Tyler Massey
Massey brings his extensive experience in international distribution, co-productions, and the development of scripted and unscripted series and films.
Massey currently represents the hit international scripted format, NO ACTIVITY, which is the most-adapted scripted format in the past five years globally. As a global scripted and unscripted format expert, Massey previously joined US-based producer Storyworld Entertainment, where Massey focused on developing US adaptations of hit scripted formats from Eastern Europe and Russia.
Massey has helped build multiple international television divisions, first at major independent international studio Eyeworks, where Massey and a small team grew the department from an afterthought into one of the most successful independent distribution teams in the world. At Eyeworks, Massey sold hit reality formats such as CELEBRITY SPLASH, WHO WANTS TO MARRY MY SON?, TEST THE NATION, and BEAT THE BLONDES, plus hit series from ABC’s (US) EXTREME MAKEOVER: WEIGHT LOSS EDITION, which sold to over 150 countries in the world, and hit scripted formats such as COPS MAASTRICHT and DOUBLE LIFE. Later, Massey joined Film & TV studio IM Global, where Massey and a small team built an international television division and sold such hit content as CBS’s (US) animated special MICHAEL JACKSON’S HALLOWEEN, Showtime’s controversial documentary specials THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS from Oliver Stone, multiple major film libraries, and top international unscripted series such as THE APARTMENT from StarWorld and Sony Asia, while setting up scripted co-production partnerships for the studio.
Previously, Massey sold factual and reality series for US producer GRB Entertainment, including UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER, Live Nation’s MONSTER JAM, and hundreds of hours of unscripted content. While with Disney Educational Productions, Massey managed the department and oversaw the development, production, and global distribution of hundreds of DVD and Blu-Ray titles produced for the educational market, including shows such as Bill Nye’s THE EYES OF NYE, the animated SAFETY SMART WITH TIMON AND PUMBAA, and the internationalization of classic series BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY.
Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Massey graduated from Oklahoma State University before pursuing a career in film and television. Massey started his career as an agent in training at Abrams Artists Agency, while honing his skills as a screenwriter and director in his off hours, a love Massey is able to incorporate into all of the projects he develops to this day.