Matt Shanfield

Matt Shanfield is the EVP, Development at The Intellectual Property Corporation.  In this role, he is the creative executive behind the development of original concepts, unique formats, and breaking new talent. Within the last year alone, Matt has shepherded and/or Executive Produced titles such as THE CLIMB (MAX), Critics’ Choice award winning SECRETS OF PLAYBOY (A&E), The MTV Movie & TV Award winning, THE D’AMELIO SHOW (Hulu), THE CURSE OF VON DUTCH (Hulu), Emmy nominated INDIAN MATCHMAKING (Netflix) and dozens of upcoming series.

Matt joined IPC after heading development for Asylum Entertainment where he developed and/or Executive Produced successful series such as To Rome For Love on Bravo, Speed Is The New Black on MotorTrend, In Ice Cold Blood on Oxygen, as well as a scripted feature for Ubisoft’s FarCry franchise.

Prior to Asylum, Shanfield served as the VP of Development at Oxygen (Quit Your Day Job & Killerpost), the VP of Development at Irwin Entertainment (Coaching Bad on Spike), and the Director of Development at Shed Media US (Eric & Jessie: Game On on E!).

He also developed and produced for Mark Burnett Productions where he produced on series such as the Emmy™ winning Shark Tank and The Apprentice.

He has been the recipient of multiple “40 Under 40” Awards and he resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.