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Elise Doganieri (born April 21, 1967) is an American co-creator and co-executive producer of the CBS reality show The Amazing Race. [1] Doganieri's other credits include serving as show producer of ABC 's Profiles From the Front Line as well as producer and story editor on the pilot for Paramount's "Wild Things."
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Doganieri and van Munster had two book shelves custom made with tall enough racks to fit their Emmys. The duo keep 16 trophies on the shelves at home and have one in their production offices. As for the other three, one was gifted to their agent, CAA’s Steve Lafferty, another is at Doganieri’s parents’ home, and van Munster’s daughter Barbara has o...
Van Munster says he received the cross from a Coptic church in Lalibela, a city in Northern Ethiopia. “We had hundreds of Coptic priests who came around for our filming,” he recalls. “Then unfortunately, we had contestants who showed up in short shorts, and very visible [skin]. These guys were in shock because they live in a different way. They all...
Alongside some of their Emmys and travel books is a photographic reminder of those early days of “The Amazing Race”: A photo from the show’s third win in competition series, in 2006. Exec producer Jerry Bruckheimer, host Phil Keoghan and exec producer Jonathan Littman (then the head of Bruckheimer TV) are seen next to Doganieri and van Munster, all...
Many of the souvenirs from the show’s various challenges and adventures over the years are stored in “The Amazing Race” production offices in the San Fernando Valley. But Doganieri and van Munster do keep some treasured artifacts in their home as well, including these clogs — a nod to van Munster’s native Holland. They also hail from two different ...
Writer: The Amazing Race. Elise Doganieri is a ten-time Emmy award-winning producer best known for co-creating and executive producing CBS's reality TV juggernaut The Amazing Race. Elise runs Profiles Television, an award-winning, full-service production company that develops and produces programming for the worldwide marketplace.
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- “Swing, You Fat Bastard!” – Africa, Season 1: The first big “wow” in “Amazing Race” history, teams had to jump and swing from a rope hundreds of feet above a gorge.
- “Basket Boats” – Vietnam, Season 3: Teams had to paddle round shaped basket boats from place to place, but most teams wound up going in circles!
- “My Ox Is Broken” – Philippines, Season 5: Teams had to plow a field with the help of an ox. Unfortunately, one team found this task extremely frustrating as the ox was not cooperating and the contestant yelled at production and anyone who would listen that his ox was broken!
- “Hay Bales” – Sweden, Season 6: In this Roadblock, a contestant was faced with hundreds of hay bales in a field. The challenge was to unroll each hay bale and find a clue in the center.
Apr 5, 2021 · Van Munster produces the show as well as the long-running CBS reality format with his wife Elise Doganieri. The pair tell Deadline how they traversed the globe and also about plans to move into...
May 1, 2021 · Co-creator Elise Doganieri, speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event, said it was like a “military operation.” “That was new and exciting...
Dec 18, 2020 · I interviewed The Amazing Race executive producer and creator Elise Doganieri, and director and executive producer Bertram Van Munster, and we talked everything from season 32’s alliance and ...
