Sheila Nevins

Personal Info

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Production

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-04-06 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Sheila Nevins

Biography

Nevins runs MTV Documentary Films and was the President of HBO's Documentary and Family Programming from 2005 - 2018. She earned a bachelor of the arts degree from Barnard Collegeand a master of fine arts degree from Yale University. Nevins produced documentaries before joining HBO in 1979. Nevins has overseen production of nearly 500 documentaries, earning eleven Oscars, 31 Primetime Emmys, 19 Academy Awards, 22 News and Documentary Emmys and 18 George Foster Peabody awards for HBO and one personal George Foster Peabody award. She also received a 2005 News and Documentary Emmy for Lifetime Achievement. She received the 1998 Lifetime Achievem...

Production

2017

Arthur Miller: Writer

as Executive Producer

2013

Six by Sondheim

as Executive Producer

2014

Private Violence

as Executive Producer

2009

Sergio

as Executive Producer

2021

2011

The Loving Story

as Executive Producer

2020

My Father the Mover

as Executive Producer

2021

A Life Too Short

as Executive Producer

2004

The End

as Executive Producer

2016

2009

The Trials of Ted Haggard

as Executive Producer

2002

Journeys with George

as Executive Producer

2011

Gloria: In Her Own Words

as Executive Producer

2011

Reagan

as Executive Producer

2010

Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking

as Executive Producer

2016

Suited

as Executive Producer

2019

Gay Chorus Deep South

as Executive Producer

2011

Koran by Heart

as Executive Producer

2010

Kevorkian

as Executive Producer

2012

1998

Life of Crime 2

as Executive Producer

2011

Journey Into Dyslexia

as Executive Producer

2009

2011

Hot Coffee

as Executive Producer

2012

First Cousin Once Removed

as Executive Producer

2013

Life According to Sam

as Executive Producer

2008

Andrew Jenks, Room 335

as Executive Producer

2011

The Education of Dee Dee Ricks

as Executive Producer

2004

Last Letters Home

as Executive Producer

2014

The Case Against 8

as Executive Producer

2013

An Apology to Elephants

as Executive Producer

2023

2023

Last Song from Kabul

as Executive Producer

2023

The Eternal Memory

as Executive Producer

2023

Mourning in Lod

as Executive Producer

2022

Alive in Bronze

as Executive Producer

2022

Afghan Dreamers

as Executive Producer

1992

Educating Peter

as Producer

2006

Baghdad ER

as Executive Producer

1993

Mob Stories

as Executive Producer

2004

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

as Executive Producer

2009

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

as Executive Producer

2014

Banksy Does New York

as Executive Producer

2009

2001

Southern Comfort

as Executive Producer

2014

Citizenfour

as Executive Producer

2015

Thought Crimes

as Executive Producer

2015

Cobain: Montage of Heck

as Executive Producer

2011

Mann v. Ford

as Executive Producer

2007

2008

The Boys from Baghdad High

as Executive Producer

1996

2002

Thoth

as Executive Producer

2009

2016

Class Divide

as Producer

2014

Terror at the Mall

as Executive Producer

2015

2022

Anastasia

as Executive Producer

2022

Last Flight Home

as Executive Producer

2017

2018

1998

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Executive Producer

2024

Death Without Mercy

as Executive Producer

2015

Everything Is Copy

as Executive Producer

2010

Secrets of the Tribe

as Executive Producer

1998

Kids Are Punny

as Executive Producer

2016

Risky Drinking

as Executive Producer

2017

Cries from Syria

as Executive Producer

2016

Jim: The James Foley Story

as Executive Producer

2016

1996

Prisoners of the War on Drugs

as Executive Producer

2005

Xiara's Song

as Executive Producer

2017

Meth Storm

as Executive Producer

2017

Mommy Dead and Dearest

as Executive Producer

2003

The Virtual Corpse

as Executive Producer

2017

I Am Evidence

as Executive Producer

2017

Warning: This Drug May Kill You

as Executive Producer

2003

Persona Non Grata

as Executive Producer

2003

Comandante

as Executive Producer

2004

Looking for Fidel

as Executive Producer

2017

2018

2017

Traffic Stop

as Executive Producer

2023

Pay or Die

as Executive Producer

2009

2007

Katie Morgan's Porn 101

as Executive Producer

2022

Omoiyari

as Executive Producer

2018

Bleed Out

as Executive Producer

2019

Liberty: Mother of Exiles

as Executive Producer

2018

A Dangerous Son

as Executive Producer

2019

Finding the Way Home

as Executive Producer

2003

And Along Came a Spider

as Executive Producer

2019

St. Louis Superman

as Executive Producer

2010

For Neda

as Executive Producer

2011

Love Crimes Of Kabul

as Executive Producer

1995

1997

4 Little Girls

as Executive Producer

2016

Abortion: Stories Women Tell

as Executive Producer

1992

Abortion: Desperate Choices

as Executive Producer

2017

Becoming Warren Buffett

as Executive Producer

2015

Living With Lincoln

as Executive Producer

1999

American Hollow

as Executive Producer

2008

2008

Portraits of a Lady

as Executive Producer

2017

The Words That Built America

as Executive Producer

2006

Wide Awake

as Executive Producer

2019

17 Blocks

as Executive Producer

2024

The Path Forward

as Executive Producer

2024

I Am Ready, Warden

as Executive Producer

2024

Chasing Roo

as Executive Producer

2000

Broken Child

as Producer

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You'll Be Happier

as Executive Producer

2011

Project Nim

as Executive Producer

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