Christopher Gaida

Chris has had four reality shows optioned and continues to develop others while living in New York. He is currently also in post production on the Testicular Cancer documentary "Mr. Ballsy". In 2016-2017 Chris produced and helped to develop three reality shows with The Gamer Agency and Microsoft. In April 2016 he wrapped after 3 years as the Co-Producer/Celebrity Booker for Playboy's daily talk show, "The Playboy Morning Show" where he was credited for tripling viewership. Chris started out as a Producer for the talk show "Regis and Kathie Lee". In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to focus on his celebrity talent work. From 2005-2010, he worked for Disney, mostly in Feature Film Development. Some of his credits include "Frankenweenie", "Beauty and the Beast 3D", "earth", "Oceans" and "Waking Sleeping Beauty". For over 10 years, Chris handled celebrity talent logistics on just about every award show there is (over 160 shows), a few of which include 'The Academy Awards", "The Emmy Awards", "The Grammy Awards", "Independent Spirit Awards", "The Golden Globes", "MTV VMAs", "Vh1 Divas Live", TV Land Awards", "The People's Choice Awards" and "The American Music Awards". He has proven himself a very valuable asset to any production team by maintaining order even in these types of high stress situations for both live and taped shows. In 2012, Chris was an Associate Field Producer on "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers". In 2013, he was the Segment Producer on a Travel Channel show "Exposed" as well as releasing his first book "Arm Candy: A Celebrity Escort's Tales from the Red Carpet" which became an Amazon best seller. He wrote about the adventures and excitement that happened behind-the-scenes of award shows. Chris is a member of the Producer's Guild of America, Film Independent and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.