Brent Montgomery

Brent Montgomery is CEO of ITV America, with oversight of ITV’s US portfolio, including ITV Entertainment, Leftfield Pictures, Sirens Media, Outpost Entertainment, Loud TV, Red Bandit, Thinkfactory Media, High Noon Entertainment, DiGa and Gurney Productions. ITV America produces more than 800 hours of content and 100 non-scripted programs per year, working in partnership with more than 40 networks.

Brent Montgomery began his television career working for Texas CBS affiliate KBTX, which subsequently paid for the majority of his tuition at Texas A&M. He later moved to New York and landed positions on such series as The Bachelor, Wife Swap and Blind Date. Montgomery started his first production company, Leftfield Pictures, in 2002 with $10,000. Leftfield Pictures initially shot wedding videos while developing its entertainment content and clientele, and eventually sold its first series, The Principal’s Office, in 2008.

Montgomery developed the concept for Leftfield Pictures’ flagship series Pawn Stars while in Las Vegas for a bachelor party. Struck by the number of pawn shops in the city, Montgomery set out to locate a shop with the right setting and staff around which to build a television series. Ultimately, Montgomery negotiated a deal with Gold & Silver Pawn Shop co-owner Rick Harrison, and pitched the show to the History Channel. In 2009, Pawn Stars premiered on History as a top rated series for the network, highlighting the “hidden treasures” genre of programming. Leveraging the success of the series, Montgomery grew Leftfield Pictures rapidly with myriad series and hundreds of programming hours soon added to Leftfield's roster. In addition to Pawn Stars, other Leftfield Pictures series and Montgomery credits include the award-winning Alone,American Restoration and Counting Cars for History;American Grit featuring host John Cena for Fox;Cutting It: in the ATL for WE tv; and National Geographic Channel’s 2015 specials Billy the Kid: The New Evidence (executive produced by Kevin Costner) and Brain Surgery Live.

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