About
F Street Productions is an original content company based in New York and Los Angeles. It specializes in developing and producing cross-platform scripted and non-scripted entertainment.
Scott Kushner and Michael A. Simon, who started the company, have been friends ever since they met as undergraduates at George Washington University and discovered their shared passion for comedy and music (the name F Street comes from the dorm where they met). In the years since, they have both gone on to achieve success and acclaim working with artists and projects in music, television and film and creating stories that are both inspiring and entertaining.
Michael A. Simon
Throughout his 35-year career, Michael has directed many landmark moments in television (an amazing feat for a 30-year-old!) His shows have attracted over a 2.3 billion views in combined audiences across all broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
After starting his career at ABC News and Sports in Washington D.C., Michael moved back to NYC. During an 11-year stint at VH1, he produced and directed countless music performances, talk format, VJ segments and documentaries. Standouts among those were the cutting edge, award winning musical shows, “New Visions,” “Storytellers,” as well as the iconic variety specials “Divas.” His directorial resume at VH1, reads like a Who’s Who of musical giants: Miles Davis, Prince, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston … the list is long.
After his time at MTV Networks, Michael helmed numerous specials and series as a freelance director including Soul Train, 25 live “Survivor” finales, 25 years of the Emmy-winning “A Home For The Holidays,” the memorable Priceline.com commercial series featuring William Shatner, The Bee Gees “One Night Only” HBO concert special, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. He also directed competition series including Rockstar and The Sing-off. His inventive use of cameras on MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” redefined the way dance is presented on TV today.
With 42 seasons (and counting) of the worldwide sensation “Ridiculousness” as well as numerous comedy specials - including 5 featuring Jeff Dunham and the award winning “Gad Elmaleh: American Dream” on Netflix - he has also established himself as a premier director of comedy.
In addition to helming Ridiculousness, its spinoffs and they EMMY award yearly special “A Home for the Holidays,” Michael is developing many projects both in the scripted space and non-scripted world though his company Give and Go, Inc.
Michael likes to think of himself as the love child of punk rock and quantum mechanics. He is a proud member of the Directors Guild of America.
Scott Kushner
Scott Kushner is executive producer of MediaPlace, the NYC-based integrated media, digital experience agency he founded in 1993. As a pioneer of the retail media category, Kushner developed in-store TV networks for brands including Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Harley-Davidson, MetroPCS, and Barnes & Noble.
For the past five years, MediaPlace has produced the annual television special broadcast Dear New York for media industry foundation Reisenbach Philanthropies, in support of a safer and better New York, which airs on New York City network television affiliates.
Prior to launching MediaPlace, Kushner was an original team member and Vice President of Point-of-Purchase Radio, broadcasting to 15,000 plus retail locations across the United States including Kroger, Rite-Aid, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, Toys R Us, Eckerd Drug and Ralphs. The company was subsequently acquired by Heritage Media.
He began his professional career at network radio syndicators DIR Broadcasting (King Biscuit Flower Hour), LBS Communications, and ABC Radio Network. During his tenure, he was actively involved in productions with musical artists The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Hall & Oates, and Eric Clapton, among others, and on numerous specials, including Live Aid and The Who’s Farewell Tour.