Mike Aho

Mike Aho

Mike Aho, 2013
Born Salt Lake City, US
Occupation Television producer, executive producer, director, writer

Mike Aho is a producer, director and writer. He served as SVP of Factual Entertainment at Shine America and currently Head of Development West Coast for Core Media Group.[1][2]

Career

Mike Aho moved to Paris, France at 18 years old, attended the Paris-Sorbonne University,[3] then graduated from UCLA's School of Film and TV.[4] He won the Charles Boyer Fellowship which took him back to Paris where he began his career in unscripted TV. He was the show runner and director for M6 (TV channel) "StarNews" and "Grandeur Nature".[5][6][7][8] He also wrote and directed several feature award winning documentaries.[9][10][11][12][13]

After 10 years in Europe, Mike returned to Los Angeles as a producer on Queer Eye,[14] The Bachelorette[15] and the show runner of TLC's Take Home Chef.[16] After successfully developing and producing two series[17][18] for Glassman Media, he moved to Collins Avenue to become VP of Factual Television[19] producing and writing a prolific amount of content.[20]

On December 17, 2013 Shine America President Eden Gaha, announced Mike Aho's role as Senior Vice President, Factual Entertainment.[21] The new role entailed leading Shine America's docu-series development and production efforts, identifying original stories for the U.S. market that can also be formatted globally.[22] On September 24, 2014 Nat Geo Wild confirmed a 6 episode order of Aloha Vet[23] to be co-produced by Eden Gaha and Mike Aho.

References

  1. ↑ Aho, Mike (January 1, 2014). "Mike Aho". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Shine America – Names Mike Aho Senior Vice President, Factual Entertainment
  3. ↑ Realscreen.com – Collins Avenue ups Aho, Hammond
  4. ↑ Moviespictures.org – Mike Aho Biography
  5. ↑ INA – Grandeur Nature, Le Sri Lanka : Le manoir aux girafes
  6. ↑ INA – Grandeur Nature, Le Sri Lanka : le refuge "Crow"
  7. ↑ INA – Grandeur Nature, Costa Rica : les volcans
  8. ↑ INA – Grandeur Nature, Les iguanes des Galapagos
  9. ↑ Morris, Gary (April 1, 1999). "Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories". Brightlightsfilm.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Cinemotions.com – Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories
  11. ↑ Zelluloid.de – Pierre und Gilles
  12. ↑ IMDB – Sex Becomes Her
  13. ↑ BFI – Sex Becomes Her
  14. ↑ IMDB – Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
  15. ↑ New York Times – Mike Aho
  16. ↑ Amazon – Take Home Chef
  17. ↑ IMDB – High Society
  18. ↑ IMDB – Three Wishes
  19. ↑ Baysinger, Tim (December 7, 2011). "Collins Avenue Promotes a Pair of Execs". Broadcastingcable.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  20. ↑ IMDB – Mike Aho
  21. ↑ Shine America – Names Mike Aho Senior Vice President, Factual Entertainment
  22. ↑ O'Connell, Michael (December 12, 2013). "Shine America Taps Mike Aho as SVP Factual Entertainment". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  23. ↑ Shine America – Aloha Vet
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