About The Incubator
In 2005, Fox
Television Studios approached Simon Andreae to leave his successful division at
Channel Four in the UK and start a production company in Los Angeles dedicated
to high quality, innovative, unscripted programming. The Incubator was born.
In
2007 The Incubator
became fully
independent
and Simon was officially joined by his wife
Lisa. As Co-Presidents they grew
the company together, working for clients including CBS, The CW,
Discovery, Fox, GSN, HBO, History, Lifetime, National Geographic, Oxygen,
Science Channel, Spike TV, TLC, USA Network, VH1, and WE TV, as well as Channel
Four, Channel Five, and BSkyB in the UK.
In
2010, Simon accepted a newly created role at Discovery and Lisa became sole
President in a year which sees us busier than ever with new competition shows,
reality shows, and documentaries all in production, and on subjects as varied
as marriage, beer,
human psychology
and
,
in
collaboration with Morgan Freeman, the deepest mysteries of our universe.
We are proud
of our work and our brand, striving to create shows that are both highly
original and deeply absorbing. Our team is passionate, hard working and above
all, collaborative. Television is a collective enterprise and we try to reflect
a sense of teamwork in all we do.
In 2007,
together with Pioneer Productions in London, we were the happy recipients of
top awards at both the BANFF World Television Festival and the New York Film
and TV Festival for our two hour National Geographic and Channel Four Special
In The Womb. ‘Staggeringly beautiful’ Daily Telegraph, UK.
At the
beginning of 2008, we entered into a collaboration with Hot Patootie
Productions, under which we develop and produce shows featuring journalist Dawn
Porter. This has led to a series of specials on Polygamy, Mail Order Brides,
Free Love and Japanese Geishas (TLC and WE
tv in the
US), as well as a feature length documentary exploring the experience of Breast
Cancer: My Breasts Could Kill Me.
We continue
to work closely with a number of UK and European producers, helping them set up
projects in the US. Among our notable successes is David Sington’s multi-award
winning feature documentary In The Shadow of the Moon. ‘Fresh, compelling…riveting’
- Los Angeles Times.