Donald Hancock is an Emmy Award-winning producer, professor and an active member of the media community. He has an MA in Film and Television from Savannah College of Art and Design and a BFA in E-Media from CCM at the University of Cincinnati. Previously, Hancock worked as a producer at CET, Cincinnati’s PBS Member Station. He co-produced “The Art Show,” CET’s Emmy award winning weekly art magazine program, where numerous of his feature stories were picked for national distribution screening in the top 30 markets in the United States. Hancock has also partnered with WGBH, WETA and PBS to produce content around national PBS programming including “Finding Your Roots,” “American Experience” and “Downton Abbey. In 2013, Hancock was chosen as one of 20 independent producers from around the country to participate in the PBS/CPB Producer’s Academy, whose goal is to engage a talented pool of diverse producers in public broadcasting. Additionally, Hancock received the Best in Festival award in 2020 from the Broadcast Education Association in the micro-documentary category. Hancock has presented research at numerous forums, and is a go to resource for filmmaking in Cincinnati. In his spare time, Hancock serves on the Executive Board for the UC Center for Film and Media Studies, is the High School Chair for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Ohio Valley chapter, as well as the community advisory board at Elementz Hip Hop Cultural Arts Center.