As a television producer and director, Pasetta has overseen multimillion dollar budgets and holding pivotal roles responsible for orchestrating and overseeing the production of television content and events, ensuring alignment with the creative vision, brand guidelines, and strategic objectives. He has specialized in Live Events for twenty-five years where there is only one opportunity to execute flawlessly, and that is what he does best. He gets it right the first time. This is one of the key reasons CBS has trusted Pasetta with some of their most unique high-budget live projects. Pasetta works often with A-List stars and C-Suite corporate corporate clients.
In this role, Pasetta collaborates closely with various stakeholders, such as other producers, writers, and cinematographers, to develop a cohesive and compelling narrative that resonates with the target audience and adheres to the organization's brand identity. He plays a crucial role in maintaining production efficiency and adherence to budgetary constraints working diligently to optimize resources, streamline workflows, and manage expenditures while upholding the desired production quality. Often, he will create unique solutions to enhance events and deliver a superior product.
In tandem with creative ideation, Pasetta manages and coordinates all aspects of production, meticulously planning and organizing shooting schedules, set designs, and technical requirements. He works diligently to blend artistic vision with the strategic alignment, project management prowess, and technical proficiency to create engaging, on-brand television content that resonates with the intended audience and aligns with the organization's overarching objectives.
Pasetta has directed over 250 hours of live television, 800 episodes of multiple camera television episodes and ten years of single-camera scripted content.
Criss Angel hired Pasetta to direct and produce his new series “Criss Angle’s Magic with the Stars for 2023.
When George Clooney decided the time was right to reintroduce American television viewers to live drama by producing and starring in the live production of “Fail Safe” on CBS, he called Pasetta to direct the live broadcast for this landmark production.
CBS hired Pasetta to Executive Produce & Direct the series finale of “The Crazy Ex-Girlfriends Concert Special.”
When NBC decided to produce the entire season of “Undateable” live their first call was to Pasetta to serve as a director of the sitcom and lead the live team on entire season.
In December of 2022 Pasetta was the Showrunner & Director for the very successful Smosh Live “Under the Mistletoe”. In 2017, his live Smosh special won the Streamy Award for Best Live Show of the Year. It is still the most watched comedy in YouTube space history.
Pasetta directed 200+ episodes of @Midnight for Comedy Central.
When George Clooney decided the time was right to reintroduce American television viewers to live drama by producing and starring in the live production of “Fail Safe” on CBS-TV, he called Marty Pasetta, Jr. to direct the live broadcast for this landmark production. The results: Statues in 4 categories for technical and artistic excellence.
Pasetta has been recognized for his work as a television director with multiple nominations for Emmy Awards. He was nominated for Outstanding Direction for Motion Picture for Television for “Fail Safe” as well as for the prestigious Director’s Guild Award. Starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, and Sam Elliot, among others, “Fail Safe” was the first movie to be shown live on American television in 39 years. Pasetta was nominated for Best Director Special Class Emmy for his work on “Trial by Jury.” When MTVE needed a top professional to make web-casting history in Europe, they called Marty Pasetta, Jr., winning the Promax Gold Award for the webcast, “The European Music Awards…Live and Online.”
In addition to producing the ABC / AMPAS official arrival show for 2018, Pasetta produced the Academy Awards Arrival Special for the Academy for its return to Hollywood with Laura Ziskin.
Pasetta produced the feature “Sleeping Dogs Lie”, which was selected for the Dramatic Competition at The Sundance Film Festival and grossed $4.3M worldwide on a final delivery cost of $225k. Five of the six pilots he shot have gone to series, including “Judge Judy” (strip), “Robin’s Hoods” (1 hour), “Catchphrase” (game) and “Montel Williams” (talk).
Pasetta has shot music performances for more than 200 groups including Ariana Grande, Khalid and Ricky Martin for NBC. He directed the Latin Grammy Person of the Year special and the live Pre Tel for the Latin Grammys for four years.
Pasetta graduated from Loyola High School and has a bachelor’s degree in communications with minors in Business and Computer Science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Pasetta has travelled to more than 70 countries.