Norm Green is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 director

Television director

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 and executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

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Career

Green directed the MTV documentary television series I'm From Rolling Stone

I'm From Rolling Stone

I'm From Rolling Stone is a MTV reality television show directed by Norman Green. It began airing in January 2007 and was planned for ten episodes....

, which ran from January–March 2007. In 2008, Green directed docu-reality series episodes of A&E Network

A&E Network

The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...

's paranormal investigative series Paranormal State

Paranormal State

Paranormal State is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on the A&E Network on December 10, 2007. The program follows and stars the Pennsylvania State University Paranormal Research Society, a student-led college club...

 and the WE tv

WE TV

We TV is the third TV channel from Malayalam Communications Ltd, in Kerala and based at Trivandrum. The other two channels of this company are Kairali TV and People TV. WE TV is mainly aimed at the youth and was officially launched on April 14, 2007. Mr...

's The Locator.

Green directed the pilot

Television pilot

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 of Tabloid Wars

Tabloid Wars

Tabloid Wars was a reality TV series that aired in the summer of 2006 on the Bravo cable network. It followed reporters and editors from the New York Daily News....

, a documentary series set in the newsroom

Newsroom

A newsroom is the place where journalists—reporters, editors, and producers, along with other staffers—work to gather news to be published in a newspaper or magazine or broadcast on television, cable or radio...

 of the New York Daily News, for Bravo, which debuted on July 24, 2006. In 2006, he produced another hour for Logo network's Real Momentum, this time on the lives of gay Republicans

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

. The episode, called "Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the room

"Elephant in the room" is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored or goes unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss....

," aired on June 24, 2006.

In 2006, he traveled to Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 to executive produce and film New Year Baby

New Year Baby

New Year Baby is a 2007 documentary film that tells the story of a family that survived the Cambodian genocide, and started a new life in the United States. The film was directed by Socheata Poeuv and produced by Charles Vogl. It won the 2007 IDFA "Movies That Matter" Award, an initiative of...

, the story of a family's flight from the Khmer Rouge

Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

. New Year Baby won Amnesty International's Movies That Matter Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. It currently tours film festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

s around the world and airs on Independent Lens

Independent Lens

Airing weekly on PBS through ITVS, the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens introduces new drama and documentary films made by independent filmmakers. Past seasons of Independent Lens have been presented by hosts Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Terrence Howard, Maggie...

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In 2005, Norm Green produced an hour-long documentary episode on the lives of gay Latino

Latino

The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...

s called "Latino Beginnings" for Logo network

Logo (TV channel)

Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...

's Real Momentum

Real Momentum

Real Momentum is the name of a documentary series on the Logo network.Documentaries in the Real Momentum series vary in length and style, and are mix of original Logo-produced documentaries, co-productions, and acquired documentaries....

. The episode aired on National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day is an internationally observed civil awareness day celebrating individuals who publicly identify as bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender—coming out regarding one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity being akin to a cultural rite of passage for LGBT people...

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In 2004, he executive produced two hour-long episodes of cultural commentary

Cultural critic

A cultural critic is a critic of a given culture, usually as a whole and typically on a radical basis. There is significant overlap with social and cultural theory.-Terminology:...

 for VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

's The Greatest

The Greatest (TV series)

The Greatest is a VH1 series. Each episode counts down either songs, albums, music videos, moments, musicians, or celebrities of a particular category.-Episodes:-References:...

, "25 Greatest Rock Star Cameos" and "25 Greatest Commercials."

From 2000-2003, Green created profiles of young people overcoming adversity for the Children's Defense Fund

Children's Defense Fund

The Children's Defense Fund is an American child advocacy and research group, founded in 1973 by Marian Wright Edelman. Its motto Leave No Child Behind reflects its mission to advocate on behalf of children...

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Green produced Criminal: Punks vs. Preps, a documentary about the slaughter of Brian Deneke

Brian Deneke

On December 12, 1997, 19-year-old punk musician Brian Theodore Deneke was killed in a deliberate hit and run attack in Amarillo, Texas. He was intentionally run over by 17-year-old jock Dustin Camp....

, which was released on October 3, 2000. Criminal: Punks vs. Preps is now in development as a feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

. In 2002, he produced another True Life episode called "I Have Embarrassing Parents."

In February 2000, Green won the NAACP Image Award for an episode of MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's verité documentary

Cinéma vérité

Cinéma vérité is a style of documentary filmmaking, combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic devices of editing and camerawork, staged set-ups, and the use of the camera to provoke subjects. It is also known for taking a provocative stance toward its topics.There are subtle yet...

 television series

Television program

A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

 True Life

True Life

True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of subjects by a camera crew through a certain part of their lives.-Topics covered:True...

 about racial profiling

Racial profiling

Racial profiling refers to the use of an individual’s race or ethnicity by law enforcement personnel as a key factor in deciding whether to engage in enforcement...

, called I'm Driving While Black

Driving While Black

Driving While Black, abbreviated as DWB, is a phrase in the contemporary American vernacular that refers to the criminalization of black drivers. An alternate phrase, Driving While Brown, is more encompassing, referring to the crime of being a non-Caucasian driver.-Derivation:"Driving While Black"...

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In 1996, Green produced a number of investigations for Inside Edition

Inside Edition

Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...

. Topics included prisons, gangs, and drugs

Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior...

 in Mexico

Mexico

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, exploited garment workers in the Mariana Islands

Mariana Islands

The Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east...

, and racism on television

Institutional racism

Institutional racism describes any kind of system of inequality based on race. It can occur in institutions such as public government bodies, private business corporations , and universities . The term was coined by Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael in the late 1960s...

. He received an Overseas Press Club Citation for the program on workers in the Marianas.

Green traveled into the Bosnian war

Bosnian War

The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

 and post-war zone five times, where he drove a humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes, typically in response to humanitarian crises including natural disaster and man-made disaster. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity...

 truck and helped the new government to democratize their broadcast media. He contributed to The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

 web site "Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace", the first web site nominated for the Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

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Green teaches at New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies is a unit of New York University. Founded in 1934, the school aims at working professionals who seek additional training tailored to their interests....

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Through his company Olive Eye Films, he currently has one feature film, two documentaries, and four television series in development and two pilots casting. Of these are Devil Dolls, a documentary about the all-female motorcycle club

Motorcycle club

A motorcycle club is a group of individuals whose primary interest and activities involve motorcycles.In the U.S. the abbreviation, MC or MCC, can have a special social meaning from the point of view of the outlaw subcultures, and is usually reserved by them for those clubs that are mutually...

 of the same name, and Hotel Cassadaga, a docu series that takes place in Cassadaga, Florida

Cassadaga, Florida

Cassadaga is a small unincorporated community located in Volusia County, Florida, just north of Deltona...

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External links

• Bosnia: uncertain paths to peace