ABOUT ME

Manny Sanchez is an Emmy-Award winning versatile Broadcast Producer and Video Editor from Silver Spring, Maryland based in Los Angeles. He currently works at Riot Games as an Associate Producer on the LCS Broadcast. Manny wears a lot of different hats and works across a variety of disciplines including Broadcast Television, Film, Documentary, Live Sports, and Esports. In 2022, he graduated from Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications with a degree in Television and Digital Media Production.
He has completed internships with the Baltimore Orioles Broadcast on MASN, Northrop Grumman, and Riot Games. All while working as a freelance editor, motion designer and director for brands like 100 Thieves, Interface Multimedia and FloSports. In 2020, he worked as a motion designer for A Tale of Three Chinatowns, a feature-length documentary exploring the evolution and survival of Chinatowns in DC, Boston and Chicago that aired on PBS and won best Documentary Feature at the 2021 Toronto International Women's Film Festival.
While attending Ithaca, he was heavily involved at Ithaca College Television (ICTV), the college's student-run TV station. Working on ten different shows as a producer, director and technical director, as well as introducing both motion graphics and esports coverage to the station. He was also one of the founding members of the Ithaca Athletics Creative Media team, responsible for designing, editing, and animating a variety of social media content for the school's athletics department.
His work has been recognized at the national, state, and local levels by the Television Academy, CBI National Student Production Awards, The Broadcast Educators Association, the New York State Broadcasters Association, and more.
AWARDS
- 2022-23 Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Esports Championship Coverage
- 2022 International Motor Film Award Finalist for Best Student Film
- 2022 CBI National Student Production Award Finalist for Best Sportscast
- 2022 BEA Award for Best Esports Coverage
- 2022 Television and Digital Media Production Outstanding Senior
- 2022 Gloria L. Hobbs Inspiration Award
- 2021 CBI National Student Production Award Finalist for Best Sports Broadcast
- 2020 CBI National Student Production Award Finalist for Best Sports Broadcast
- 2021 ICTV Best New Show Award
- 2020 PEGASYS Award for Best Sports Show
- 2019 CBI National Student Production Award for Best Promo, Best Special Broadcast
- 2019 PEGASYS Award for Best Promo
- 2019 PEGASYS Award for Best Educational Access Programming
- 2019 New York State Broadcasters Association Excellence in Broadcasting Award for Best Promotional Announcement or Series
- 2018/2019 ICTV Freshman of the Year
- 2018 Fall Dean's List
- Hope Nominated for best HS Narrative Film at 2018 Montgomery County Youth Film Festival


CBI

CBI
NYSBA
ICTV
WHO I'VE WORKED WITH

Riot Games

Baltimore Orioles

100 Thieves - Major Esports brand and apparel company

Northrop Grumman

Mid Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) - Regional sports network that broadcasts Orioles and Nationals games

Interface Multimedia - MD based Digital Media and Design company in the real estate space

Ithaca College Television (ICTV) - Ithaca's student run TV station

Capital One

Tiger Sisters Productions - Documentary Production Company


League Championship Series (LCS) - Professional scene for the game League of Legends

Challengers Uprising - Tournament Organizer

Risen Esports - Tournament Organizer

Unified Esports - Tournament Organizer

Ithaca College Athletics

Slice4Life Productions - Production Company

Camilo Montoya - Filmmaker, poet, digital artist, and activist based in the DMV area.

Joel Liss - Senior film director at Ithaca College.

MOCAT - Museum of the Contemporary American Teen

B-CC TV - Emmy Award Winning student TV show at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda MD
CONTACT ME
Cell Phone: 301-891-9682
Email: manuelsanchez2582@Gmail.com

Sports Final Fall 2018
Election Center 2018
Newswatch Fall 2018
ICTV Reports Spring 2019
