Bunim/Murray Productions announced that veteran development executive Rupert Dobson is joining the company as Senior Vice President of Development. Reporting to President of Entertainment and Development Julie Pizzi, Dobson is charged with developing entertainment formats for broadcast networks and premium streaming platforms.
“We are very fortunate that Rupert is joining our development team. He is a strong creative executive with an impressive track record developing formats that have succeeded on both network and premium streaming platforms,” said Gil Goldschein, CEO Bunim/Murray Productions. “He will play an integral role as we continue to ramp up our development capabilities.”
“I’m very excited to be joining the team at Bunim/Murray to help build on their tremendous success across so many genres,” said Dobson. “They are true innovators, and I look forward to being a part of their push into new areas of this rapidly evolving marketplace. “
Dobson most recently served as head of development at A. Smith & Co, where he spearheaded the creation of original formats including The Titan Games with Dwayne Johnson for NBC and Mental Samurai with Rob Lowe for Fox. He and his team were also responsible for developing Death by Magic for Netflix as well as series for TLC, HGTV and BET.
Before A. Smith & Co, Dobson was Vice President of Programming and Development at Base Productions, where he developed and produced series including Fact or Faked, Haunted Highway, Legend Quest, Deep South Paranormal, Stuntbusters and Human Wrecking Balls. Prior to that he worked in the UK for Twofour, developing and producing series for Channel 4, SKY, Channel 5 and ITV. He received a BAFTA nomination for Channel 5’s A Different Life.
