Matthew Galkin is an American film director and producer, best known for his work in documentaries. He is the founder and CEO of Fairhaven, a New York-based production company founded in 2018. In June 2019, Galkin and Fairhaven entered an overall deal with
Industrial Media
Industrial Media, LLC (formerly CKX, Inc., and CORE Media Group, Inc.) is an American company founded on February 7, 2005 that owns and develops entertainment content and intellectual property.
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Galkin is the executive producer and director of ''Murder In The Bayou'', a 2019
Showtime documentary series based on the
New York Times best-seller book written by
Ethan Brown about the
Jeff Davis 8. In 2018, he executive produced
Cultureshock, a limited documentary series about moments that shocked popular culture for
A&E. He directed the 2010 HBO documentary ''Kevorkian'', about the controversial right-to-die advocate
Jack Kevorkian
Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (May 26, 1928 – June 3, 2011) was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide, embodied in his quote, "Dying is n ...
and his ill-fated 2008 run for Congress. Galkin also directed and produced the award-winning
HBO documentary ''
I Am an Animal: The Story of
Ingrid Newkirk
Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (née Ward; born June 11, 1949) is a British-American animal activist and the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal rights organization. She is the author of several ...
and
PETA'' (2007), and directed and co-produced the 2006 documentary ''
loudQUIETloud: a film about the
Pixies
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Galkin also served as co-executive producer and director of the Style Network/E! series ''
Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane'', a reality show about
Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons (née Perkins) is an American model, business woman, fashion designer, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, TV personality, philanthropist and author.
Early life
Kimora Lee Perkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Stephen M. ...
. He produced HBO's series ''
Family Bonds
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'' and served as Co-Producer on John Landis's ''Slasher'' for
IFC.
Galkin and Fairhaven are currently producing a documentary series for CNBC, in partnership with Industrial Media's
The Intellectual Property Corporation
The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) is a production company based in Van Nuys, California. IPC was founded in 2016 by producers Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, and funded via private equity from three investors and former collaborators Sh ...
.
References
External links
New York Times profile of Galkin and his brothers Jonathan Galkin and Andrew''I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA'' at the IMDB
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American film directors
American television producers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people