Craig Piligian
Craig Piligian (born August 25, 1957) is an American television producer and the president and CEO of Pilgrim Films & Television. He created and produced The Ultimate Fighter, American Chopper, and Dirty Jobs for Discovery Channel, and won an Emmy in 2001 as a co-executive producer of Survivor. Dirty Jobs began in November 2003 and ran for eight years with more than 170 episodes. In 2004 he helped launch The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show about mixed martial arts, with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta. The Hollywood Reporter ranked him 18th on its 2012 list of the 50 Most Powerful People in Entertainment. In 2015 Lionsgate bought a major stake in Pilgrim Studios for $200 million. In 2016 he teamed with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to create The Runner for go90. In 2018 he worked on High on the Hog, a docuseries about African American food history. In April 2021 he became chair and president of Pilgrim Media Group. On January 18, 2025, he was announced as a Contributor Wing inductee of the UFC Hall of Fame. He is married to Lucinda Dickey and they have two children. He bought a historic ranch in Kansas in 2016 for $5.325 million.
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