As the vice president of production and development for Travel Channel and discovery+, Julie Meisner Eagle is responsible for cultivating and creating original content for the network and streaming service. This role includes scouting new content offerings, overseeing the production of a well-rounded slate of new and returning series and specials, and strategizing each program’s distribution across multiple platforms. Meisner Eagle was an integral part of spearheading Travel Channel’s transition from classic travel content into the home for paranormal and horror content on linear and discovery+ streaming. She’s been instrumental in bringing hit series and specials to life including: Shock Docs, Expedition Bigfoot, Haunted Museum, UFO Witness, and Eli Roth’s A Ghost Ruined My Life. As an award-winning producer, writer and director, Meisner Eagle has experience creating hundreds of hours of programming including documentaries, non-fiction series, talk shows, live events, kids’ programs and digital content.

Previously, Meisner Eagle served as Vice President of Production and Development for Discovery Life Channel team, contributing to strategic planning and network management, and working as a core decision maker for the direction of the channel.

Meisner Eagle began her tenure at Discovery Communications in 2009 at TLC, where she served as the executive producer for such water-cooler series as Sister Wives, Say Yes to the Dress, Strange Sex, and New York Ink. She also developed the hit series Dr. Pimple Popper. In 2013, she transitioned to Discovery Channel and worked on series and specials including Alaskan Bush People, Dude, You’re Screwed, Mile Wide Tornado, Everest Avalanche Tragedy, and dozens of hours of Shark Week specials including Air Jaws, Great White Serial Killer, Shark Tank Meets Shark Week featuring Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, and Daymond John, Rhonda Rousey Uncaged, and Monster Tag with Aaron Rodgers, Lindsay Vonn, and Rob Gronkowski.

Prior to Discovery Communications, Meisner Eagle was a freelance writer and producer for various genres including children’s shows that aired on PBS Sprout, Playhouse Disney, and Discovery Kids. Additionally, she served as co-executive producer at Film Garden Entertainment, where she oversaw production on a wide variety of specials and series that aired on Discovery Channel, TLC, Travel Channel, and MSNBC.

In 2018, Meisner Eagle produced an award-winning feature documentary film, Care to Laugh, which won the audience award at Austin Film Festival and Best Film at Chicago Comedy Festival. Prior to that, her MSNBC documentary, Alzheimer’s: My Mom, Our Journey about her own mother’s battle with the disease won Best Documentary at the Columbus International Film Festival.

Meisner Eagle is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin. She currently lives in Sandy Spring, Maryland with her husband, two boys, and one furry dog.