NONFICTION

19 Entertainment, a part of Sony Pictures Television, is led by executive producers Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, with key programs including the global hit American Idol co-produced by Fremantle for ABC and So You Think You Can Dance co-produced by dcp for Fox. Additionally, 19 Recordings has launched the music careers of platinum artists, including Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Phillip Phillips, Lauren Alaina, and more recently, Gabby Barrett, Chayce Beckham, Iam Tongi, and up and coming country artist Will Moseley.
   

 

B17 Entertainment was founded in 2013 by principals and TV veterans, Rhett Bachner and Brien Meagher, as a full-service production company producing breakthrough content in a variety of genres including documentary, competition, comedy, kids and game. Based in Los Angeles, the company is a key supplier of programming for Netflix, ABC, Roku, MGM+, Instagram, Discovery, TikTok and SyFy to name a few. Some of B17 Entertainment’s recent productions include The Final Straw for ABC, The History of Swear Words with Nic Cage for Netflix, Jojo Goes with JoJo Siwa, and Thanks A Million with Jennifer Lopez for Roku.

The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) is an industry leader in premium unscripted content, and creator of formats, limited series, doc features and culturally impactful hits. Founded by Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman in 2016, the multi Emmy®-winning production company is known as a destination for the stars, developing and producing series with talent like Selena Gomez, Meek Mill, Jason Momoa, Charli D’Amelio, Leah Remini and Paris Hilton. From hard-hitting investigative docuseries, to high stakes competition formats, to dating hits and cooking shows, IPC’s ability to execute hits across multiple genres of nonfiction has resulted in hundreds of hours of programming, and numerous awards and nominations, including the Primetime Emmys®, Daytime Emmys®, News and Documentary Emmys®, PGA Awards, TCA Awards, MTV Movie & TV Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, and the IDA Awards.

This Machine (a part of Sony Pictures Television - Nonfiction) was founded in Los Angeles and New York City in 2020 and has quickly established itself as one of the premier producers of documentary film and television in the world. Headed by Award-winning filmmaker and non-fiction pioneer R.J. Cutler, This Machine is a filmmaker-driven company that explores the times in which we live through non-fiction storytelling in all media. This Machine is behind the Academy Award shortlisted Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry, the critically acclaimed four-part MGM+ docuseries Murf the Surf, the multi-award winning BELUSHI, the celebrated history of women of color in the fashion industry, Supreme Models, and the cult-hit Dear… which recently aired its second season on Apple TV+. Upcoming projects include the feature documentaries Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances and the Years That Made His Legend (Disney+), the Untitled Martha Stewart Documentary (Netflix), Anthem (Hulu) and The Devil You Know (HBO), as well as the four-part series Big Vape (Netflix), which chronicles the rise and fall the of E-cigarette company Juul.

Sharp Entertainment is one of the biggest creative powerhouses in nonfiction television today.  Founded by producer Matt Sharp in 2003, Sharp Entertainment has created and delivered thousands of hours of programming and unparalleled ratings achievements across multiple networks, including TLC’s mega-franchise 90 Day Fiancé, WeTV’s Love After Lockup franchise, Cooking Channel’s Man v. Food, Nat Geo’s Doomsday Preppers, Discovery+‘s Love Off the Grid, and TLC’s Extreme Couponing.

Brass Monkeys Media is a next-gen media company working across all media platforms. Led by Executive Producer and industry veteran Nick Rigg, the company develops and produces content across all media with a focus on talent development, format development and lifestyle content.

Brass Monkeys Media offers full-service production and consultancy services for talent and brands and has key partnerships in the US, Canada and the UK. The Monkeys work with all the major networks and platforms

Founded by Mary Robertson in 2022 through an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, Maxine is a film and television production company devoted to the creation of extraordinary, journalist and filmmaker-driven nonfiction work, with unannounced features and limited series in the pipeline and additional projects in development with Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Texas Monthly, The New York Post, Insider, and The Hollywood Reporter. Robertson is an Emmy Award-winning director and executive producer. Her work on two connected episodes of the New York Times Presents series, “Framing Britney Spears” and “Controlling Britney Spears,” helped earn Emmy Award nominations for both and set off a global discourse on Spears’ treatment, misogyny, conservatorships, mental health, and tabloid culture. The first of the two episodes broke ratings records worldwide and won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in News and Information. Other recent Robertson credits include The Weekly (FX and Hulu), Tricky Dick (CNN), Trumped (Showtime), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime), and five films for Frontline on PBS, two of which received Emmy nominations.

Founded in 2024 by Jeff Collins, Resilient Content is an unscripted television production company focusing on talent-first unscripted programming. From large ensemble shows to thought-provoking documentary series, Resilient Content aims to create character-focused television featuring people with big personalities that highlight the intense interpersonal drama that can exist in everyday life. Collins is a veteran producer, showrunner, and director who brings to Resilient Content experience launching two successful production companies and overseeing thousands of hours of television programming for major networks. During the 11 years he spent running Collins Avenue Entertainment, he executive produced eight seasons of the Dance Moms for Lifetime, as well as eight spinoffs and specials and more than 20 other programs. His other notable credits include The Mighty Underdogs for Discovery+, Peacock’s Notorious: The River Valley Killer, Oxygen’s Capital Murders and Black Widow Murders, WeTV’s Bridezillas and A&E’s Billy the Exterminator.

Gena McCarthy’s Unconventional Entertainment is a female-led production label specializing in Lifestyle and Factual Entertainment formats. As a Senior Executive at Discovery, TLC, Lifetime, fyi, and We-tv, McCarthy developed, executive produced and launched long-running hit franchises such as Dance Moms, Dirty Jobs, Married at First Sight, Dual Survival, Project Runway, Tiny House Nation, #Black Love and many more.  Unconventional’s work features characters who are loud, bold and funny. The company specializes in genres including Relationships, Home, Food, Survival, Americana and Crime, with active development deals and series commissions with major platforms.