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Welcome to TGC Global Entertainment

Format specialists with a worldwide network of platforms, creators and distributors, TGC GE carefully curates third party content for distribution to the world.

As one of the only US-based independent distribution and acquisition companies with a truly global reach, our purpose is to represent incredible formats, dynamic factual entertainment and first-class documentaries from companies anywhere and everywhere.

For independent producers – or independent-thinking companies – TGC GE puts its clients and partners first.

We all know that the large, global entertainment giants (the GEGS), who typically own their content and the companies that create it, cause third party independents to feel the pain of being at the bottom of the corporate pile. When it comes to distribution, the big companies push their product first, then that which came from their owned subsidiaries, and lastly – if ever – do they mention third party formats or finished programs.

TGC Global Entertainment seeks to provide talented creators and companies with a well-respected, highly connected, international distribution network, led by people who speak a producer’s language and who are directly connected to the creation of the content.

Featuring a boutique, first class catalog of current and classic titles, TGC Global Entertainment is positioned to become a world leader in the distribution and acquisition of formats and specialty content on a global scale.

Welcome to TGC Global Entertainment

Format specialists with a worldwide network of platforms, creators and distributors, TGC GE carefully curates third party content for distribution to the world.

As one of the only US-based independent distribution and acquisition companies with a truly global reach, our purpose is to represent incredible formats, dynamic factual entertainment and first-class documentaries from companies anywhere and everywhere.

For independent producers – or independent-thinking companies – TGC GE puts its clients and partners first.

We all know that the large, global entertainment giants (the GEGS), who typically own their content and the companies that create it, cause third party independents to feel the pain of being at the bottom of the corporate pile. When it comes to distribution, the big companies push their product first, then that which came from their owned subsidiaries, and lastly – if ever – do they mention third party formats or finished programs.

TGC Global Entertainment seeks to provide talented creators and companies with a well-respected, highly connected, international distribution network, led by people who speak a producer’s language and who are directly connected to the creation of the content.

Featuring a boutique, first class catalog of current and classic titles, TGC Global Entertainment is positioned to become a world leader in the distribution and acquisition of formats and specialty content on a global scale.

Our Team
Phil Gurin
President / CEO
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Cecilia Ingebrigtsen
Europe and the Nordic territories // Sales
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Jess Khanom
Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and MENA // Sales and Acquisitions
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Janel Downing
Latin America and Hispanic North America // Sales and Acquisitions
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Rosemond Perdue
Asia // Sales & Acquisitions
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Grace O’Doherty
Creative Affairs
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Jane Baker
Business Affairs
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Philip D’Amour
Post Production
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Tori Purcell
Executive assistant
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About Phil Gurin

Format creator, writer and producer Phil Gurin has been making television all over the world for decades. His global network of relationships with buyers, sellers, creators and distributors is unmatched for a US-based independent full-service production company. Using his expertise, insights and personal connections, Gurin and his team are launching TGC Global Entertainment with an eye towards filling an obvious gap in the international format ecosystem.

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President / CEO
phil@tgc-global.com

About Phil

Award-winning producer/writer Phil Gurin has been creating, acquiring, selling and producing entertainment programs all over the world. As CEO and President of The Gurin Company, Gurin is responsible for executive producing, creating and writing thousands of hours of television across multiple genres including live events, game, music, hidden camera, comedy, stunt, clip shows, factual, documentary, dramatic re-enactment, docusoaps and formatted reality. His shows have aired on every major U.S. broadcast network, many cable networks, and in over 185 countries around the world. Gurin has won four Prime Time Emmy Awards as an Executive Producer on ABC’s Shark Tank, an international Rose d’Or (Golden Rose) for the comedy game show Oh Sit! which he co-created for The CW, and a Gold Telly Award for the 50th NAACP Image Awards. His The Singing Bee (NBC/CMT) is one of the Top 30 most produced original formats in the world.

He has also produced and written many other formats, including Weakest Link, Lingo, Test The Nation, Candid Camera, Double Dare, Remote Control, Your Chance To Dance, Wanna Bet?, All-New 3’s A Crowd, Make The Grade, Win Lose or Pawn, So You Think You’d Survive, FOX’s New Year’s Eve Live, Women Rock, US Olympic Hall of Fame, KISS: Live, Miss America, Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe.

His newest original format Fridge Wars debuted on the CBC (Canada), was nominated for an International Format Award at MIPCOM/Cannes, and aired last summer in the US on The CW. In 2020 he Executive Produced Movies of The Movement, which evolved into the weekly series Friday Night Vibes currently airing on TBS starring Tiffany Haddish and Deon Cole. He Executive Produced his 8th NAACP Image Awards for BET/CBS and Honoring Our Kings: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood starring Oprah Winfrey and Sterling K. Brown for OWN. His next original format, League of Extraordinary… will debut on the CBC in 2022.

On the documentary side, he has produced and/or written several projects including When Cameras Cross the Line, Greatest Animal Rescues, World’s Greatest Stunts, Extreme World Records, World’s Most Dangerous Stunts, Split Second Decision, On Thin Ice: The Dark Side of Skating, Hollywood’s Greatest Stunts, Holocaust: The Revenge Plot (nominated for a British Royal Television Society Award), and is currently in production on the feature film doc Brothers After War (with Executive Producers Jake Rademacher and Gary Sinise).

Gurin received a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. When not working around the world creating formats and making television shows, he is the owner, proprietor and wine maker at The Gurin Wines (gurinwines.com), a boutique winery specializing in California terroir-specific vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon, Rose, Syrah, GSM blends and Chardonnay.

Gurin serves on the Board of Directors for NATPE (National Association of Television and Programming Executives) where he developed the NATPE REALITY annual conference and market; is Co-Chairman of the international non-profit organization FRAPA (Format Recognition and Protection Association) and he served for the TELEVISION ACADEMY on the Executive Committee of the Producers’ Peer Group and helped develop and launch the prestigious TV ACADEMY HONORS awards. He moderates panels and speaks frequently on the topics of global television and format rights, creation and protection.

Sales
Europe and the Nordic territories
cecilia@tgc-global.com

About Cecilia

Cecilia is a format sales executive, with more than 20 years’ experience working in sales within the TV distribution industry. She is committed, results driven and a keen negotiator and have prior to joining TGC Global Entertainment held positions as Director of Format Sales at Magnify Media, heading the format department with oversight of deal-making across the sales team and integral in increasing the format business annually; VP Formats at DRG, managing compilation of the TV formats developed by the production companies within the group and present them to the international sales team/Senior Sales Manager DRG, managing the format sales into CEE; International Sales Manager Stix Television, managing the format sales into German speaking Europe, CEE and Middle East.

Sales and Acquisitions
Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and MENA
jess@tgc-global.com

About Jess

Jess has over 25 years of global experience in the film and television industry spanning across all genres of programming. She has substantial experience in scripted and unscripted formats, scripted and unscripted series, movies, co-productions, pre- sales, acquisitions and financing. Having worked across multiple territories including Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and Canada. She has extensive relationships with broadcasters, OTT platforms, producers, content creators and distributors globally.

Jess has held leadership positions for independent companies as well as corporate studios including 20th Century Fox and Fox Networks Group.

Sales and Acquisitions
Latin America and Hispanic North America
janel@tgc-global.com

About Janel

With more than 15 years experience in the distribution and sale of international content, Janel has an extensive knowledge of the Latin American TV market. She most recently served as VP of Sales at All3media International, where she worked on major format franchises including Kitchen Nightmares and Undercover Boss. As the former Director of Formats and Co-production at BBC Studios, she was responsible for bringing The Great Bake Off to Latin America and worked on various local versions of Dancing with the Stars. Currently Janel works as a sales agent, leveraging her expertise to represent international catalogs in the Latin American region.

Asia // Sales & Acquisitions
rosemond@tgc-global.com

About Rosemond

Rosemond is a TV marketing, sales, and distribution executive with a focus on Asia. Her client list is comprised of broadcasters, production and animation companies in Japan and Korea, as well as governments and nonprofits including KOCCA, the Korea Foundation, and the US Embassy Korea. Prior to joining TGC GE, she was VP, Sales at international distribution company Small World IFT handling sales and marketing of unscripted formats. Earlier in her career, Rosemond was a founding partner of Bungalow 3, a Los Angeles based entertainment marketing production company whose clients included Sony, CBS, Scripps Networks, and Disney. She is an Adjunct Professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, lecturing on the growth of the Korean TV industry in the US, a founding board member of the International Non-Scripted Content Association (INSCA) in Seoul, South Korea, a member of the International Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, and a juror for the Asian Academy Creative Awards.

Creative Affairs
grace@tgc-global.com

About Grace

Grace is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where she designed her own major called “Psychocinematics” by fusing Cognitive Science, Psychology and Film. Through specialized coursework and a senior thesis, she explored what happens in the brain when audiences are presented with content spanning the genre spectrum. From taking courses such as Color Theory and Perception, she delved into Film, TV & Media studies through a scientific lens.

Outside the library, Grace jumpstarted her professional career with internships at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Saturday Night Live in New York. After graduating from Cal in 2017, Grace moved back to New York City and started climbing the production ladder full-time. First working as a Production Assistant and ultimately reaching the Producer level, Grace worked on a variety of shows and projects. Her production credits range from MTV’s TRL in the heart of Times Square to a sketch comedy show taped in Provo, Utah.

Equipped with a strong background in production, Grace is now moving towards a career in development. By working with production companies, networks and studios, she aims to help craft the next generation of stories that are produced and spotlight the voices of underrepresented writers. Grace also has a special interest in developing content for overseas audiences. Having spent significant time in Mumbai, India and the Czech Republic, Grace is excited to help expand the slate of globally focused shows at The Gurin Company as the Director of Development.

Post Production
post@tgc-global.com

About Philip

Philip is a passionate producer and post production expert with over 20 years experience in entertainment. Working for platforms like ABC, NBC, FOX, Netflix, Facebook, YouTube and many more, he has a breadth of experience in various formats – from pageants to reality, eSports to telethons, wildlife programs to the red carpet, he’s done it all.

Whether it’s the Democratic National Convention, The Emmys, The White House Correspondents Dinner, or a nonprofit telethon, Philip approaches each project with the same enthusiasm and commitment. With deep roots in post-production and live television he has a keen eye for storytelling and a head for problem solving that makes every show he’s on a success.

Philip earned a degree in Film and Television studies from Boston University and lives with his wife and daughter in northeast Los Angeles.

Executive Assistant
pgassist@tgc-global.com

About Tori

Tori is a graduate of Emerson College where they received a B.A in Visual Media Arts Production and a minor in Psychology, showcasing their expertise in both creative and analytical fields. During their academic journey, Tori developed a strong fascination with the profound impact of comedy on human psychology. To further explore this intersection, they pursued coursework in psychology, deepening their understanding of human behavior and emotions. Their minor in psychology provides a valuable perspective that enhances their work in the media and entertainment industry.

Tori's experience spans various aspects of the industry, including talent, production, and development. Throughout their career, Tori has seamlessly blended their passion for comedy and their insights from psychology into their work.Their exceptional ability to establish connections with audiences, craft compelling content, and effectively employ humor as a dynamic storytelling tool sets them apart in the industry.

Whether it's through their adeptness in writing, production, or performance, Tori consistently brings forth a unique blend of creativity, analytical thinking, and a profound understanding of human psychology. Their ultimate goal is to channel these talents and experiences to make meaningful contributions to The Gurin Company, utilizing their skill set to create exceptional content that captivates and resonates with viewers.

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