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Jonathan Grupper(I)

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Jonathan Grupper's specialty is story -- capturing people's lives in the moment and turning them into dramatic, highly-rated screen entertainment.

He has served as Executive Producer, Co-EP and /or Showrunner on successful series for CNN, National Geographic, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen, History Channel, Discovery Channel, PBS and other major outlets worldwide. He has Produced, Written and Directed dozens of programs.

He is Executive Producer of multiple video and audio installations, including at the New York Historical Society, and the permanent exhibit at the Ellis Island Museum. He has written six children's books for National Geographic; six syndicated planetarium shows; more than 50 shows for National Geographic Explorer; and multiple episodes of NOVA and Nature. He has served as Supervising Writer and Supervising Producer for National Geographic Television.

His programs have been awarded the Gold Special Jury at World Fest-Houston, Gold at the US International Film & Video Festival, Silver at WorldFest-Flagstaff, a Cine Golden Eagle Award, and a Telly Award. Programs he's worked on have received ten Emmy nominations, including three for himself.

Jonathan Grupper teaches Dramatic Screenwriting at NYU's School of Professional Studies.
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      • 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Really Wild Animals (1993)
    Really Wild Animals
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Producer(1997)
    Evolve (2008)
    Evolve
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Mole People: Life in the World Below (2001)
    Mole People: Life in the World Below
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Producer
    • 2001
    Legacy List with Matt Paxton (2019)
    Legacy List with Matt Paxton
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Producer

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    Producer



    • Stephen Hawking's Universe
      • producer
      • Released
      • TV Mini Series
      • 1997



    • After the First 48 (2008)
      After the First 48
      7.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013–2025
    • Twisted Killers (2022)
      Twisted Killers
      6.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Snapped, séductions fatales (2021)
      Snapped, séductions fatales
      6.5
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2021
    • The Story of Late Night (2021)
      The Story of Late Night
      7.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2021
    • Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little (2020)
      Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little
      5.5
      TV Special
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020
    • Legacy List with Matt Paxton (2019)
      Legacy List with Matt Paxton
      6.8
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2019
    • Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris (2017)
      Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Bad Blood (2015)
      Bad Blood
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2015–2017
    • The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade (2016)
      The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016
    • Moody Beasts (2016)
      Moody Beasts
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • co-executive producer
      • 2016
    • American Genius (2015)
      American Genius
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • series producer
      • 2015
    • Being Thomas Edison: American Genius Digital Extra
      Video
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Game On, America (2014)
      Game On, America
      7.1
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • post producer
      • 2014
    • Rendez-vous sanglants (2012)
      Rendez-vous sanglants
      6.3
      TV Series
      • series producer
      • 2013–2014
    • True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (2010)
      True Crime with Aphrodite Jones
      6.7
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2013

    Writer



    • Being Thomas Edison: American Genius Digital Extra
      Video
      • scenario
      • 2015
    • Wild Hawaii (2014)
      Wild Hawaii
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2014
    • America's Doomsday Plan (2012)
      America's Doomsday Plan
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Lost Magic Decoded
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • additional writer
      • 2012
    • Wild (2006)
      Wild
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Hot Tuna (2012)
      Hot Tuna
      7.9
      • script
      • 2012
    • Superfish Bluefin Tuna (2012)
      Superfish Bluefin Tuna
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey (2012)
      Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey
      7.1
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional writing
      • writer
      • 2010
    • Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2009
    • Aux origines de l'humanité (1974)
      Aux origines de l'humanité
      8.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2003–2008
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Exploring Time (2007)
      Exploring Time
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity (2006)
      Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
      7.3
      Short
      • writer
      • 2006
    • The Huns (2004)
      Barbarians
      7.4
      TV Series
      • supervising writer
      • 2004

    Director



    • Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little (2020)
      Catching a Serial Killer: Sam Little
      5.5
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Bad Blood (2015)
      Bad Blood
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2017
    • Being Thomas Edison: American Genius Digital Extra
      Video
      • segment director
      • 2015
    • True Crime with Aphrodite Jones (2010)
      True Crime with Aphrodite Jones
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • America's Doomsday Plan (2012)
      America's Doomsday Plan
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Mauvaises rencontres (2012)
      Mauvaises rencontres
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Patrick Edlinger in National Geographic Explorer (1985)
      National Geographic Explorer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Rodney Brooks, Robert Krulwich, Jacob Ward, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sherry Turkle, Carla Wohl, Ziya Tong, Kristi Curry Rogers, David Pogue, Raymond Rogers, Mary Schweitzer, Peter Standring, Manel Esteller, Derek Briggs, Brian Hare, Jacob Ward, David Spergel, Jim Gillogly, Chad Cohen, James Sanborn, Jennifer Wittmeyer, Ed Scheidt, Elonka Dunin, Said Musa, Arlie Petters, Bernice Waight, Jean-Pierre Issa, and Randy Jirtle in Nova ScienceNow (2005)
      Nova ScienceNow
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Exploring Time (2007)
      Exploring Time
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • The Investigators (2000)
      The Investigators
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2004–2006
    • Architecture and Design of Man and Woman
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • From Conception to Birth (2005)
      From Conception to Birth
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Anatomy of Sex (2005)
      Anatomy of Sex
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005
    • The Louisiana Purchase
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Ascent: The Story of Hugh Herr
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2002

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