Paul Epstein is an accomplished Emmy-nominated Executive Producer, Writer, and Director with a remarkable 20-year career in the television and film industry as of 2023.
Based in New York, Paul has successfully produced a diverse range of scripted, factual, and news programs for various networks and streamers, including Peacock, MSNBC, History, NatGeo, Discovery, and many others.
Paul's extensive experience includes serving as an Executive Producer of the true-crime documentary series "Who Killed Robert Wone?" on Peacock, which premiered in March 2023, and is the Executive Producer and Showrunner of the factual drama series "Into the Wild Frontier", which became the most-watched TV series on US cable network INSP in 2021 and is currently in its fourth season in 2023.
Prior to his success in television, Paul worked as an Assistant Director on over 30 independent feature films. He found his first success in television as a Field Producer on "The Apprentice", Season Two, in 2004. His other notable Executive Producer credits include "Seduced by Speed" for Discovery, "Navy SEALs: Brothers in Arms" for History, "The 93 Victims of Samuel Little" for Discovery ID, and MSNBC's investigative documentary series "American Swamp".
Paul made his feature film directorial debut with "The Last Harbor", which won the Grand Prize at the Liege International Film Festival in 2011. He was nominated for an Emmy Award as a Director of the educational series "We Are New York" and was either Director or Producer on the Emmy-nominated series "Gunslingers", "The Men Who Built America", and "A Crime to Remember".
Paul is passionate about reshaping the television landscape in favor of longer-format, high-quality programming, which is losing out to platforms such as TikTok and YouTube. He believes factual historical dramas are an excellent vehicle for creating engaging and high-quality TV at competitive costs.
As a strong advocate for the importance of history in television content, Paul believes that it offers "free IP" in the form of famous historical characters, events, and stories that remain timelessly entertaining for viewers. He also believes that factual dramas can be more cost-effective than prestige dramas that now over-saturate a crowded market of TV content.
As a member of the Director's Guild of America and represented by the Agency for the Performing Arts (APA),Paul holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from The New School University in NYC, where he serves as an alumni mentor to undergraduates and recently graduated students. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland.
