Hoff Productions

Hoff Productions, also known as Michael Hoff Productions , is an American television production company with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Founded in 1993,[1] President and Executive Producer Michael Hoff and his team have created factual television content for National Geographic Channel, Viceland, Reelz, Discovery Channel, Quibi, Netflix, History Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, PBS, and Travel Channel, among others. Hoff Productions produces content in a variety of genres including natural history, crime, and science and technology. Hoff is also the world’s most prolific and successful producer of documentaries of Alcatraz. To date the company has produced thirteen specials on The Rock.[1]

Hoff is known for the series Donkmaster, Ted Bundy: Serial Monster, Megastructures, Ultimate Factories Detroit Steel,[2] Animals Gone Wild,[3] What Could Possibly Go Wrong?,[4] and Animal Planet's Monster Week specials including Man-Eating Super Croc, Man-Eating Super Snake, and Man-Eating Zombie Cats. Hoff also produces branded content for companies worldwide including Breitling[5] and KAZ Minerals.

Michael Hoff is a regular expert contributor to industry events and trade journals like Realscreen Summit, World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, and Peter Hamilton’s highly respected DocumentaryBusiness.com.[6]

Productions

The following is a partial list of programs produced by Hoff Productions:

ALCATRAZ
  • Alcatraz Escapes (2008)
  • Alcatraz Defying the Rock (2004)
  • Alcatraz Living Hell (2007)
  • Alcatraz Revealed (2002)
  • Alcatraz: The Greatest Escapes" (2018)
  • Battle of Alcatraz (2020)
  • Beneath Alcatraz (2000)
  • Break Out (1997)
  • Dungeons of Alcatraz
  • Escapes From Alcatraz (1995)
  • Gardens of Alcatraz (2002)
  • Living Hell (2006)
  • Public Enemies on the Rock (1997)
  • Secrets of Alcatraz (1992)
  • Secrets of The Rock: Return to Alcatraz (1995)
  • Sharkatraz (2016)
  • Surviving Alcatraz (2007)

NATURAL HISTORY

  • Animal Oddities (2008)
  • Crocodile Wranglers (2000)
  • Croc Terror: Man-Eating Monster (2020)
  • Devoured: Return Of The Man-Eating Super Snake (2012)
  • Devoured: Return Of The Man-Eating Super Snake: Supersized (2014)
  • Fish Warrior (2010)
  • Fishzilla: Snakehead Invasion (2007)
  • Hooked (2007-2010)
  • Hooked Again: Monster Fish (2007)
  • Hooked: Caught Barehanded (2007)
  • Hooked: Monster Fish (2006)
  • Hooked: Monster Hauls (2009)
  • Hooked V (2009-2010)
  • How Big Can It Get? (2010)
  • Killer Aliens (2009)
  • Killer Hornets From Hell (2015)
  • Killer Swarms (2016)
  • Madman of the Sea (2009)
  • Man-Eating Super Croc (2012)
  • Man-Eating Super Snake (2011)
  • Man Eating Super Squid (2013)
  • Man Eating Super Squid: Monster Invasion (2014)
  • Man Eating Super Wolves (2014)
  • Man Eating Zombie Cats (2014)
  • Man vs. Fish with Matt Watson (2009)
  • More Animal Oddities (2007)
  • More Hooked (2008)
  • PetLine (1997)
  • Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue" (2017)
  • Serial Killer Tiger At Large (2014)
  • Shark Battleground: The Red Triangle (2007)
  • Shark Terror: The Real Jaws (2019)
  • Skeleton, Inc. (2011)
  • Stuffed (2010)
  • Weird, True & Freaky (2008-2010)
  • Weird True & Freaky: Real Monsters (2016)
  • When Snakes Bite (2000)
  • Wild Guide (1993, 1996)
  • World’s Weirdest (2013)

HISTORY

  • Berlin Wall: Escape to Freedom (2005)
  • Best Ranger Competition (2005)
  • Best Ranger Competition (2006)
  • Command Decisions (2004)
  • Deadly Duels" (1996)
  • Devil's Bible (2008)
  • Hidden Armor, Found Treasures (2007)
  • Mardi Gras (2000)
  • Secrets of the Gold Rush (1994)
  • Secrets of the Wine Country (1995)
  • Seized & Sold: The Madoff Auction (2010)
  • The Guillotine (1997)
  • Witch Hunter's Bible (2009)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

  • Are We Cannibals? (2004)
  • Billion Dollar Elements: Copper (2020)
  • Billion Dollar Mega Mine' (2020)
  • Bridging the Golden Gate (2006)
  • Challenging Niagara (2006)
  • Climate Quiz with Bill Nye (2007)
  • Conquering Niagara (2007)
  • Crash Science (2007)
  • Critical Decisions (2006)
  • Disaster Detectives (1999)
  • Garbage Mountain (2006)
  • Geo-Challenge (2006)
  • Hit By Lightning (2000)
  • Home Theater Revolution (2005)
  • How's That Work? (2002-2003)
  • Impossible Bridges: Golden Gate Bridge (2007)
  • Inside Moonshine (2006)
  • Made In America (2011)
  • MegaBrew (2006)
  • MegaStructures (2006-2008)
  • Money Factory (2006)
  • Monster Truck Tech (2005)
  • Monster Waves (2000)
  • Moonshine (2007)
  • Mother of All (2004)
  • Motorcycle Lightning (2002)
  • nD-Structible (2003)
  • Nextfest (2004-2006)
  • Of Mice and Women (2006)
  • One Too Many (2006)
  • Raw to Ready (2013)[7]
  • S.O.S. The Science of Speedboat Accidents (2005)
  • Science Smackdown (2003)
  • Serendipity (2002)
  • Size It Up (2004)
  • Thrill Zone: Crash Science (2006)
  • Thrill Zone: Extreme Powerboats (2005)
  • Ultimate Factories (2007–2008)
  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (2014-2015)
  • When Disasters Strike (2005)
  • Wired NextFest (2005, 2006)

CRIME

  • Behind The Screams (2015)
  • Chain Gang Girls (2008)
  • Chain Gang: Maricopa County (2009)
  • Country Justice (2011)
  • Extreme Forensics (2008)
  • I, Detective (2001–2006 original, and 2014 repackaged episodes)
  • Interrogation Room (2005)
  • Jeffrey Dahmer: Killer Cannibal (2019)
  • John Wayne Gacy: Killer Clown's Revenge (2019)
  • Law On The Border (2012)
  • Robberies of the Century (2001)
  • Solved: Extreme Forensics (2009)
  • Ted Bundy: Serial Monster" (2018)
  • Ted Bundy: The Survivors (2020)
  • True Crime (1999)

LIFESTYLE

  • Best Food Ever (2009-2010)
  • Extreme Funerals (2002)
  • Extreme Parenting (2007)
  • Fantastic Food Factories (2006)
  • Fix-It Line (1998)
  • Food Crazy (2004)
  • From Tree to Table (2006)
  • Generation Trap (2002)
  • Ghost Detectives (2001)
  • Instant Millionaires (2001)
  • Jeremiah Bullfrog Forks It (2017)
  • Mortuary School (2001)
  • Quintessentials (2005)
  • Quit Your Job (2007)
  • Real Ghosthunters (1999)
  • Subterraneans 1 & 2 (2001, 2003)
  • Texas Homewreckers" (2017)
  • The Launch (2003)
  • Ties That Bind (2001)
  • Top Ten 401K Mistakes (2007)
  • Top Ten Travel (2001-2003)
  • Trashmen (2009)
  • Travel Channel's Top Ten (2001–2004)
  • What's Your Time Worth? (2007)
  • World's Best (2002)

BRANDED

  • Breitling: The Aviator’s Watch (2013)
  • Mining Impossible (2019)
  • Super Factories: Breitling (2012)

AUTOMOTIVE

  • CARnivore (2011)
  • Detroit Steel (2017)
  • Donkmaster (2019)
  • Green Wheels (2007)
  • Mobsteel (2015)
  • Paint Job (2005)
  • Ride of Honor (2011)
  • Seduced by Speed (2020)
  • Speedmakers (2010-2011)
  • Tough Love Garage (2011)
  • Wet Paint (2005)

References
  1. "About Hoff Productions". Hoff Productions. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-01. Since 1994, Michael Hoff and his staff have created factual programming of various genres, from wildlife and technology to crime and the paranormal. Hoff's clients have included Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel, Investigation Discovery, WEtv, Weather Channel, Fine Living Network, Military Channel, FOX, TLC, TruTV, Science Channel, Discovery Health Channel, TV One, Travel Channel, PBS, Speed Channel, NGC Wild and HGTV.
  2. "History's(R) New Unscripted Series "Detroit Steel" Celebrates the Motor City's Rich Automotive Legacy by Bringing Custom Rides to Life". Futon Critic. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  3. "Animals Gone Wild". Nat Geo Wild. Nat Geo Wild. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. D'Alessandro, Anthony (8 January 2015). "Safety First On Science Channel Stunt Show 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong?' – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. Walsh, Barry (24 August 2012). "Hoff Productions teams with Breitling, Travolta for branded doc". Real Screen. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. "Search for ""Michael Hoff""". DocumentaryBusiness.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  7. "Raw to Ready". PBS. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
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