Saloon Ups Paul Kilback to Creative Director, Factual Series, and Matt Faulknor to Senior Development Producer
Saloon Media Ups Paul Kilback to Creative Director, Factual Series (left), and Matt Faulknor to Senior Development Producer (right).
Saloon has announced the promotions of Paul Kilback to Creative Director, Factual Series, and Matt Faulknor to Senior Development Producer.
“These promotions acknowledge the bench strength we have at Saloon Media and recognize two key players who have helped set the high standard of excellence for our biggest factual productions,” said Michael Kot, Managing Director, Saloon Media. “Both Paul and Matt’s new roles increase their executive capacity, laddering up to Saloon’s commitment to premium, world-class series and documentaries.”
As Creative Director, Factual Series, Paul will take on an expanded leadership role and will oversee the creative and editorial direction on Saloon’s factual series while building strong creative teams to push Saloon’s production to the next level. He has been promoted from his Executive Producer role at Saloon.
Paul is a multi-award-winning documentary series producer, director and editor who has worked on Saloon Media’s biggest series including Mysteries from Above (Cottage Life Canada), Life Below Zero Canada (BBC Studios, Cottage Life Canada, Nat Geo US), Cold Valley (Investigation Discovery, UKTV) and Tornado Hunters (CMT Canada). Prior to Saloon, Paul directed and produced series for Breakthrough Films and Cream Productions. He has won CSA, Gemini and Realscreen Awards and was nominated for an Emmy and Critic’s Choice Award as co-creator, producer and director on the hit series Wild Things With Dominic Monaghan that took Paul to some of the most remote places on the planet.
Matt has been elevated to Senior Development Producer. Matt has developed and produced compelling and entertaining factual series for Saloon including Mysteries From Above (Cottage Life Canada), Bryk Cottage (Cottage Life Canada), Life Below Zero: Canada (BBC Studios, Cottage Life Canada), Cold Valley (Investigation Discovery, UKTV) and Hotel Paranormal (TRVL, T+E). Prior to joining Saloon Media, Matt held production roles at Proof & Concept, CBC and Pixcom Productions. He has produced content across all genres of television programming including current affairs, sports, science, literature, lifestyle, and news. Previous career highlights include producing on location in Russia for the Sochi Winter Olympics.