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Though he has more than a dozen productions, the New York-based Corwin continues to add to his arsenal.

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The success of tattoo competition series Ink Masters helped put Spike on the map, Swamp People boosted History’s stock (and has a spinoff on the way) and Comic Book Men, set at Kevin Smith’s New Jersey comics store, was AMC’s first foray into the unscripted realm.

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When Corwin, 39, isn’t also juggling features (The Toxic Avenger remake, Sunlight Jr. with Naomi Watts), he’s looking for big TV personalities with unique stories: “The worlds of Kevin Smith and tattoos are perfect examples of that.”