filmography - Michael Kot
Canada’s Drag Race (2020-24)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Blue Ant Media)
A celebrated reality competition based on the US series that has become a cultural phenomenon in Canada.
Broadcaster: Crave (Canada)
Reality Series / 45 × 60ʺ
Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World (2022)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Blue Ant Media)
An incredible, international, all-stars version of Canada’s Drag Race.
Broadcaster: Crave (Canada)
Reality Series / 12 × 60ʺ
Northwood / Hard North (2024)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
A diverse group of young people embark on a challenging, four-season mission to build a life in the vast and unforgiving Canadian wilderness.
Broadcaster: Amazon (Canada), National Geographic (US)
Documentary / 8 × 60ʺ
See No Evil (2015-2024)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Co-Production with Arrow Media)
See No Evil, now in its 13th season, has been a groundbreaking series with a dedicated fanbase, presenting dramatic stories about how real crimes are solved with the aid of surveillance cameras.
Broadcaster: Discovery ID (US)
Crime Series / 130 × 60ʺ
Extreme Weather Salvage / Deep Water Salvage (2021-23)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Extreme Weather Salvage follows the best marine salvage teams as they race against the clock to recover ships wrecked by fierce storms.
Broadcaster: The Weather Channel (US), Cottage Life (Canada)
Documentary Series / 10 × 60ʺ
Hoarders Canada (2023)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
This series, based on the Emmy®-nominated and Critics Choice Award-winning television series Hoarders, provides an in-depth look at the real-life stories of people directly affected by compulsive hoarding.
Broadcaster: A+E (US, Canada), Makeful (Canada)
Reality Series / 16 × 60ʺ
History By The Numbers (2022)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Each episode of History by the Numbers explores a story you thought you knew, but is re-organized and decoded through numbers to give viewers a new perspective on the people, events and themes that shaped the world we live in today.
Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel Canada, Apple TV (US, Canada), Curiosity
Documentary Series / 20 × 60ʺ
Inside the Statue Wars (2022)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
The high-stakes battle over our public memorials and statues – a historic moment that’s forcing us to re-evaluate our past.
Broadcaster: CBC / CBC Gem
Documentary / 44ʺ
Mysteries From Above (2022)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Mysteries From Above is a documentary series that investigates significant historic and contemporary sites from the revealing vantage points of drone, satellite, and aerial photography.
Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel (Canada), Cottage Life (Canada), Apple TV
Documentary Series / 30 × 60ʺ
World’s Most Scenic River Journeys (2021-22)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Co-Production with BriteSpark East)
Bill Nighy narrates this visually stunning six-part documentary series, telling the stories of six epic river journeys through the characters who live and work on them.
Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel (Canada), Apple TV (US, Canada)
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
Encounter: UFO (2021)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Encounter: UFO tells the stories of the most incredible UFO sightings and abductions of the past and the modern era.
Broadcaster: T+E (Canada), Apple TV
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
Hotel Paranormal (2020-21)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Follow the terrifying, true stories of those who have come face-to-face with otherworldly hotel guests. Narrated by Canadian icon Dan Aykroyd.
Broadcaster: T+E (Canada), Travel Channel (US)
Documentary Series / 20 × 60ʺ
Life Below Zero: Canada / Life Below Zero: Northern Territories (2020-21)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Based on BBC’s successful format, Life Below Zero: Canada is an observational documentary series about people who live off the grid in remote regions of northern Canada.
Broadcaster: Cottage Life (Canada), National Geographic (US)
Reality Series / 16 × 60ʺ
Searching for Secrets (2021)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Co-Production with Bigger Bang Communications)
Local experts and historians search out the secrets of some of the world's most iconic cities, revealing fascinating stories, remarkable characters and surprising twists.
Broadcaster: Smithsonian Channel (US and Canada)
Documentary Series / 6 × 60ʺ
UFO Town (2021)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
UFO Town revisits a famously mysterious UFO case from Ontario, Canada.
Broadcaster: CBC / CBC Gem
Documentary Series / 60ʺ
The Weather Files: Total Impact (2021)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
The series also examines the unexpected and surprising ripple effects of disasters.
Broadcaster: Cottage Life (Canada), Apple TV
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
Web of Darkness (2021)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
A modern-day anthology series where spine-chilling accounts of monsters, aliens and encounters from beyond are brought to life.
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
Broadcaster: T+E (Canada), Discovery+ (US)
9/11 Kids (2020)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
9/11 Kids is about a unique group of Americans: the 16 schoolchildren who were with President George W. Bush on the morning of September 11, 2001.
Broadcaster: documentary Channel (Canada)
Documentary / 1ʹ20ʺ
Before & After (2020)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Before & After dives into the pivotal moments of our lives that forever change who we are, and how we see the world.
Broadcaster: CBC Docs
Reality Series / 6 × 8ʺ
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (2020)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Reframing infamous serial killer Ted Bundy's crimes from a female perspective, uncovering the disturbing and profound way his psychological hatred of women collided with the feminist movement and culture wars of the 1970s.
Broadcaster: Amazon Prime
Documentary Series / 5 × 60ʺ
Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast (2019)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Co-Production with WTFN)
The Bondi Vet: Coast to Coast teams continue the tradition of telling great stories about Australia’s unique pets and wildlife and the lengths these dedicated vets take to care for them in their hour of need.
Broadcaster: Cottage Life (Canada), Channel Nine (Australia)
Reality Series / 10 × 60ʺ
The Bryk Cottage (2019)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
A documentary series about contractor and designer Danielle Bryk building a new family cottage for her sister and brother-in-law — her toughest clients yet.
Broadcaster: Cottage Life (Canada), HGTV (US)
Documentary / 6 × 30ʺ
Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust (2019)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
A moving and award-winning documentary about three Holocaust survivors and their stories of resilience and survival.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Documentary / 1 × 88ʺ
Witches of Salem (2019)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (in association with Talos Films)
This documentary mini-series chronologically unravels the rapid descent of a town into madness, using reenactments to capture the day-to-day hysteria that unfolds and puts an affluent New England community under siege.
Broadcaster: T+E (Canada), Travel Channel (US)
Documentary Mini-Series / 4 × 60ʺ
Cold Valley (2018)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (with Pixcom Inc.)
Cold Valley is a riveting two-part documentary following two women as they work to unravel the mysterious disappearances that tormented the Lewis Clark Valley in the 1980s.
Broadcaster: Discovery ID (US)
Documentary 2ʹ50ʺ
Hunting Nazi Treasure (2017-18)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (In Association with BriteSpark Films)
A series about the systematic looting of an entire continent, providing new insights into the greedy motivations of top Nazis like Hitler and Goering, and exploring how culture and the world’s most beautiful things are targets during times of war.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada, More4 (UK), AHC (US)
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
Ultimate Auctions (2017)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Heritage Auctions' experts navigate the process of consignment and authentication all the way to the final dramatic sale of some of the most incredible collectibles on the planet.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Special / 60ʺ
Mummies Alive (2015-16)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (Co-Production with Impossible Factual)
Mummies Alive will bring the world’s best-preserved mummies back to life with exquisite animation. Narrated by two-time Golden Globe nominee Jason Priestley.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada, Smithsonian (US), Yesterday (UK), ZDF (Germany), and SBS (Australia)
Documentary Series / 6 × 60ʺ
Brainwashed/Dangerous Persuasions (2015)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
Following extraordinary and terrifyingly true tales of psychological manipulation, this series explores everyday people who were brainwashed into making remarkable sacrifices and committing unthinkable acts.
Broadcaster: Investigation Discovery (US)
Crime Series / 12 × 60ʺ
Tornado Hunters (2014-15)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
The Tornado Hunters’ plan is simple: find the biggest, baddest tornadoes in North America, and ride straight into the middle of them.
Broadcaster: CMT (Canada), Netflix (US)
Reality Series / 10 × 60ʺ
Handsome Devils (2014)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media (In Association with BriteSpark Films)
Real-life stories of outwardly lovable but inwardly evil men and the heinous crimes they commit.
Broadcaster: Investigation Discovery (US), Slice (Canada)
Documentary Series / 10 × 60ʺ
Ice Pilots NWT (2009–2014)
Production Executive • HISTORY Canada
An adventurous series showcasing the lives and challenges of a northern Canadian airline.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada, Quest (UK), National Geographic (US)
Reality Series / 73 × 60ʺ
Miracles Decoded (2014)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
This fascinating series travels to four continents to hear from people who have experienced miracles first hand, with acientists and skeptics examining the evidence and offering alternative explanations.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Documentary Series / 8 × 60ʺ
28 Heroes (2013)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
28 Heroes brings to life the harrowing exploits of a Canadian platoon who fought to hold their vulnerable outpost in the face of repeated attacks during the Korean War.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Documentary / 44ʺ
The Great Martian War 1913–1917 (2013)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One (and Impossible Pictures)
A documentary-drama recounting the Martian War of 1913–1917.
Science-Fiction / 90ʺ
Perfect Storms: Disasters That Changed the World (2013)
Executive Producer • Saloon Media
Exploring history's perfect storms and witnessing the catastrophic moments when man and nature collided.
Broadcaster: HISTORY (Canada), Smithsonian Channel (US)
Documentary Series / 6 × 60ʺ
Builder Boss (2012)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
Master contractor Jim Caruk takes on top custom home building and renovation projects. But each project comes with its own set of hardships and stresses, and Caruk and his team must overcome them all in order to get the job done.
Reality Series / 12 x 30ʺ
Broadcaster: HGTV
The Great Escape: Secrets Revealed (2012)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One (with Wildfire Television)
A team of engineers and archaeologists join forces with some of the original survivors, to unearth, for the first time, the secrets of the most famous wartime escape in history.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada, Channel 4
Documentary / 1ʹ6ʺ
D-Day to Victory/Last War Heroes (2011)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One (with Impossible Television - UK)
A compelling six-part series chronicling the stories of veterans and their pivotal role in the Second World War.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Documentary Series / 6 × 60ʺ
Party at Tiffany’s (2011)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
Tiffany Young chases her passion for everything pink and opens the Pink Pastry Parlor in Atlanta.
Broadcaster: SLICE (Canada), OWN (US)
Reality Series / 6 × 60ʺ
Storming Juno (2010)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D-Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there.
Broadcaster: HISTORY Canada
Documentary / 1ʹ28ʺ
Storming Juno Interactive (2010)
Executive Producer • Entertainment One
An immersive 360° video recreation of the D-Day invasion featuring dozens of interviews with Canadian veterans.
Age of Iron (2006)
Director / Executive Producer • Storyline Entertainment
Growing up in extra-ordinary circumstances in the world's ship-breaking capital, the shanty town of Alang, India.
Broadcaster: Bell Media
Short / 5ʺ
Shipreakers (2004)
Director / Executive Producer • Storyline Entertainment
A documentary that looks at the world's largest maritime graveyard. An international story of greed, third world labor, geopolitics and an unfolding environmental disaster on the shores of India.
Broadcaster: National Film Board of Canada
Documentary / 1ʹ12ʺ
Aftermath: The Remnants of War (2001)
Producer • Storyline Entertainment
Based on the Gelber Award-winning book by Donovan Webster, the film conveys the fact that war doesn't end when the fighting stops.
Broadcaster: NFB
Documentary / 56ʺ