Toronto-headquartered Saloon Media, a Blue Ant Media prodco, has upped production executive Nick Crowe to head of unscripted development.
In his new role, Crowe will lead Saloon’s development team as it continues to expand its unscripted portfolio in North America and the international marketplace, with a focus on factual entertainment, formats and specials. His previous credits with Saloon include Encounter: UFO and UFO Town. Prior to Saloon, Crowe held roles at History Channel in Canada and Shaw Media.
In addition, the company has brought on Tara Elwood, who has worked with the company on various projects including Life Below Zero: Canada and See No Evil, to work with Saloon in a full-time capacity as a production executive.
Reporting to SVP of production Betty Orr, Elwood will develop and produce content for the North American and international markets. Her 20-plus years of factual production experience have seen her work on such projects as CNN’s Race for the White House, Nat Geo’s Nazi Hunters , the feature doc Manson for History, and CBC’s premium 10-part factual series Canada: The Story of Us, among others.
“Nick remains an invaluable member of the Saloon team, and we look forward to having him take on this expanded role leading our development efforts as we continue to diversify our slate,” said Michael Kot, managing director of Saloon Media, in a statement.
“Tara has lent her creative talents to several of our most successful projects in recent years, and we are grateful to welcome her to the Saloon team full-time to collaborate on more exciting content.”
