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Mary-Ellis Bunim  Television Producer, Executive

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Mary-Ellis Bunim

William S. Paley Television Festival, 1996

Once upon a time, MTV’s The Real World was just a concept. Here, Mary-Ellis Bunim discusses the origins of the hit reality series.
 

Career Includes

Executive Producer, Search for Tomorrow (1976–81), As the World Turns (1981–84), Santa Barbara (1984–86), Loving (1989–90); Vice President, Tape Programs, New World Entertainment; Cocreator, Executive Producer, American Families (1990), The Real World (1992–2004), Road Rules (1995–2004), Making the Band (2000–04), Real World Road Rules Challenge (2001–04), The Real World Movie: The Lost Season (2002), The Simple Life (2003–04), Starting Over (2003–04)
 

Education

Fordham University
 

Born

July 09, 1946
Northampton, Massachusetts

 

Died

January 29, 2004
Burbank, California

 

 

 

 

 


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