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RICH BYE                                                                                                                   PRESIDENT

Rich Bye is the president and founder of Goodbye Pictures. He is a two-time Emmy winner, a Peabody Award winner, and has been nominated for six additional Emmy’s, an NAACP Image Award, and three Producers Guild Awards. Rich got his start with MTV News and Specials where he fell in love with documentary filmmaking, a passion that led to his collaboration with acclaimed director RJ Cutler on a number of documentaries, including the groundbreaking series American High. In 2003, Rich helmed the first season of Project Runway.  Acting as Executive Producer, he guided the series through five hit seasons on Bravo. Rich’s intense curiosity and desire to connect to the characters featured in his shows is the driving force behind his approach to storytelling.  

 

MEGAN BENNETT FREEMAN
VP OF DEVELOPMENT

Megan Bennett Freeman is the VP of Development at Goodbye Pictures. In her 8 years at Goodbye, Megan has been an integral part of developing and selling unscripted projects for networks like Bravo, Netflix, E!, Lifetime, HGTV, and Esquire. In addition to development, Megan has been a supervising producer in the field and post for linear pilots, and crafted Digtal series for Bravo, as well as top influencers like Bethany Mota and Tyler Oakley. Megan holds a BS in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas. In addition to her extensive unscripted development and producing experience, Megan is a power forward for the Shecago Bulls - an all-female basketball team in Los Angeles - and an amateur rock climber & mountaineer.

 

CAMERON FREEMAN
EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION

A proud Detroit native, Cameron decided on a career in film and TV in the second grade and has been working his way up ever since. After graduating with a BFA from Wayne State University, while also studying at USC and UCLA during the summer semesters, he moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and started making his way up through shows like Beauty and the Geek, The Biggest Loser, Project Runway and others for ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, E!, and Animal Planet.

In 2010, he joined Goodbye Pictures as a Production Coordinator on the first season of Million Dollar Decorators and has been with the company ever since. Now acting as Director Of Production, Cameron oversees daily operations for all of Goodbye’s series and development projects. 

 

STEPHEN MARLIN
DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION

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DESIREE EWING
MANAGER OF DEVELOPMENT

Desiree fell in love with television in middle school seeing it as a great way to entertain and educate about diverse identities. She graduated from Fordham University in 2017, and started working at SYFY in NYC where she learned project management and developed her skills writing and producing short form content. It wasn’t long until the golden coast called out to her, and she yearned to return to Los Angeles. It was here that Desi joined Goodbye Pictures to create and pitch television series and to work towards increasing representation in television content.

 

CHRISTOPHER RAND
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE


Christopher Rand has long been a Production Accountant in Los Angeles in the film, television, and music industries. He has worked on projects for film studios including Disney, LucasFilm, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros, and Paramount. He's been a Production Accountant for major television production companies on shows for Bravo, NBC Universal, Warner Bros Discovery, MTV, VH1, and HBO Max. Christopher has also worked in production with music artists such as Gwen Stefani and Steven Tyler, and on concert tours with Live Nation Entertainment. He lives at the beach in West LA and enjoys beach volleyball, football, and tennis.

 

ERNESTO HINOJOSA
OFFICE MANAGER

Ernesto oversees the daily operations for Goodbye Pictures. He holds a B.A. in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Film Production and a minor in Dance from Loyola Marymount University. He began working in Office Management for post-production spaces and moved on to animation studios like FOX (Bob’s Burgers/Family Guy) and also managed offices within the production space for Sir Ridley Scott and Relativity Media. When not managing offices, he enjoys frequent trips to Disneyland and is an avid Super Hero & Comic Book enthusiast.


 
 
 

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