John R. Green
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
A multiple Emmy, Peabody, and Dupont Award winning producer, John R. Green is an Executive Producer at Rock'n Robin Productions.
Through his work at ABC and Rock’n Robin, Green creates new programming across multiple Disney/ABC properties: entertainment and breaking news specials for air in primetime on ABC, as well as original programming for a wide array of networks and platforms including A&E, National Geographic, ESPN, Disney+, HULU and Lifetime, and streaming platform ABC News Live, ranging from live specials and documentaries to unscripted series and health and wellness programming.
At Rock’n Robin Productions, Green has also created content for clients outside the Disney family, including several short-form documentary series for WebMD, and a new unscripted series for Discovery+ called “Last Chance Transplant” premiering in September 2021.
Earlier in his career at ABC News, Green served as an executive producer of the network’s flagship news magazine “20/20,” overseeing dozens of primetime specials for ABC anchored by Barbara Walters, David Muir, Elizabeth Vargas, Diane Sawyer, and Robin Roberts.
These specials ranged from live breaking news hours following mass shootings in Las Vegas, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale, to memorial tributes to Nelson Mandela, Mohammed Ali, Michael Jackson and Prince, to live Royal Wedding specials, to ABC’s annual live pre-Oscars Red Car- pet special from Hollywood.
Green spent much of his early tenure at ABC as the primary broadcast line producer at “Good Morning America,” running the live multi anchor show from the control room daily and overseeing the writing and producing of all high-profile guest interviews with celebrities, politicians, and other newsmakers. Green was the primary line producer at Good Morning America on September 11th, 2001 and went on to coordinate much of the morning show’s coverage of the terror attacks in the weeks and months that followed. At GMA, he also produced dozens of full-show remote broadcasts from around the globe, including live editions of GMA from England, Turkey, Russia, Mexico, and Cuba.
In 2004, Green cemented his legacy at ABC News by creating and launching the Saturday and Sunday editions of GMA with "Good Morn- ing America Weekend.” Green also served as the show’s executive producer for over three years.
In addition to his work in TV production, Green is also author of two successful children’s books, “Dream Grabber”, and “Dream Jumper”, based on real bedtime rituals he created for his children when they were having trouble falling asleep as toddlers. A native of Missouri, Green is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, and holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from Boston University.
He is fluent in Spanish and French and worked early in his career in multilingual programming. Green lives in suburban New Jersey with his husband and two children.