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Find out all you want to know about the crew members from "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum."
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David M. Frank, executive producer,
Indigo Films
Indigo Films' executive producer, David M. Frank has produced many shows for the Travel Channel including "America's Most Haunted, Presidents' Homes" and "Active Volcanoes." He won an Emmy Award for the "Secrets and Mysteries" television series. A native of Chicago, David is an avid kayaker, hiker and skier. He's traveled extensively throughout the Middle East and Eastern Europe and toured London, Paris and Amsterdam in two (very long) days. He goes mountain biking near his home in the hills north of San Francisco. |
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Shannon McGinn, co-executive producer,
Indigo Films
Shannon started her film and television career over 20 years ago. She graduated from New York University and headed to Los Angeles, where she worked on the NBC network show "Unsolved Mysteries" for nine seasons. That show enabled her to produce segments in all 50 states and at least 10 international locations. Upon becoming a freeelance producer in 1997, Shannon has produced a variety of network and cable TV projects including several reality competition series. She won a primetime Emmy for her work on "The Amazing Race - Season Four." A new addition to the "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum" team, she loves going to remote locations to find treasure. An avid globetrotter, Shannon has visited over 50 countries for work or play and plans to keep the list growing. In her non-travel mode, she loves to ride her bike around San Francisco - still the most breathtaking city of all. |
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Lori Rothschild Ansaldi, exec. producer,
Travel Channel
Lori Rothschild Ansaldi is an Emmy Nominated Executive Producer for the Travel Channel where she is responsible for the production of over 100 hours of Travel programming and content annually. Some of her recent TV credits include "Samantha Brown: Passport to Latin America," "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum," "Passport to China," and "John Ratzenberger's Made in America." Lori has also served as a Supervising Producer for Discovery Channel where she was responsible for several key series including "Monster Garage," "Monster House" and "The Great Biker Build-Off." She was also the lead producer on the Discovery feature documentary; "The Last Mysteries of the Titanic with James Cameron." An avid traveler, Lori authors an online travel blog and it is a contributing writer to several online travel sites. |
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Mercedes Leigh Johnson, producer, Indigo Films
Mercedes began her media career in magazine publishing but soon discovered that she was destined for the small screen. She got her start in video in Boston producing projects for corporate and non-profit clients. Later, she moved back to her hometown of NYC where she worked on projects for PBS and network TV ranging from health education to reality dating to chocolate truffle tasting (definitely a favorite). Mercedes has lived in Spain, France and Germany and in 2006 happily decided to make San Francisco her home. Her avid curiosity is what fuels her (and what helped her find treasure hunting spots in the most obscure places). When she's not treasure hunting you can find her digging in the dirt (of her garden), doing yoga, and looking for her next travel adventure. |
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Katie Gilbert, producer
Katie Gilbert got her start in television working for KTVU, FOX2. Once she made the leap to cable production, she dove head first into series work for the History Channel, National Geographic Television and Film, and the Weather Channel. Katie was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, attended the University of California, Berkeley (GO BEARS!) and currently resides in Northern California. When not combing the country for treasure, Katie is happiest wading through clear mountain rivers in search of rainbow trout or hitting the slopes of Lake Tahoe. |
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Luke Sauer, 2nd unit camera
Luke studied film at University of California, Santa Cruz, (go Banana Slugs!) and has been a shooter on shows for the Travel Channel, History Channel and Court TV. Luke has worked on every episode of "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum," including the past two seasons of "Cash & Treasures." Luke is an avid snowboarder and mountain biker. He once lived in a Colorado town that sits above 10,000 feet for half a year, "'cause the air was getting too thick down below." |
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Stacy Waters, producer
Stacy is an independent producer from Berkeley, Calif. who got her start in local television news. Later, as a producer of special projects at the NBC affiliate in San Francisco, she produced shows ranging from adventure travel to teen culture as well as social and historical documentaries. Today, as an independent producer, she produces programs for television, non-profit organizations, and other independent clients. Many of Stacy's programs have garnered broadcast awards. She has a journalism degree from the University of Oregon and a graduate degree in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford University, which serves her well considering some of the culturally rich places she travels with "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum." Stacy loves to travel -- and while she has explored out of the way places from the jungles of Cambodia to the mountains of Northern Pakistan, it is only on "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum" that she has discovered some truly "off the beaten path" places in this county -- Hope, Alaska being one of her favorites. |
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Carl Schick, producer
Carl has worked in both tv and online journalism for more than 10 years. After getting his Master's in Journalism and Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C., he field produced for Conus Communcations--covering events on Capitol Hill, the State Department and the White House. After 3 years, he returned home to the S.F. Bay area where he worked as a producer and writer for Bay TV. After short stints as a press secretary for a local politician, a web producer and a public relations exec, he (VERY) happily returned to the world of television, writing and producing for KRON-4 News in San Francisco and several design shows for HGTV. He also produced the Travel Channel show, "Tornado Alley USA," during which he logged 3500 miles in 6 days through 8 states, as well as mastered the art of avoiding fast food joints at every possible turn. To relieve stress, Carl likes yoga, cooking, running and traveling to any place that has running water and air conditioning. |
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Scott Stoneback, Director of Photography
After earning a Broadcast Communications degree from Gonzaga University, Scott worked as a news photographer, first for KXLY-TV in Spokane, Washington and later at KPHO in Phoenix, Arizona. While at those two stations Scott earned many accolades including awards from the National Press Photographers Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Best of the West, and won a regional Emmy. Leaving local news, Scott went on to Boston to shoot programming for clients such as PBS, CNN, and Harvard Business School. He also traveled to the jungles of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, to shoot a documentary on the Kava plant. Scott returned to his hometown of San Francisco to shoot for the cable network, TechTV. Primarily producing technology and news features, Scott also shot and edited many of the half-hour and hour long specials produced by the TechTV news department. Now, Scott shoots freelance for network news, cable TV, corporate, and documentary projects. His work has earned him several more awards locally and nationally and took him from the red carpets of Hollywood to the frozen tundra of Finland. When shooting "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum," Scott enjoys off-the-beaten-path locations where many never realize they can venture. |
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Stephen Buckingham, Director of Photography
Stephen Buckingham started working in video production and post production, in San Francisco, in 1988. Soon after, his expertise began landing him camera work in Los Angeles, on cable and network television , docs, features and commercials. He's traveled all around the world , working on feature films like "The Matrix" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" and television shows like (of course) "Treasure Hunter: Kirsten Gum." Stephen is currently in Baton Rouge, working on the new Cuba Gooding movie; "Way of War." When he doesn't have his eye in behind the viewfinder, you can find him racing his boat on the San Francisco Bay. He says he specializes in underwater shooting because that's his favorite way to find treasure. |
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