President | Executive Producer, Showrunner, & Writer
Dave Check is an established veteran of original programming, amassing over 25 EMMYs and a Peabody Award over three decades. After a 17-year run as the Executive Producer of MLB Productions, he now spearheads his own company specializing in unscripted storytelling, Check Point Productions.
Notably, Check served as EP on two 30 for 30 films: the Peabody-winning “Four Days in October”, and the critically-acclaimed “Brothers in Exile,” which was heralded by Sports Illustrated as the best sports documentary of the year. Check also played significant roles in two of the top-selling sports home videos of all-time: Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me, (1989: Writer/Associate Producer) and Faith Rewarded: The Story of the 2004 Boston Red Sox. (Executive Producer).
After starting his career at NBA Entertainment in 1987, Check joined MLB Productions as its Executive Producer in 1998. He supervised over 70 hours of premium award winning original programming annually, directing editorial and mentoring over 40 staffers. Infusing his production expertise into deal making, Check played a vital role in creating new programming opportunities. As such, he was instrumental in adding high profile partners to the roster of MLB Productions’ clients including FOX, ESPN, HBO, Showtime, EPIX, MLB Network, YES Network, and SNY.
In 2011, Check led the launch of the new Showtime series, The Franchise and presided over the production of the groundbreaking episodic that won a National Sports EMMY for Best Edited Series. At the same time, he helped jumpstart and later steward a co-production between MLB and HBO— Derek Jeter 3K —which chronicled the Yankee Captain’s memorable journey to 3000 hits. He was also a co-Executive Producer on the acclaimed documentary Fastball.
In March of 2015, Check started Check Point Productions. Soon after, Showtime Sports recruited Check to serve as Executive Producer/Writer of A Season with Notre Dame Football, a documentary series that featured 13 episodes over the course of 14 weeks. He returned in 2016 (Florida State) and 2017 (Naval Academy), immersing himself in all facets of production. Putting a premium on storytelling, quick turnaround content and access, A Season with... has been critically acclaimed.
Check continued to produce premium long form content for Showtime, show-running a 4-part series on sports gambling, Action, that premiered in late March 2019. In recent years, he was EP/Writer on two ESPN+ series: SneakerCenter–an 8-part sneaker culture series–and Quest For The Stanley Cup–an all-access quick turnaround series documenting the 2021 NHL playoffs. Most recently, he spearheaded production on an 8-part series on Texas high school football for HBO Max & Curiosity Stream, titled 4th and Forever: Desoto, and served as the key Executive Producer on Facing Nolan, the definitive documentary on Texas baseball legend Nolan Ryan, which premiered at SXSW in March of 2022.
In addition, Check has expanded into storytelling beyond sports, teaming up with acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh to serve as Executive Producer/Show-runner for a 5-part series on military justice, Leavenworth, for STARZ in 2019.
