Critical thrives on collaboration, partnering with the industry’s most visionary creators and networks to produce groundbreaking scripted and unscripted content.
Green Couch Entertainment is an award-winning, full-service production company that creates and produces non-scripted content for networks, brands and digital outlets worldwide.
Green Couch Entertainment Presidents, business partners and real-life husbands Scott Weiner and Paul Reaney each boasts decades of experience producing shows for both American and international broadcasters, cable companies, and syndicators, as well as creating brand content for some of the biggest companies including Time Inc, P&G, Coke, Kellogg’s, and SCJohnson.
They have individually been part of the launches of worldwide franchises including America’s Got Talent, The Wendy Williams Show, and The Chase. Together, Scott and Paul have created and produced an original gameshow for syndication called Save To Win hosted by Food Network Star Pat Neely.
Refinery Media is a leading producer of top-rated reality programs, lifestyle entertainment shows and films in Asia. Headquartered in Singapore, the company is driven by a crew of seasoned media professionals and top creative talent.
Applying a cross-disciplinary approach to all of its projects, Refinery has earned the company multiple awards over the years. In the unscripted field, these include Best General Entertainment and Best Adaptation of an Existing Format for “Asia’s Next Top Model” in the 2018 and 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards, and Best Non-Scripted Entertainment for the first season of “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” in the 2021 Asian Academy Creative Awards.
e-Entertainment, established in 2017, is an international format distributor representing a high-quality catalog featuring some of the greatest content in Belgium. It may be a country small in size, but it’s big in creativity.
Be-Entertainment has been on the rise since Destination X began rolling out internationally, with NBC, M6 and the BBC in the UK all making local versions. It is also behind formats such as Musical of Your Life, The Way Out and Finder$ Keeper$, and is part of DPG Media, a local Belgium channels business that launches many of its shows.
ITV Studios France is one of the most prolific in the nation, producing entertainment shows such as The Voice and The Voice Kids for TF1, 4 Mariages Pour 1 Lune De Miel for TFX and a local version of Destination X for M6. It is also behind Cosmic Love for Amazon Prime Video and Notre Histoire de France for pubcaster France 2, as well as making dramas and shows in other genres.
I create, develop, and produce original series and specials for Disney, Netflix, Amazon, Discovery+, E!, Comcast Networks, Awesomeness TV, HGTV, and more. I’ve worked for and with A-list executives and creative talent as SVP of Programming & Development for Disney ABC, as VP of Programming & Development for E! & The Style Network, and as an independent Executive Producer. My experience covers a wide range of formats and genres including Talk Shows, Lifestyle, Fashion, Celebrity, Documentaries, Home Makeovers, Music, Comedy, Live Events, Horror, Food, and Game Shows. Hit series include The View, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, The Chew, Cheap Old Houses, Disney Fairy Tale Weddings, Clean House, and Dr. 90210.
Colleagues and network executives I’ve worked for will tell you that I put the viewers first and I’m a trusted steward for the brand. I’m honest and confident in any room and passionate about doing what is needed to deliver the win. My teams know I’m a loyal champion who provides them with what they need to succeed.
Quality Control Music was formed in March 2013 by Kevin “Coach” Lee and Pierre “P” Thomas. Lee and Thomas began this venture by hiring radio and promotion staff, while they personally ventured into publishing and management. They invested $1 million and one year into building a headquarters in West Atlanta, which holds four recording studios and office spaces. Quality Control is known to find and develop smaller artists, which is the reason why many Quality Control artists seem to come out of nowhere. Quality Control uses Internet-based analytical tools to cater to the areas where their artists are the most popular.
Kimberly Cole is a Billboard charting Recording artist, songwriter, and multidisciplinary creative. She has been featured in VEVO, MTV, Billboard, iHeart Radio, Nylon Magazine, iTunes New and Noteworthy to name a few with countless placements in tv, film, and commercials. Garnering a large social media following early in her career she has had campaigns with Revlon, Coach, Skittles and more. The Orange County native and UCLA graduate has had major releases with Atlantic Records, Warner, and Universal Music penning songs for herself as well as other artists. She acted as host and presenter for the American Music Awards, her own show FM, and has toured the US, Europe, and Asia with her most recent music collaboration becoming a 2019 summer radio hit in France. Broadening her role as storyteller, a deep passion for the human experience, Cole has stepped behind the camera to develop and produce projects blending the worlds of music, sports, and science with a focus on subcultures and stigma as she readies her next musical release.
This POD is overseen by James, J. Gutierrez, a 19 year veteran of television. Prior to joining Critical Content, Gutierrez was a showrunner for MTV, Spike, TruTV & Discovery. He’s sold 13 concepts including two series, Billy Bob’s Gags to Riches for Discovery & Black Jesus on Adult Swim. This POD is named after the fictional Sopranos character, Noah Tannenbaum, a pretentious film student who was Meadow Soprano’s first college boyfriend.
Renowned Films is a London based creative production company backed by US studio Critical Content. Renowned is fast establishing itself as a leader in high end factual and factual entertainment programming.
In 2015, Channel 4 took an equity stake in Renowned Films as part of the networks £20 million Growth Fund. In 2017, Critical Content acquired the stake from Channel 4 and provided additional growth capital, thereby setting up Renowned as one of the most promising and fast growing indie production companies in the UK
