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Entertainment industry's authoritative source profiles the work of the company on its 20th anniversary.
Castle Rock, Colorado--Dorsey Pictures, America's leading lifestyle television producer with deep connections in the outdoor industry, was profiled in a recent article in Deadline Hollywood – the authoritative source for breaking news in the entertainment industry -- as part of the production company's 20th anniversary in 2021. Over the last two decades, Dorsey Pictures has grown into the world’s largest independent producer of outdoor programming, creating 56 series for outdoor TV and more than 50 series with outdoor roots for mainstream cable networks. With the announcement made in Deadline Hollywood, the company looks to expand its roster of mainstream cable and broadcast productions into the business format space after acquiring the rights to the personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad, the number one selling personal finance book of all time. More than 200 million copies of the book have been sold worldwide in scores of languages.
“It’s interesting intellectual property,” founder Chris Dorsey told Deadline. “We’re digging into what’s unique about the viewpoint in terms of thinking about money, wealth and financial education. We’re now developing multiple concepts and bringing some other talent into play. We’re looking to create formats, entrepreneurship competition [shows] that’s based on the IP found within the franchise, and personal finance advice concepts. We're looking at a lot of different conventions of TV surrounding this unique property.”
For over 20 years, Dorsey Pictures has worked with the largest brands in the outdoor industry as the leader in branded entertainment. The Colorado-based company has produced more than 2,000 episodes of outdoor programming and has amassed a 150,000+ hour HD library of outdoor content from across the globe. After more than a decade in the outdoor genre, the company expanded into mainstream programming while maintaining rural roots.
Dorsey Pictures was the only production company with outdoor ties to be named to Real Screen magazine’s annual Global 100 list in 2019 and again in 2020. The prestigious Global 100 list consists of the world’s largest and best production companies working in non-fiction and unscripted programming. In addition to outdoor programming, they’ve created dozens of outdoor-centric productions for mainstream networks including Discovery, National Geographic, History, Oxygen, WGN America, Nat Geo Wild, Travel, HGTV, DIY, Great American Country, and others. In addition to its television work, the company is in production on Wings over Water 3D, an IMAX film narrated by Michael Keaton to be released in 2021. The film is the result of support from the Chicago-based Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the National Audubon Society among others.
Company co-founder Chris Dorsey formerly ran Sports Afield and Ducks Unlimited magazines, is the author of 12 books, and is a regular contributor to Forbes. His work also has appeared inThe Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Newsweek and The Robb Report. He's among the world's most widely traveled hunters having taken the 29 big game species of North America, the deadly seven species of Africa, the spiral horns of Africa and the wild turkey world slam. He hosts Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey airing on the Outdoor Channel and in syndication nationwide on 115 stations and throughout Canada. He's also served in board and advisory positions of numerous conservation and sporting advocacy organizations and is a member of the Outdoor Legends Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the Ray Scott Trailblazer Award as well as the Curt Gowdy Memorial Award.
Denver-based Dorsey Pictures is part of Red Arrow Studios, a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSieben Sat 1, Germany's largest media company with networks and platforms throughout Europe. Dorsey is America's leading producer of lifestyle programming seen throughout the world on linear television and streaming platforms.