Summer Productions, located in Virginia's Old Town Alexandria, celebrates 12 years in July 2004.

Helen Devitt Holt, President, Summer Productions
Executive Producer

As founder and president of Summer Productions, Inc., Helen Devitt Holt maintains a vision for creating high-quality multimedia that educates and entertains people of all ages around the world.

With Holt’s leadership, Summer Productions enjoys a national reputation as the exclusive producer of educational television and Internet content for Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel.

Summer Productions’ numerous awards for programming and Web site development include an Emmy nomination for Science of HIV, Cable Television Public Affairs Beacon Award for distinguished achievement for an educational Web site, and American Academy of Nursing Media Award for Nurses.

Helen Holt’s career began as a photographer and researcher in Vietnam and includes more than two decades of documentary film production, first as principal of Devitt Jones Productions, Ltd., based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Cairo, Egypt, and later with several years as a leading member of Discovery Channel’s production team.