Robert Curran

Robert Curran has been involved in just about every type of film and television production in his extensive career: feature films, scripted and unscripted television series, educational programming, TV movies, mini-series, news, sports, commercials and music videos. Prior to founding FIRE ENGINE Productions Inc, Robert was the Executive Vice President of Development at BASE Productions, producing hit series around the world, such as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Sport Science, Crime 360, Last American Cowboy, Known Universe, Legend Quest and Haunted Highway.

Before BASE Productions, Robert was the Vice President of Development and Production at the Discovery Channel. He supervised all development and production for three international networks: Discovery Channel, Discovery Travel & Living and Discovery Home & Health. Robert’s role included heading up Discovery's Global Development Group, an international development team responsible for creating original programming concepts worldwide, including the twice Emmy-nominated Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie, Rise of the Videogame and The Battle of Chernobyl.

Robert joined Discovery Channel from Scout Productions, where he was Head of Production. In this role, Robert supervised the development and production of a full slate of television series including the Emmy Award-winning series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

Before Scout Productions, Robert was Vice President of Creative Affairs at MGM Worldwide Television, where he was in charge of more than a dozen scripted network TV series, including the top-rated, Emmy Award-winning and long-running series, Stargate SG-1, The Magnificent Seven and The Outer Limits.

Earlier in his career, Robert created programming for the Children’s Television Workshop and Macmillan Publishing Company. At the Children’s Television Workshop, Robert wrote, produced and directed over 100 short films for an international version of The Electric Company, directing them on-location throughout the Middle East and North Africa. At Macmillan Publishing Company, Robert developed the concept and format for a series designed to teach English as a Second Language (ESL), called Family Album, U.S.A., which was funded and distributed by the United States Information Agency (USIA) and the Voice Of America. Also at Macmillan, he developed projects with Project Literacy U.S. (PLUS) and ABC-TV.