David McKillop
David McKillop is executive vice president, programming for A&E and BIO Channel, where he oversees the development, creation and execution of all programming. McKillop oversaw the development of A&E’s most successful scripted series to-date,
Longmire, and played an integral part in developing
Storage Wars, now A&E’s highest-rated original series in network history. Previously, McKillop was senior vice president, development and programming at History. Under his tutelage, History experienced its best ratings performances ever as he launched the network’s top 10 series and top six specials of all time. McKillop served as the executive producer of History’s top series including,
Pawn Stars,
Ice Road Truckers,
American Pickers,
Ax Men and
Top Gear. He was also an executive producer of numerous acclaimed and top-rated History specials, including the Primetime Emmy Award winners
Gettysburg and
102 Minutes that Changed America. Prior to History, McKillop served as the vice president, factual programming, Discovery Networks U.S. Production. Under his leadership, Discovery’s flagship network, Discovery Channel, earned critical and ratings success for the original series
Futureweapons,
Man vs. Wild and
Stunt Junkies. During his tenure at Discovery Channel, McKillop served as senior executive producer, working with the programming and development groups to create many of Discovery Channel’s groundbreaking programming projects, including
Deadliest Catch and
Monster Garage. Earlier in his career, McKillop ran his own production company, Big Rock Productions, based in Washington, D.C.