Blair Treu is an American film director. He directed Little Secrets
and Wish Upon a Star. More recently he has teamed up with Brigham
Young University (BYU) professor Stephen F. Duncan, KBYU-TV and BYU TV
to create Real Families, Real Answers. He was also a codirector of
BYUtv's Granite Flats. He graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree
in theatre in 1985.Treu is the writer and director of Meet the
Mormons, a feature-length documentary produced by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that was released October 10,
2014. He previously directed Called to Serve, a film about LDS
Missionaries, created with the same general format, in about
1985.Treu's work includes directing feature films, television,
documentaries, and commercials for over 30 years, working work with a
number of Academy and Emmy award-winning actors. He began his career
at the Walt Disney Company as an assistant to Marty Katz, senior vice
president of Television/Feature Production. A year later Treu ventured
into script development where he supervised script coverage for the
ABC Disney Sunday Movie until 1987. Six years later, after directing a
string of documentaries and commercials, his feature directorial debut
came in 1993 with Just Like Dad, starring Wallace Shawn and Nick
Cassavetes. This would be the first of three films created for the
Disney Channel, along with The Paper Brigade (with Kyle Howard and
Robert Englund) and Wish Upon a Star (with Katherine Heigl).Treu later
directed 18 episodes of Chicken Soup for the Soul, a TV series based
on the popular books. These episodes included Shelley Long, Paula
Abdul, Edward Asner, Stacy Keach, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Ray
Walston, and Andrew Dice Clay. Simultaneous to that series, Treu
directed The Brainiacs.com (with Dom DeLuise and Rich Little and
Phantom of the Megaplex (with Mickey Rooney). From 2000 to 2007, Treu
produced and directed Little Secrets (with Evan Rachel Wood and Vivica
A Fox for Columbia Tri-star Pictures and The Last Day of Summer for
Nickelodeon Television. He also directed 22 episodes of Power Rangers
and 2 episodes of the live-action series, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles.
and Wish Upon a Star. More recently he has teamed up with Brigham
Young University (BYU) professor Stephen F. Duncan, KBYU-TV and BYU TV
to create Real Families, Real Answers. He was also a codirector of
BYUtv's Granite Flats. He graduated from BYU with a bachelor's degree
in theatre in 1985.Treu is the writer and director of Meet the
Mormons, a feature-length documentary produced by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) that was released October 10,
2014. He previously directed Called to Serve, a film about LDS
Missionaries, created with the same general format, in about
1985.Treu's work includes directing feature films, television,
documentaries, and commercials for over 30 years, working work with a
number of Academy and Emmy award-winning actors. He began his career
at the Walt Disney Company as an assistant to Marty Katz, senior vice
president of Television/Feature Production. A year later Treu ventured
into script development where he supervised script coverage for the
ABC Disney Sunday Movie until 1987. Six years later, after directing a
string of documentaries and commercials, his feature directorial debut
came in 1993 with Just Like Dad, starring Wallace Shawn and Nick
Cassavetes. This would be the first of three films created for the
Disney Channel, along with The Paper Brigade (with Kyle Howard and
Robert Englund) and Wish Upon a Star (with Katherine Heigl).Treu later
directed 18 episodes of Chicken Soup for the Soul, a TV series based
on the popular books. These episodes included Shelley Long, Paula
Abdul, Edward Asner, Stacy Keach, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Ray
Walston, and Andrew Dice Clay. Simultaneous to that series, Treu
directed The Brainiacs.com (with Dom DeLuise and Rich Little and
Phantom of the Megaplex (with Mickey Rooney). From 2000 to 2007, Treu
produced and directed Little Secrets (with Evan Rachel Wood and Vivica
A Fox for Columbia Tri-star Pictures and The Last Day of Summer for
Nickelodeon Television. He also directed 22 episodes of Power Rangers
and 2 episodes of the live-action series, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles.
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