VIDEO: Tony DiSanto on telling stories in a digital age
Posted by Monique van Dusseldorp on December 23, 2009 at 10:54 am
TEDxAmsterdam: Tony DiSanto from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo.
Tony DiSanto is President of Programming and Development at MTV in New York in the United States. In his TEDxAmsterdam talk he explores the way we tell stories in a digital age. DiSanto developed several reality shows and was executive producer of hit series Run’s House, The Hills, The City, Paris Hilton, My New BFF and Made. In 1998 DiSanto co-founded very popular shows like Total Request Live (“TRL”) with Carson Daly and Say What? Karaoke. DiSanto studied at the NYU Film School and worked as a director of music videos, shorts and commercials before he joined MTV in the nineties.
In the interview below, DiSanto explains in more detail how why he is so excited about the new possibilities: all media are tools to open up our minds.
