I am excited to announce that Torey Champagne Productions along with CSN’s documentary “Living The Dream” is nominated for a Boston/New England Emmy in the category for the Best One-Time Sports Special.

This is the second straight year that I have been nominated in this category. In 2009 Torey Champagne Productions/CSN won this category for the documentary “Manny Being Manny – The Final Days In Boston”.

I produced, directed, edited and created “Living The Dream”, but it would not have been possible to accomplish this documentary without the skills of one of my most skilled, trusted, and talented colleague’s, videographer/ Director of Photography, Tom Guilmette. (www.tomguilmette.com) This documentray was shot in less than 36 hours in Fort Myers, Florida as we documented the amazing stories of the average, everyday Red Sox fans who attend the Red Sox Fantasy camp. These “average Joe’s”, live a dream of suiting up in a Red Sox uniform and playing along side their boyhood diamond heros for a week in the Florida sun. But the true power of the story is the bonds, friendships, and triumphs that unfold on the field of play for the men who attend the camp, and for the Red Sox legends who are there as well. Players like Luis Tiant, “Oil Can” Boyd, Bill Lee, Mike Greenwell, Dwight Evans, and more add to the cast of characters who tell this amazing story.

Special thanks to Tim Zue and the Boston Red Sox for allowing me to film this documentary and special thanks to a number of people at CSN for airing this feature and believing in my vision for the show.

Check back for updates on “Living The Dream”, and allot more coming from Torey Champagne Productions.

Best,

Torey

Hey everyone! I have been getting a ton of love from my home town of Worcester. Check out this review from Pulse Magazine. Check back in August when I do a full spread with Pulse.

Click here to read the review.

The Dropkick Murphys have released their new album “Live on Lansdowne” today in the US. The “Deluxe Edition” of the album comes with a live DVD which was produced, directed, and edited by Torey Champagne.

MTV is now airing “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by the Dropkick Murphys from their new  live album and DVD release “Live on Lansdowne”.

This video was directed, produced, and edited by Torey Champagne. Click Here to check out the video on MTV.com.

Mistress Carrie of WAAF 97.7/107.3, Boston’s number 1 rock radio station, has posted a preview of the Dropkick Murphys upcoming album and DVD release “Live on Lansdowne”. Click here to check it out.

Torey Champagne Directed, Produced, and Edit the “Live on Lansdowne” DVD for the Dropkick Murphys.

The new Torey Champagne Productions website is now fully operational. Stop by and check out the new look. Special thanks to Thomas Senecal of ELITE Weblabs for doing a tremendous job.

Well, I have to be honest…I never thought this would have happened.
“Manny Being Manny – The Final Days In Boston” won for Best Sports One-Time Special at the 32nd Annual New England/Boston Emmy Awards. I was the Producer and Lead Editor on this special.

It is a real honor, and I am very happy to be sharing it with two people whom I have a ton of respect for,and who worked on it with me. TJ Powers (Editor), and Tom Guilmette (Videographer).

Special thanks to Kevin Miller, Steve Reagan, and Bill Bridgen from Comcast SportNet for giving me this project and believeing in my talents and ability to get this thing done. Also, once again, a special thanks to Dan Shaughnessy, Rob Bradford, Steve Buckley, Gerry Calahan, and Sean McAdam for your contributions.

Back in the first week of February 2009, I was hired by Comcast SportsNet to go shoot a feature in Ft. Myers at the Red Sox Training Facility. I was instructed to shoot a 5 minute feature on Lou Merloni, former Boston Red Sox second baseman turned CSN analyst, as he coached one of the teams at the 2009 Red Sox Fantasy Camp.

I along with Director of Photography/Videographer Tom Guilmette, had roughly 30 hours in Florida to accomplish covering Lou at this camp. What I realized as soon as we arrived was that there was so many great stories involved with this camp that I need to make it into a half-hour special for CSN. Tom and I rolled the cameras and shot everything we could.

I must have interviewed 20 guys out of the 120 who attended the fantasy camp. Great guys with great stories to tell. All walks of life, and all pulling for each other as they lived out their boy hood fantasy of wearing a Red Sox uniform. There were wives in attendance cheering on their husbands. Mothers there cheering on their sons. One camper had his wife and three kids there watching him play ball. There was a father and son playing together. There was a 72 year old man in attendance, as well as a man who was deaf and could not speak with his friend who used sign language to communicate for him. I watched as this deaf man in his mid 30’s shook hands with Jon Lester, who happened to be there working out, and the joy it brought to his face was priceless. There were so many great human stories going on within this tiny camp.

Not only that, but these “average Joes” were being coached by guys they grew up watching play. Guys like Oil Can Boyd, Rich Gedman, Victor Hobson, Jon Valentin, Luis Tiant, Bill Lee, and the list goes on.

Check it out on Comcast Sports Net New England.
Debuts May 16th, 2009.

It is a huge surprise, as well as, a huge honor that “Manny Being Manny” is nominated for a New England/ Boston Emmy. I was the Producer/Director/Editor and Writer for “Manny Being Manny – The Final Days” in Boston which debuted on Comcast SportsNet New England on Christmas Night in December of 2008.

Here are the nominees for the Sports One-Time Special category that “Manny Being Manny” is nominated for:

Sports One-Time Special

Narragansett Special: The Story of Narragansett Park
Christian Ackerknecht, Producer/Director Cox Sports Television

Inside The MLL: All Star Weekend
Timothy Egan, Executive Producer CN8/Moody Street Pictures

Charlie Moore Outdoors: “Doug Flutie”
Charlie Moore, Host/Producer NESN/Extreme Entertainment/3B Media

Aston’s Army: A Swim Team’s Legacy
Mark W. Ciesinski, Editor CPTV/Danolas Productions

Manny Bring Manny, The Final Days In Boston
Torey Champagne, Producer/Editor

Drive for 17: Championship Season
Paul Lucey, Producer Comcast Sports Net

Huskies All-Access
Erik Dobratz, Producer WTNH

There are some very good programs represented there by some very talented people. Paul Lucey, did a fantastic job covering the Boston Celtics drive to a championship this past year, and Charlie Moore always delivers great programming for NESN.

Just like to once again thanks Tom Guilmette (Videographer), TJ Powers (Editing), Kevin Miller, Steve Reagan, and Bill Bridgen of Comcast SportsNet for all of their help and support with “Manny Being Manny”.

Also just want to thank Dan Shaughnessy (Boston Globe), Gerry Callahan (Boston Herald/WEEI), Steve Buckley(Boston Herlad), Rob Bradford (WEEI), and Sean McAdam (Boston Herlad) for their amazing contributions to this program.

We will see what the future holds for “Manny Being Manny”

It is official. Torey Champagne Productions will be producing the next Dropkick Murphys live DVD.

I will act as the Executive Producer, Director, and Editor on this project.

The shoot will take place during the 7 shows DKM will play in March 2009 at the House of Blues in Boston, MA.