Michael Hirschorn

About Michael Hirschorn

Ish Entertainment is a production company based in NYC, focused on documentary series and films, scripted TV, and non-scripted TV. It has produced for multiple networks, including Discovery ID/Max, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, FX, Comedy Central, History, Lifetime, Food Channel, Sundance, Travel Channel, MTV, VH1, Oxygen, and OWN.\"Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter\" premiered on ID and Max in May 2024, charting at number one on the platform the week of its launch. The documentary \"Red Whiteville and Blue\" premiered at Full Frame in April 2024 and will be widely distributed summer 2024.\"Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America\'s Elections\" premiered on HBO in March 2020.\"Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee\" premiered at Toronto to universal acclaim before airing on Showtime. Ish won an Emmy in 2015 for an MTV documentary,\"Laverne Cox presents: The T Word,\" on the struggles of trans youth.\"This Week at the Comedy Cellar\" has aired for three seasons on Comedy Central.Previously, Hirschorn headed programming at VH1, where he doubled ratings, contributing to a tripling in revenue for the network. Hirschorn commissioned thousands of hours of programming, both scripted and non-scripted, and set-up a documentary shingle,\"VH1 Rock Docs”, that produced multiple award-winning documentaries about music and youth culture.\"DMC: My Adoption Journey\" won Hirschorn an Emmy for Best Documentary in 2008. Additionally, he was EP of the Lionsgate theatrical \"The U.S. Versus John Lennon.\" A former journalist and magazine editor (New York Magazine, Esquire, Spin), he has explored the revolutionary impact of digital media at the Atlantic Monthly as well as writing for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and The New York Times. Columns suggested futures for print media, television, and music, and he was widely excoriated in 2009 for painting a doom-and-gloom picture of the future of the New York Times that now is considered conventional wisdom and served as inspiration of the theatrical documentary \"Page One\".Hirschorn is a founder of The People, a PAC and non-profit that uses video and digital targeting to promote democratic values in the United States. Its Statehouse Initiative was crucial in the remarkable success of Democratic state house and state senate candidates around the country in 2017, 2018, and 2019. It will be active in at least 7 states in the crucial election year of 2020.Hirschorn is a co-founder of GreenlightGo, a new platform for the TV and film industry that matches production needs with providers around the

Experience

1. Contributing Editor

   Atlantic Media

   Jan 2007 — Present

Education

• Harvard University

  B.A., Russian Language and Literature

• Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

  M.A., English and Comparative Literature

Skills

• Publishing
• Content Strategy
• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Start-Ups
• Creative Direction
• Writers
• Film
• Video Production
• Creative Writing
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Online Marketing
• Content Development
• Digital Strategy
• Journalism
• Film Production
• Social Media
• Strategic Partnerships
• Newspapers
• New Media
• Facebook
• Storytelling
• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Entertainment
• Email Marketing
• Entrepreneurship
• Feature Articles
• Online Publishing
• Web Content
• Television
• Broadcast
• Blogging
• Advertising
• Media Production
• Magazines
• Editorial
• Video
• Publications