Joe Rivadeneira joins Beyond Productions as SVP Development Factual

Beyond Productions has appointed Joe Rivadeneira as SVP Development, Factual at its Los Angeles-based production operation. He will advance Beyond’s long-standing reputation for factual programming including twelve seasons of "MythBusters" for Discovery, fourteen seasons of "My Lottery Dream Home" for HGTV, fourteen seasons of ID’s "Deadly Women", "The Invisibles" for Nat Geo/Disney+, "Motor MythBusters" for Motor Trend, "White Rabbit Project" for Netflix, "Curse of Akakor" for Facebook Watch and a soon, to be announced adventure series for Netflix.

Rivadeneira will work alongside Mike Krupat, SVP Development & Production. Both executives will report to Beyond Productions President, John Luscombe. Beyond’s LA office has experienced rapid growth recently with sales by Krupatof several broad reality formats. In addition, to "Back in The Groove" for Hulu, Beyond recently sold and produced ABC’s "Pooch Perfect" with Rebel Wilson, Food Network’s "No Recipe Road Trip" with the Try Guys and Discovery+’s "Tiny Food Fight."

John Luscombe, President of Beyond Productions, says: “Joe is a fantastic addition to our US-based development and sales team, bringing additional factual expertise that perfectly complements our current development strengths. We are well placed to further expand our slate and meet the growing demand for fresh and innovative unscripted content in the rapidly changing US market.”

Joe Rivadeneira adds: “Beyond Productions’ success in the US make it an exciting time to be joining the company. Beyond’s evolving business strategy and access to talented development and production teams in the UK and Australia really added to the appeal. I now plan to lean into my experience in the science, history, true crime and premium factual space to generate loud and disruptive original content that further elevates the business and makes sure that Beyond Productions USA continues to be recognised as a force in the non-scripted arena.”

Joe Rivadeneira joins Beyond Productions USA from Vox Media Studios & Group Nine Studios where he spent the past three years shepherding the premium unscripted slate, working with broadcasters and streamers such as Hulu, Netflix, discovery+, HBO Max, and Food Network.