Bertram van Munster, Executive Producer/Co-Creator, and his partner, Elise Doganieri, Senior Producer/Co-Creator are the Team behind THE AMAZING RACE.

THE AMAZING RACE was born out of a “wager” between Elise and Bertram. After the two attended a boring, uneventful industry trade convention, Bertram bet Elise that she could not come up with an idea for a new TV series in five minutes. Elise took the challenge and suggested a show about a trip around the world. They pitched the idea to CBS, who bought it on the spot.

Bertram, a native of Holland who speaks five languages, is a veteran TV producer. He is credited with creating the sweeping cinematic signature look of THE AMAZING RACE. Before creating THE AMAZING RACE with Elise, Bertram developed and brought to television the critically acclaimed reality series “Profiles From the Front Line,” about the U.S. men and women fighting terrorism in the Middle East. On both of these series, he has also partnered with film and television producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION). Bertram also is the creator and executive producer of “Wild Things,” Paramount Television’s hit adventure series that ran from 1997-2000, and is still in syndication around the world. He also served for many years as producer for Fox Television’s long-running reality hit series, “Cops.” At the beginning of his career, he was a cameraman.

Elise became a television producer after having worked as an executive in the advertising industry in New York and Los Angeles. She has served as a producer for both “Profiles From the Front Line” and “Wild Things.” Earlier, Elise was a partner in New York-based Open-i-Media, a cutting edge Internet consulting firm that developed strategies, design and interactive solutions for several Fortune 500 companies.