Bay resident appointed as Chairman’s Representative of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Nationally known producer/director and Bay Village resident Terry D. Peterson is the first Clevelander ever appointed to the national executive committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). NATAS recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for Daytime Programming, Sports, News & Documentary, Business News, and Public Service nationally, in addition to overseeing 19 regional chapters.  

Peterson’s multi-national-award-winning Verité Productions, based in Cleveland, is beginning production on a groundbreaking documentary with formerly homeless men, residents of Community Service Alliance’s Procop House. Community Service Alliance is a non-profit organization that works with men transitioning out of homelessness. This documentary, entitled “We Ain’t Done Yet” (working title), is scheduled for completion in December.

The men will be featured in the documentary and apprenticing with Peterson as a part of the production crew. In addition, the Procop House residents will be working with Verite Productions in creating a behind the scenes “making of the documentary.”

Peterson started at WXYZ-TV in Detroit where his innovative and bold style earned two Emmy nominations and an Emmy Award in 1987. Moving to Los Angeles, he was a Senior Writer-Producer at Encore Communications, Inc. As an Associate Producer on the Columbia Pictures Television pilot, “A Question of Scruples”, Peterson earned numerous awards, including a PROMAX Gold Medallion.

In Cleveland, Peterson was hired as Senior-Writer-Producer for Gateway Communications, working on award-winning projects, including “On the Edge,” which earned eight national awards, including a Telly Award, a Silver Screen Award in the US International Film & Video Festival, a Cine Golden Eagle Award, and the highly-prized Bronze Anvil Award.

Peterson then joined WUAB-TV as Director of Marketing and Promotions, finding ample opportunities to put his unique stamp on breakthrough promotional campaigns that gathered both local and national attention.