About

Fred Grinstein is a media executive/ creator/ founder based in Playa Vista, CA. With a seasoned background in film/ TV and new ventures in Web3, his mission is to build out the bridges between traditional content and web3 communities seizing the opportunities provided by the blockchain. Working for Jaeson Ma and Eric Tu’s web3 label Op3n/ EST Studios, he served as a Senior Creative Executive building out new DAO, NFT, and Play-to-Earn experiences for the soon to be launched web3 superapp.

 

Previously he served as Executive Producer & Head of Non-Fiction Programming at Steve Golin’s Anonymous Content where projects include the HBO true crime series “Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall”, directed by Erin Lee Carr, “At the Ready” from filmmaker Maisie Crow, Official Selection in the 2021 Sundance Documentary Competition, and an untitled social justice feature film for Shopify Studios, helmed by Geeta Gandbhir.

 

As an independent producer, new credits include “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power”, official selection for the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival co-directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, produced with Participant Media in association with The Atlantic; “Murders Before the Marathon”, an upcoming mini-series for ABC News/ Hulu produced with Story Syndicate, an arthouse feature doc partnered with Bona Fide Films, as well as a feature doc following CA Governor Gavin Newsom in collaboration with XTR.

Previously Grinstein played a key role in the launch of Viceland, collaborating with Filmmaker and Creative Director Spike Jonze to start up the youth-skewing channel, projects include ”Weediquette”, “Flophouse“, ”Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia”, “Twiz and Tuck” and Ondi Timoner’s “Jungletown“. He was also a Senior Director of Programming at A&E for 5 years where he was responsible for hit series “Storage Wars”, ”Crazy Hearts: Nashville”, ”Dogs of War”, ”Dog the Bounty Hunter”, and ”Psychic Kids”.