our leadership

SHARON SCOTT
PRESIDENT
A+E FACTUAL STUDIOS
STEVE ASCHER
EVP, HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT
A+E FACTUAL STUDIOS
jhamal robinson
EVP, HEAD OF PRODUCTION
A+E factual studios

about us

A+E FACTUAL STUDIOS is an Emmy Award winning IP creation powerhouse which, through its holdings, develops and produces premium documentary films and unscripted television for the global marketplace. The studio has expertise in a broad range of genres including docuseries, true crime, competition, transformation, and lifestyle. Comprised of two specialty brands — CATEGORY 6 MEDIA and SIX WEST MEDIA — the production house delivers exceptional factual content across a number of platforms and networks including Disney+, Max, Discovery+, ID, A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY® Channel, Amazon, PBS, NBC, Oxygen and Hulu.

Helmed by industry veterans Sharon Scott (President), Steve Ascher (EVP, Head of Development), and Jhamal Robinson (EVP, Head of Production), A+E FACTUAL STUDIOS was founded in 2018 and has since emerged as an industry leader in nonfiction storytelling. With more than 200 hours in production and 100+ projects in development, the studio’s slate ranges from long-running hit series such as A&E’s Cold Case Files® and The HISTORY Channel’s The Proof Is Out There, to formats like Best in Snow on Disney+, History's The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd, and premium documentaries such as Lifetime's The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the Emmy Award winning Variety Presents: Power of Women The Changemakers. The team regularly collaborates with top-tier talent like Leonardo DiCaprio, Peyton Manning, Michael Strahan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Billie Jean King and Kelly Ripa, to name a few.