Lou Chagaris

With many years of experience, Lou Chagaris has managed to balance himself between television, music and multi-media. Through positive outlook and interest in the evolution of entertainment, Lou has continually sought to challenge himself and push the limits of his creativity to new heights. As a child growing up in New Jersey, Lou developed a passion for music that determined his calling in entertainment. In 1981, he moved to Los Angeles where he landed his first job on the legendary Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1973). After establishing a rapport with several record companies, Lou went to work on several music-oriented television projects, network specials and award shows. From 1985 to 1990, Lou directed music programming for music video shows such as "Chartbusters", "Power Hits" and the highly rated Night Tracks (1983) for Turner Broadcasting. Lou also spent six seasons as music supervisor on Disney Channel's critically acclaimed children's show, Kids Incorporated (1984). In 1990, Lou teamed up with Night Tracks producer Giles Ashford to create original programming for VH-1, including a half-hour special on Harry Connick Jr. The pair also collaborated on project development for Geffen Records, Pepsi-Cola International and American Top 40. After his numerous successes, Lou served as Director for three years and presided over some of the highest-rated episodes on the comedy series, Up All Night (1989) for USA Network. In 1995, he joined Virgin Interactive Entertainment to master one of the most recent frontiers in entertainment, interactive computer gaming. As Post-Production Director, he supervised the compositing of live-action footage with computer generated imagery for Virgin's latest generation of multi-media interactive games. Lou joined forces with Director, Robb Hart in 1998 and produced the live action for Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000), a CD-ROM game for the Star Trek franchise in association with Paramount Licensing Division and Interplay productions. Lou worked with The WB Television Network in Marketing and On-Air Promotion for their Primetime programming from 1996 until 2006. He continued in Marketing/On-Air Promotion and launched the CW Television Network. In 2008, Lou became Director of On-Air Promotions for Lifetime Networks. He worked on many marketing campaigns for all of their programming including FYI and LMN Networks. 2016 he continued success as Director of Brand Creative promotions for A+E Networks International Marketing.