Your Ultimate Consultant

Everybody needs a helping hand in their business.

I have 30 years experience and a proven track record in the entertainment and media industries and legal/law firm experience. Chances are whatever you're wondering about - I've been there, done it and lived to tell.

Consultations run the gamut from a phone call on an hourly fee basis, to an on-call or retainer basis for longer range projects or extended access to services.

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Services include Consulting on-site or off-site; Editorial Services; Launching / Relaunching initiatives for brands and television networks, Content Programming, Initiatives and Projects in all media, formats and fields; Technical Advisor; Archive & Preservation, including Digital Asset Management advise and implementation; Rights & Clearances, and more.

About Me - Bio and Credits

This is who is on the other side of the email or the telephone.

I am a California native and grew up in Southern California, studied at UCLA and worked in Hollywood until the mid-80s, when I began working internationally, based in London and Paris. In the late 80s, I moved to New York and lived and worked there until 2005. I divide my time between Nashville, TN, Los Angeles, CA and New York City.

Biography
Theresa Kereakes won her first video production award when she was 14 years old. Her creative writing class project, “Thirteen Bubbles” won top honors at a student film festival organized by Hollywood’s documentary filmmaking legend, David L. Wolper.

In the 30+ years since then, while working in music, television, film, radio and the internet, Theresa has continued to win honors and help shape the landscape of popular culture.

An acclaimed photographer, Theresa has several album cover, record sleeve, editorial, book jacket and electronic media credits. Since 2005, she has been taking a tour of her vintage punk rock photos on the road. Punk Turns 30 has been met with glowing reviews, was featured as an on-going display in the Third Annual Don't Knock the Rock Film Festival and will soon be published as a book.

As a producer, Theresa has created, developed, launched, produced and/or supervised award-winning programs and series for VH1, PBS, Food Network, NYC Metro Channels, and USA Network, including Legends and Storytellers at VH1. At PBS, she worked in a Business Affairs capacity on several long-running series including Great Performances, Nature, American Masters and the then-live Charlie Rose. Most notably, as an executive producer at VH1, her series, VH1 to One, boasted the last ever public performance of Beatle George Harrison in an episode featuring Ravi Shankar, and hosted by John Fugelsang, with whom she continues to work. She also develops and produces projects through her production company, Terrible Sweetie Productions, Inc.

As a director, Theresa has realized music videos, public service announcements, and directed music performances for clients such as Sting, Bonnie Raitt, the Lollapalooza Festival and NIN.

As a cinematographer, Theresa has combined Caravaggio-esque lighting design with gritty available light to bring her signature texture to documentaries such as War Crimes Against Women and VH1's award-winning World AIDS Day special. She is the shooter of choice for many musical artists for their enhanced CD/DVD projects, including the Dixie Chicks, Sting and Jake Brennan.

Theresa has also consulted for and advised clients in the fields of radio and the internet. In 1998, she relaunched VH1’s web presence and under her stewardship, its ratings skyrocketed, increasing 1000-fold within a month. From 1999 – 2004, she was an essential part of the team that developed, launched and produced the syndicated terrestrial and Sirius Satellite Radio show Little Steven’s Underground Garage, hosted by E-Street Band co-founder and Sopranos co-star, Steven Van Zandt, plus several respected music industry personalities turned DJ such as record producers Kim Fowley and Andrew Loog Oldham, and musicians such as Dictators front man Handsome Dick Manitoba, garage rock cult stars Ko Melina (Ko & the Knockouts/Detroit) and The Mighty Manfred (The Woggles/Atlanta).

Theresa started her show business career as a teenager at the Whisky A Go Go in jobs of increasing responsibility from ticket taker to talent buyer. From there, she joined Island Records music publishing arm where she placed the music of U2, Tom Waits, John Cale and Richard Thompson into movies and soundtracks. When music videos started to become the standard in promoting records, Theresa combined her skills, background and experience to forge an eclectic and unique career path.