Around The World

The creative force behind One Production Place is the company’s founder, Neal Broffman. Broffman has shaped and defined a unique, award-winning creative vision from his vast experience as a journalist in the U.S. and abroad. Based in London, Rome and then Moscow from 1990 to 1999 for CNN he covered major international stories in more than 40 countries as a videographer and editor/producer: from the 1990 Gulf War to the breakup of the Soviet Union to the first democratic elections in South Africa to the war in Bosnia; from Europe to Asia to the Middle East and Africa. Broffman returned to the US in 1999 to work as CNN's National Desk Photographer.

Broffman later played a front and center role in CNN’s adoption of digital newsgathering gear and field techniques. His last assignment with CNN before founding One Production Place, in 2002, was to take the lead in CNN’s transition to digital field production. Broffman taught seminars to CNN executives and employees on how to communicate through video using the latest technology and how to apply those skills newsgathering. He worked with CNN’s London, Rome, Berlin, Mexico City, Miami, Seattle and National Bureaus to help establish what would later become industry-standard practices.

Broffman is unique in his ability to move easily from behind the camera as a director of photography/videographer to the edit room where he is a skilled editor, all while shaping the message as a producer. Broffman’s extensive contacts within the broadcast industry allow for One Production Place to work with local on-the-ground support in most countries around the world.