Selected Credits
Where the work has lived
A career spent inside production companies
and on platforms where those shows premiered.
We started in unscripted in 1999 and have spent the past few decades adapting to new formats, new platforms, and new ways of making the numbers work.
Our budgets and production plans come from current, hands-on production experience: what things cost, how crews work, and where the surprises tend to hide.
We build plans we'd be willing to produce ourselves.
Founder, Top Sheet Productions
Top Sheet Productions was founded by Carrie Riley-Paul, a television production executive with more than 25 years of experience leading productions from concept through delivery. Having managed hundreds of productions for networks, studios, and production companies, she specializes in building the operational systems that keep projects on budget and smoothly running.
She founded Top Sheet Productions to help producers and production companies develop realistic budgets, build production schedules, and establish the operational infrastructure every successful production depends on.
I always love working with Carrie Paul. She brings so much knowledge and care to every budget, and has a great way of making even the most complicated projects feel manageable. She is thoughtful, collaborative, and always focused on finding the best path forward for the production.
You can find people who are professional and you can find people who are loyal, but it's increasingly rare to find someone who is both in reality television. Carrie started working with my father 25 years ago, and we collaborated together nearly 25 years later. You'd be hard-pressed to find anybody better equipped at overseeing production in reality television, and you can definitely trust her with the books. She's the best.
Carrie is a dream to work with. Her expertise in all things budgeting, production, logistics, and general problem solving saved us countless times. But what makes her truly world-class is her creativity and personality.
A career spent inside production companies
and on platforms where those shows premiered.
Contact us: carrie@topsheetproductions.com · 818.625.5405