Aaron Saidman

Aaron Saidman is the Co-President of Nonfiction Entertainment for Sony Pictures Television and the Co-Founder and President of The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), the Emmy-winning content creation and production studio based in Los Angeles, California. As President of IPC, Saidman has created and/or produced a number of successful and award-winning shows, including Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath and Secrets of Playboy (A&E); Indian Matchmaking and Night Stalker (Netflix); Selena + Chef (Food Network/Max); We’re Here (HBO); Expedition From Hell (Discovery); United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper (CNN); The Curse of Von Dutch and RapCaviar Presents (Hulu); Active Shooter (Showtime); and Living Undocumented (Netflix), which he also co-directed. In addition to these programs, Saidman produced the documentary features The Seven Five (IFC Films), Operation Odessa (Showtime), The Swamp (HBO), and This Is Paris (YouTube Originals). In his Sony capacity, Saidman is an Executive Producer of American Idol (ABC) and So You Think You Can Dance (FOX), and of documentaries and limited series including The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films/Sapan Studios), June (Paramount+), Luther: Never Too Much (CNN), and Quiet on Set (Discovery ID/Max). He also oversees Shark Tank (ABC).

Prior to launching IPC in 2016, Saidman was the Executive Vice President, Development & Current Programming, for All3Media America. In that role, he was the head of creative for the company, overseeing all shows for broadcast and cable networks, including The People’s Couch (Bravo), The Million Second Quiz (NBC), and Declassified: The Untold Stories of American Spies (CNN), which he created. Prior to his position at All3Media, Saidman was the head of development and current programming for Studio Lambert USA, where he helped grow the company into a major supplier of unscripted content, overseeing and producing such shows as Undercover Boss (CBS) and The Pitch (AMC). Before his tenure as a creative executive, Saidman was a freelance producer, writer, and director, and got his start in television with Mark Burnett Productions. Saidman began his career in motion pictures, where he worked for Miramax and Dimension Films, and was later a Creative Consultant for Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope.

Saidman has been nominated for the Emmy Award on 13 occasions, and its recipient twice. He was honored with a Peabody Award for his work on We’re Here. He has also been the recipient of Producers Guild of America and Television Critics Association awards. From 2018-2022, he served on the Board of Directors of the International Documentary Association (IDA) and continues to passionately champion the importance of independent nonfiction storytelling.