Rollie Hudson
Rollie Hudson began working in television in the early 1990s as a producer and talk show host for a short-run local cable-access political affairs program in Chicago; during this time, he also worked as a freelance print journalist, including reporting from Cuba. In 1993, he began working as Chief Researcher for the award-winning BBC-Television/Discovery Channel documentary, "The Promised Land," which chronicled the Great Migration of African-Americans out of the Deep South.
Hudson's work on other BBC and UK-based documentary projects, led to him producing and writing episodes of the A&E series, "The Unexplained. " He also served as producer/director for the HGTV remodeling series, "New Spaces."
He has directed shoots across the USA and led documentary crews on a number of international shoots, including TV and film work in Mexico, the UK and Iceland.
For more than a decade, Hudson has also nurtured his skills as a computer graphics animator, contributing high-end special effects, show title opening graphics and digital re-creations for shows that have aired on The History Channel, PBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, and other networks.
He has also written short and feature film scripts for development as well as developed an episodic science fiction series. He has owned and operated two production companies; and worked as a 3D animator with post-production companies in Los Angeles. Hudson is a former board member of The Crossroads Fund and the Weisbord Foundation in Chicago. He is currently a board member of the DC chapter of the industry-networking organization, WIFV (Women in Film and Video).
Hudson was born in Ohio and attended Cleveland Heights High School where he was two-time Ohio State Champion in the Mile Run. He won a full scholarship to The University of Michigan where he set school records in track and field, competed in the NCAA championships, was team captain and pledged with the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
While at Michigan, he was the recipient of a Hopewood writing contest award (for fiction) and also reported for and sat on the editorial board of the college paper. He graduated with a degree in Philosophy and was a member of several anti-racist groups which involved anti-apartheid activism.
Hudson is currently the Senior Producer at WHUT-TV and is married to Washington Post reporter, Teresa Wiltz, and lives in Washington DC.