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Paul Cabana Biography

Birth Name:Paul Cabana

Profession Producer, Director

Fast Facts

  • Won a Banff Rockie Award for Best Factual Entertainment at the 2013 Banff Television Festival for "The Men Who Built America․"
  • Won a Banff Rockie Award for Best History and Biography Program at the 2013 Banff Television Festival for "The Men Who Built America․"
  • Graduated from the prestigious Harvard University
  • Produced new media for and wrote for such publications as "Fast Company and Inc․ Magazines," "The Atlantic Monthly Online" and "The Boston Globe․"
  • Became an Executive Producer of Development and Programming for the History Channel in 2008 and rose the rank of Senior Executive Producer
  • Worked for Discovery, TLC and PBS, primarily on non-fiction television programming
  • Became the Senior Vice President of Programming at H2
  • Executive produced the History Channel's first competition reality series, "Top Shot․"
  • Known for overseeing the production of such acclaimed titles as "The Men Who Built America" and "Mankind the Story of All of Us․"
  • Served as a researcher on the mini-series "Pioneer House" and "Texas Ranch House․"
  • Is given special thanks in the credits of the 2006 documentary "Toots․"
  • Spoke at the Real Screen Summit in Washington, D․C․, in 2013

Awards

  • 2009Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2013Banff Rockie Award-Best History and Biography Program: winner
  • 2013Banff Rockie Award-Best Factual Entertainment: winner
  • 2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2014Grand Award-History & Society: winner
  • 2014Gold Medal-TV Programming & Promotion - Television Documentary and Information Programs - History & Society: winner
  • 2014Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series: nominated
  • 2015Gold World Medal-Television Documentary and Informational Programs: History and Society (Series Entries): winner