Producers

Tim Gibbons

Tim Gibbons, a veteran television producer, is executive producer of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, for which he has won a Golden Globe, two PGA Producer of the Year awards, two DGA awards, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival’s Outstanding Producer of the Year, and has been nominated for five Primetime Emmys. In between Curb’s cycles, he was co-executive producer for HBO’s The Unsuccessful Thug; executive producer and director for A&E’s hidden-camera reality series, Spying on Myself; and producer for HBO’s The Comeback, starring Lisa Kudrow. Prior to Curb, Gibbons was producer and director of the hidden-camera sketch comedy series The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. In addition to serving the Television Academy, Gibbons was awarded lifetime membership in the Producers Guild of America (he is also on the PGA's National Board of Directors and served as its president for two years). He started his career with four years at Dick Clark Productions.

Steven Kent

Steven Kent serves as senior executive vice president, programming, Sony Pictures Television. Most recently Kent served as senior executive vice president, international productions, for Sony Pictures Television, where he oversaw the worldwide development and production of original local language productions, as well as scripted and unscripted formats. Kent joined the company in 1996 as vice president, production for then Columbia TriStar Television, working on series such as Dawson’s Creek and Early Edition. During this time, Kent was also instrumental in the formation of the company’s domestic Spanish-language production division, overseeing the development and production of shows for the Telemundo network. Kent also has line produced/production managed made-for-television movies, pilots and series. Before joining Sony Pictures Television, Kent spent nine years as supervising producer for the popular soap opera Santa Barbara, garnering three Emmy Awards for his work.