Brent "Bucky" Gunts is a multiple Emmy-winning sports television director currently serving as Head of Production for NBC Olympics.
He is a director for NBC's Olympics coverage and has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special for NBC's coverage of the opening ceremony at various games, most recently for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The 2010 award was presented at the televised ceremony by Ricky Gervais, who joked about the director's name.
Gunts also directs NBC's primetime studio coverage throughout the Olympic Games, and has directed the Football Night in America studio show and NBC's golf coverage. He previously served as a director of the NBA on NBC, the network's baseball coverage, and The Today Show. According to NBC, he had won a total of twenty Emmy Awards as of February 2010.
References
- "Cornell grads represented among Emmy winners". The Ithaca Journal. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
- Nash, John (2008-07-24). "Lights ... Camera ... Olympics – Wilton's Gunts ready to bring the show home to America". Wilton Villager. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
- "2010 Emmy Nominations: Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Special". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on September 1, 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- Alex Weprin (2010-08-30). "Bucky Gunts Wins Emmy for Olympics Directing". TV Newser. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
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