Phil show include:
• Writing and producing up-to the-minute news segments for Dr. Phil Now.
• Delivering a five-episode reality series for The Dr. Phil House. The series Todd & Jessica: A Family in Crisis earned an Emmy nomination for multi-camera editing.
• Writing and producing high-conflict and drama tape packages for shows such as The Scott Peterson Jurors: Life After the Trial, Anna Nicole Smith: The Families Grieve and Hoarding Nightmare.
Experience With TMZ And The Bachelor
During the summer of 2007 Shauna Thomas served as a field producer for The Bachelor, an ABC/Warner Horizon show. Her duties included producing date content for segments. Shauna Thomas interviewed contestants throughout casting and production while following multiple story arcs.
Shauna Thomas also served as a freelance writer/producer/editor delivering online content for the Tele-Pictures/Fox show TMZ.
‘Good Day Utah’ Reporter
From 2003 to 2006, Shauna Thomas worked for Good Day Utah, a Fox O&O/KSTU program based in Salt Lake City. She served as the show’s live features and entertainment reporter. In this capacity, Shauna Thomas wrote, produced, booked and reported daily, covering entertainment content for morning live shots. In the field, she acted as sole producer/reporter for a three-hour live show while managing crew and guests. Some of her coverage during this time includes American Idol Finals, the Sundance Film Festival and the Fox Network TV Press Tour. She also wrote and anchored daily entertainment segments for Live at 11 and Fox News at 9.
In early 2003, Shauna Thomas served as entertainment correspondent for the show Extra, a production of Tele-Pictures; as fill-in host and writer for The Daily Buzz, an ACME Television nationally syndicated morning news program; and as a reporter/writer/producer for ESPN’s coverage of the Chicago Auto Show
Earlier Experience With Fox And Disney
In 2002, Shauna Thomas’ served with:
• FOX 59 A.M. News as reporter/writer/producer featuring live shots packages for the 9 P.M. news.; and hosted Quik Hitz, a nightly, entertainment, news program.
• Tribune/WXIN, Indianapolis, where she wrote, produced and anchored The Now Generation, a pop culture segment on the morning news;
In 2000, Shauna Thomas worked for DISNEY.com as an online writer/producer/reporter. Her work for Disney’s branch company, imoviestudios.com/LoadTv.com, included Red Carpet coverage and behind-the-scenes content on film sets in Vancouver, Thailand & Ireland.
Shauna Thomas has also worked for KingWorld Productions’ Inside Edition as an associate producer.
Before joining television production Shauna Thomas held the title of Creative Development Executive for the film company Motion Picture Corporation of America. During her 2 years with the company she developed & packaged scripts with talented writers and directors.
Awards And Union Memberships
Shauna Thomas has earned awards for “Best Feature Reporter” in Utah. She won the Reader’s Pick Award from City Weekly Magazine in 2004. In 2006, the Salt Lake Magazine featured Shauna Thomas on the cover for the issue themed “Successful Singles in Salt Lake.”
Shauna Thomas holds union memberships with D.G.A., A.F.T.R.A. and S.A.G.
