Philip Day is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning show runner, with skills in all aspects of production, including writing, directing, shooting and editing. His clients include NBC, BBC, ITV, PBS, History, National Geographic, Discovery, Discovery ID, Science, Travel Channel, Smithsonian, Channel Four (UK), and Channel Five (UK). He has been rewarded with multiple awards, including a Peabody Award, two Emmys, seven Emmy nominations, and eighteen Telly Awards.
Philip has produced several movies, and been showrunner on multiple TV series, making nearly two hundred hours of prime-time television. His series Alaska: The Last Frontier was nominated twice for an Emmy. He was showrunner on ID’s hit crime series Blood Relatives, Smithsonian’s Polar Bear Town, and Science Channel’s pop-psychology series, Outrageous Acts Of Psych. Recently, he produced and directed History’s successful docu-series Navy Seals: America’s Secret Warriors, ID’s new hit Love Kills, and Nat Geo’s Inside North Korea: Then & Now with Lisa Ling.
This is what captains of industry say about him:
“There are few showrunners in the world that can produce from blank page to finished show as well as Philip Day. On budget, on schedule and with every dollar on the screen.”
–Jonathan Halperin, Senior EP, National Geographic Television
“Philip Day and his creative team know what they want and how to get it.”
–Howard Swartz, Vice President, Development and Production, Discovery Channel
“Philip is my go-to producer, he always deliver on time and on budget, and the content always far exceeds my expectations.”
–Juliet Blake, TED TV & SVP National Geographic Channel
“Phil Day has an attention to detail that is often missing in these budget-strapped days.”
–Richard Sattin, Executive Producer, Sky Vision
“Philip Day is a top-flight director I would never hesitate to work with and recommend to others.”
–Rod Caird, Senior Consultant, A&E Channel
MOVIE CREDITS
- The Russian Bride – feauture film(post) – Stars Corbin Bernson & Kristina Pimenova Producer – 2017
- Amityville Terror – feature film – Uncorke’d Entertainment 2016 (Thriller Films) Producer – 2016
- Euro Club – feature film – Uncorke’d Entertainment 2016 (Thriller Films) Producer – 2016
TV CREDITS
- Lands of the Lost – pilot – adventure series – Travel Channel (Ping Pong) Showrunner – 2017
- Inside North Korea: Then & Now with Lisa Ling – Doc Special – National Geographic Producer- 2017
- Autopsy of a Murder –pilot true-crime series (in production) – Red Arrow/Bellum Showrunner – 2017
- Love Kills – 6 eps- recreation crime series – Discovery ID (Indigo Films) Senior Producer/Director/Writer – 2017
- Navy Seals: America’s Secret Warriors – 4 part docu-series – History Channel (NBC) Senior Producer/Director- 2016
- Polar Bear Town – 6 part docu-series – Smithsonian (Merit Motion Pics) Showrunner – 2016
- Outrageous Acts of Psych – 8 part science series – Science (Mike Mathis Prods) Showrunner -2016
- Blood Realtives – 12 part recreation crime series – Discovery ID (Mike Mathis Prods) Showrunner – 2015
- ‘Sex Sent Me to the ER– 35 episodes – TLC 2014 (GRB Entertainment)
- Alaska: The Last Frontier– 18 episodes – Discovery 2013 (Discovery Studios)
- Curiosity: Volcano Time Bomb – Special Doc. – 2012 Discovery (Edge West)
- Party Like… – 3 episodes – 2012 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Crime Lords of Tokyo – 2011 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Vanished From Alcatraz – 2011 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Born To Rage? – 2011 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets -2010 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- The Skyjacker That Got Away -2009 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Great Escape: The Final Secrets 2009 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Lost Cities of the Amazon 2008 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Tunnel to a Lost World 2008 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- The Real Roswell 2007 Nat Geo (Edge West)
- Inside: Rio Carnaval – 2007 PBS (Edge West)
- Science of the Bible – 2 episodes, 2006 Nat Geo (Creative Differences)
- MegaStructures – Indianapolis Motor Speedway – 2005 Nat Geo
- Ancient Plastic Surgery – 2-hr special, 2005 Discovery/C4 UK (Cicada)
- Mind of a Millionaire – 4 episodes, 2003
BBC (Optomen) - BBC Correspondent Special: Massacre in Luxor – 2hr special, – 2002 BBC
- Lost Worlds: City of the God Kings – 2002 Discovery-Channel 4 UK (DarlowSmithson)
- Hollywood, Inc. – 3 episodes, 2002
BBC (DarlowSmithson) - High Stakes: Bet Your Life on Vegas – 2-hr special, 2001 TLC (Principal)
- Why Doctors Make Mistakes – 4 episodes, 2000
TLC-Channel 4 UK (DarlowSmithson) - Challenger: Go for Launch – 2000 Discovery/BBC (JWM & Blast!)
- Riddle of the Skies – 3 episodes, 1999 Discovery/ Channel 4 UK (Union Pictures)
- The Whitehouse Tapes – 3 episodes, 1999
History Channel (Mentorn ) - Passion, Pride and Penalties – 1998 BBC (Blakeway)
- Casualty 250 – 1998 BBC
- Cancer Wars 3 episodes, 1997 Discovery/ Channel 4 UK (Mentorn)
- Secret History: Hello Mr. President – 1997 Channel 4 UK (Mentorn)
- Moving Pictures – 8 episodes, 1996
BBC (Barraclough Carey) - The Mind Field – 6 episodes, 1995 Channel 4 UK (Diverse)
- The Ronson Mission – 6 episodes, 1994
BBC (BBC Manchester) - Signals – 8 episodes, 1993
Channel 4 UK (Holmes Associates)