When STUDIO G produces a show, it relies on the technical skills of Tom Vigneri to design and implement lighting,
sound and recording. Tom brings the production skills he learned working as a television Producer/Director to STUDIO G.
He shares creative responsibilities at STUDIO G. Tom wrote the original “Haunted Frontier” script for Fort Harrod Drama Productions;
the “Haunted Fort” for Fort Harrod State Park; and, “Gambling with Murder”, an interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Theater production.
The historical play “A Simple Life: The Shakers of Pleasant Hill” was researched and written by Tom
as a school program for elementary students.
He designs the graphics used in STUDIO G productions,
including ads, posters, CD covers and ad specialties for clients such as Cousin Café, LLC.
Tom
produces and directs video projects for STUDIO G. His portfolio includes industrial videos for Lockmaster’s, Nicholasville, and Bay
West, Harrodsburg.
Tom has worked in Media and Public Relations since 1970. He currently is the Senior
Producer/Director at WKYT-TV/DT. WKYT is Lexington, Kentucky’s Number One Rated News Channel. In 2007 he directed WKYT-TV/DT’s first
High Definition newscast. It was also the first High Definition newscast in the state of Kentucky.
He produces and directs productions for commercial accounts in Central Kentucky. He also produces and directs entertainment programs
and telethons.
He works with the Big Blue Television Network and is involved with U-K Basketball and
Football broadcasts on WKYT and the Big Blue Network and Fox Sports South.
Tom produced and directed
the television production of the “Miss Kentucky Scholarship Pageant” for three years.
He was the original
director on “The McLean Family Band”, a Bluegrass music program developed for Syndication in the early 1980s. He also served as co-producer
during the show's second season.
Tom also taught at the post secondary level. He was the senior Broadcasting
instructor at Fugazzi Junior College, Lexington, KY, and taught Advertising, Radio and Television
Production Techniques, Station Operations
and Media Writing.