If you're wondering who was behind the creation of that BRILLIANT convention, read this.

[nolabear]

Talk about heroes! Talent, hard work, making art out of adversity.

https://www.facebook.com/1543422966/posts/10222461271870932/?extid=fHvO9BrT7cEUz96f&d=n

[demmiblue]

1. For people who don't want to give Face Book traffic:

This is my fiancé and I could not be prouder of this man than I am at this historic moment in time. He has been on endless Zoom calls for months working on production aspects and directing the Democratic National Convention. Throughout these past few months, the pandemic has had the production team pivoting on a daily basis. First Glenn was going to Milwaukee, then Delaware and in the end and since there were so many LIVE remotes anyway, he had an entire control room set up in the house.

I have had the privilege to watch Glenn (from our Family Room) plan out and bring in all the technology to direct 58 cameras from around the country, deal with dozens of speakers and talent, and hundreds of folks on the production team. Watching the process of Glenn and his partner, Ricky Kirshner work with the leadership of the DNC and Biden campaign to make this all happen has been astonishing. The level of detail has been extraordinary. We even have a generator in our backyard as the heatwave has caused blackouts in our area.

I have played the role of Craft Services, “Truck PA”, and more. Glenn at the helm is steady, creative, calm, funny, polite, and decisive. I know I am biased, but Glenn’s talent and experience were exactly what this unconventional convention needed. As a proud Democrat and American citizen (and loving partner), I am so grateful we had Glenn’s leadership and instincts helping to make this coming together of our party so successful and meaningful. I hope that these past four days have inspired people to vote for the Biden/Harris ticket. #WeThePeople #RiseUp #Biden2020 #BuildBackBetter #GivePeopleLight #HopeLightLove

Also, we have our very own who was a participant in staging the events:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213939493

This time, pizza is a good thing!

[Laelth]

2. That dude's career is about to take off.

Just a modest prediction.



-Laelth

[maineac]

11. Emmy Awards

Glenn Weiss has 14 Emmy Awards and 6 Director's Guild Awards for live television productions. I think it was the Jill Biden bio was done by the directing team that made RBG. The A Team!

[Laelth]

15. Oh. I see.

So, we hired the best. Good call, and it showed.



-Laelth

[not_the_one]

5. Thank you. I don't do facebook. Or any "social" media. I DO do DU.

Say that five times fast.

[demmiblue]

9. Neither do I, but I took one for the team!

(I do use Twitter as a news feed, though)

[cilla4progress]

7. Seriously...

COOOOOOL! CONGRATS!!!

[pnwmom]

14. I don't understand why anyone thinks that's a good idea. Would Facebook care?

The way to have more progressive news and information on FB is for more progressives to post there.

[magicarpet]

3. Nice job,... very nice job,... the little elves in the background working hard making ,...

... things run smoothly but barely noticed or taking few bows.

[NBachers]

4. What an accomplishment! What talent - Thanks for posting this.

[northoftheborder]

6. I had been wondering which genius had put all this together under very difficult circumstances!!

Thanks for the post helping understand how it was done!!! It was a masterful project!!!

[PoiBoy]

8. What an outstanding and talented team...

...with 23 Emmy awards between them...

Glenn Weiss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Weiss

Ricky Kirshner
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Kirshner


Great job guys..!!!

[nolabear]

10. Hey, thanks! I live learning more about them.

I wish media would cover them. Well worth it.

[Sloumeau]

12. Thank you so very much for posting this.

I thought that the convention was first rate, and I was, indeed, actually wondering who put it together.

Thanks again!

[grantcart]

13. +1