Chris Beachum is Managing Editor for Gold Derby. He began closely following the Emmys and Oscars at age 8 by keeping journals of all the winners, nominees and presenters (long before an internet). He has hosted over 1,000 interviews and assisted many Emmy winners in choosing their episode submissions, including winners Ty Burrell, Allison Janney, Cynthia Nixon, Jim Parsons and more. He builds predictions center events, scheduling all interviews, creating panels and events plus keeping a close relationship with all studios and networks.