Exclusive: Ex-Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd) docs SVP Howard Swartz is heading to the UK to lead Pioneer Productions.
Swartz joins Pioneer immediately from Banijay-backed American Playboy producer Stephen David Entertainment. He will take on a CEO role that has been vacant for more than a year at Pioneer, the producer behind Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba, How the Universe Works and The Unsinkable Titanic. He will lead the company’s effort to expand a slate of factual content spanning feature docs, limited series and docuseries.
Swartz is a former Wbd SVP of docs and specials, during which time he oversaw more than 100 hours of Shark Week programming and launched several limited docuseries including Serengeti narrated by Lupita Nyong’o and Emmy-nominated feature January 6th. He moved to Stephen David two years back and counts Arrow Media and PBS as former employers.
“Pioneer Productions has always stood for intelligent, ambitious,...
Swartz joins Pioneer immediately from Banijay-backed American Playboy producer Stephen David Entertainment. He will take on a CEO role that has been vacant for more than a year at Pioneer, the producer behind Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba, How the Universe Works and The Unsinkable Titanic. He will lead the company’s effort to expand a slate of factual content spanning feature docs, limited series and docuseries.
Swartz is a former Wbd SVP of docs and specials, during which time he oversaw more than 100 hours of Shark Week programming and launched several limited docuseries including Serengeti narrated by Lupita Nyong’o and Emmy-nominated feature January 6th. He moved to Stephen David two years back and counts Arrow Media and PBS as former employers.
“Pioneer Productions has always stood for intelligent, ambitious,...
- 5/15/2025
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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