Phil Gurin is an award-winning Producer, Writer, Creator, and President & CEO of The Gurin Company (www.gurinco.com) and TGC Global Entertainment (www.tgc-global.com).
He is known for his exceptional ability to create, acquire, sell, produce, and distribute entertainment programs across the globe. Gurin won four Primetime Emmy Awards for ABC's Shark Tank, an international Rose d'Or (Golden Rose) for the physical comedy game show Oh Sit!, and a Gold Telly Award for the 50th NAACP Image Awards. His musical game show The Singing Bee remains one of the Top 50 most produced original formats worldwide. In 2025, Gurin received the prestigious International Formats Business Gold Award in Cannes, France for his contributions to the global format industry.
With a career spanning more than 3,000 hours of television seen in over 185 countries, Gurin has contributed to the producing, writing or creation of a vast array of formats and specials, including Canada's Ultimate Challenge, Fridge Wars, Weakest Link, Lingo, Test The Nation, Candid Camera, Double Dare, Remote Control, Before They Were Stars, Your Chance To Dance, Dancing Fools, Wanna Bet?, All-New 3's A Crowd, Make The Grade, Win, Lose or Pawn, So You Think You'd Survive, Split Second Decision, FOX's New Year's Eve Live, Women Rock, US Olympic Hall of Fame, KISS: Live, Friday Night Vibes, Honoring Our Kings: A Celebration of Black Fatherhood, Holocaust: The Revenge Plot, When Cameras Cross the Line, World's Most Incredible Animal Rescues, Hollywood's Greatest Stunts, The Swap Project, Miss America, Miss Teen USA and for 8 years both Miss USA and Miss Universe.
Recently, Gurin is Executive Producer on his 13th NAACP Image Awards and Season 3 of Canada's Ultimate Challenge (also known as The League of Extraordinary...). In 2024 he launched TGC Global Entertainment, an independent distribution company specializing in formats, entertainment, factual content, and documentaries from all over the world.
For 16 years (the last 11 serving as Chairman), Gurin was a member of FRAPA (the Format Recognition and Protection Association), an international non-profit organization focused on global recognition of intellectual property throughout the television industry. He was on the Board of Directors for NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) for 15 years. He is also a member of the Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.
For the Television Academy Gurin served for 10 years on the TV Academy Honors committee (also producing its first 10 award shows), he has produced 3 TV Academy Hall of Fame award shows, and has been on the Producers PGEC for over six years. He is currently honored to serve as a Governor of the Television Academy for the Producers Peer Group.
A frequent speaker, panel moderator, awards competition judge, and editorial writer, Gurin regularly shares his expertise on the world of formats and the international television business.
Outside of television, he is the owner/proprietor of The Gurin Wines, producing high-quality California wines (visit www.gurinwines.com).
Gurin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
