birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
essex , england 1962 yes philip segal
 philip segal television producer
philip segal

philip david segal -lrb- born in southend-on-sea , essex , england in 1962 -rrb- is a television producer .
he emigrated to the united states `` at the age of fifteen or sixteen '' , where he gained a degree in telecommunications from san diego state university .
after graduating he became involved in the us television industry , first as a casting assistant and then as a literary agent , working at fenton feinberg casting and the icm tv literary department training program .
in 1985 , he became a director of drama development at columbia pictures , after which he moved over to abc television as a programming executive , becoming involved in such programmes as `` twin peaks '' , `` thirtysomething '' and `` china beach '' .
in 1991 , he joined steven spielberg 's amblin entertainment , where he quickly became vice president of amblin television , overseeing the production of `` seaquest dsv '' , `` earth 2 '' and `` the young indiana jones chronicles '' .
it was while he was at amblin that he first gained control over the creation of a new series of `` doctor who '' , working in conjunction with fellow english expatriate peter wagg -lrb- producer of `` max headroom '' -rrb- to create the early drafts of what eventually became the `` doctor who '' television movie in 1996 .
it had long been his dream to produce his own version of the long-running series .
while still wishing to juggle the needs of the various parties , his love of the programme still informed such decisions as the casting of a british actor as the doctor , liverpudlian actor paul mcgann .
it was also ultimately his decision to bring back sylvester mccoy as the seventh incarnation .
in 2000 , segal co-wrote the book `` doctor who : regeneration '' with gary russell -lrb- harpercollins , isbn 0-00-710591-6 -rrb- , the making-of book of the 1996 `` doctor who '' television movie .
segal won the best director of a short film award from the ny international film & video festival in 2000 for his short story the other side of monday .
other directing credits include : multiple episodes of `` mutant x '' and `` andromeda '' for the tribune action hours , and the feature film `` hobbs end '' which he also co-wrote with eric truheart .
in 2000 he became senior vp for scripted programming and development at tribune entertainment , overseeing `` andromeda '' , `` beastmaster '' and other shows .
after a brief stint at bunim-murray productions as executive vice-president , segal joined original productions , a fremantlemedia company , serving as its executive producer since 2005 .
he has been chief executive officer of original since november 2012 , having previously served as president , his most recent credits include `` ice road truckers '' and `` ax men '' for `` the history channel '' , `` the colony '' , `` pitchmen '' , '' '' for discovery channel , `` 1000 ways to die '' for spike , `` black gold '' for tru tv , `` wildlife warriors '' and `` cut in half '' for national geographic channel , and `` storage wars '' for a&e .
