Exclusive: Rob Saffi, showrunner of Travel Channel’s The Holzer Files, has struck an overall deal with production company Painless Productions.
Saffi, who oversees the paranormal series that was recently renewed for a second season by the Discovery-backed broadcaster, is now collaborating with Painless on two additional projects for Travel Channel.
Under the deal, Saffi will showrun, develop, and produce unscripted series with a focus on paranormal and mystery programming. He will be based at Painless’ East Coast office and will also work closely with the West Coast team including Jim Casey, Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Reed, Vice President of Development, and Ross Kaiman, Vice President of Creative.
Starting out as a cinematographer, Saffi worked with brands including Calvin Klein and Volvo before serving as director of photography on Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel), Moonshiners (Discovery), and Reinventing the Meal (Cooking Channel). He then moved on to become showrunner of...
Saffi, who oversees the paranormal series that was recently renewed for a second season by the Discovery-backed broadcaster, is now collaborating with Painless on two additional projects for Travel Channel.
Under the deal, Saffi will showrun, develop, and produce unscripted series with a focus on paranormal and mystery programming. He will be based at Painless’ East Coast office and will also work closely with the West Coast team including Jim Casey, Chief Executive Officer, Nicole Reed, Vice President of Development, and Ross Kaiman, Vice President of Creative.
Starting out as a cinematographer, Saffi worked with brands including Calvin Klein and Volvo before serving as director of photography on Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel), Moonshiners (Discovery), and Reinventing the Meal (Cooking Channel). He then moved on to become showrunner of...
- 2/13/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Volk-Weiss Apr 9, 2019
The creator of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us takes us through the five-year process to get his passion project made.
This guest column comes from Brian Volk-Weiss, creator and executive producer of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us.
In 2011, I was in a Borders bookstore when the initial kernel of the idea that would become The Toys That Made Us hit me like a ton of Energon Cubes; why were there so many books about the War of 1812 and zero about the origin of Transformers? Or G.I. Joe? Or He-Man? The War of 1812’s importance notwithstanding, how was it possible that hundreds of millions of people knew the names Optimus Prime and Snake Eyes, had their youths shaped by those characters, and yet not one book out of the thousands that were on display could be purchased and taken home to learn about their origins?...
The creator of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us takes us through the five-year process to get his passion project made.
This guest column comes from Brian Volk-Weiss, creator and executive producer of Netflix's The Toys That Made Us.
In 2011, I was in a Borders bookstore when the initial kernel of the idea that would become The Toys That Made Us hit me like a ton of Energon Cubes; why were there so many books about the War of 1812 and zero about the origin of Transformers? Or G.I. Joe? Or He-Man? The War of 1812’s importance notwithstanding, how was it possible that hundreds of millions of people knew the names Optimus Prime and Snake Eyes, had their youths shaped by those characters, and yet not one book out of the thousands that were on display could be purchased and taken home to learn about their origins?...
- 4/9/2019
- Den of Geek
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