Known For
Production
Born
Apr 06, 1939
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
195 titles
Sheila Nevins
Biography
Nevins previously ran MTV Documentary Films from 2019 to 2024, 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 Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association. Nevins was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2000. She began her career with the United States Information Service in Washington, DC, which produced and distributed documentary programs around the world. Nevins was a producer for National Education Television's Great Dream Machine, a field producer for an ABC television documentary unit, a writer for Time-Life Films, a producer-writer for the Children's Television Workshop, a producer for CBS-TV's Who's Who program, and president of Spinning Reels, a production company. She joined HBO in 1979 as director of documentary programming. Nevins was named executive vice president, original programming, for HBO and Cinemax in 1999 and President of Documentary and Family in 2005.
Known For
Filmography
Outposts: Nothing Here is Yours
Producer
Tribeca 25
Self
Ask E. Jean
Executive Producer
Manhood
Executive Producer
Children No More: Were and Are Gone
Producer
Cutting Through Rocks
Executive Producer
Vanishing: A Love Story
Executive Producer
Chasing Roo
Executive Producer
The Path Forward
Executive Producer
After the Rain: Putin's Stolen Children Come Home
Executive Producer
Death Without Mercy
Executive Producer
I Am Ready, Warden
Executive Producer
The ABCs of Book Banning
Producer
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later
Executive Producer
Pay or Die
Executive Producer
Last Song from Kabul
Executive Producer
The Eternal Memory
Executive Producer
Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Executive Producer
Rosie's Theater Kids
Producer
Mourning in Lod
Executive Producer
The Fire That Took Her
Executive Producer
Last Flight Home
Executive Producer
Anastasia
Executive Producer
Afghan Dreamers
Executive Producer
Alive in Bronze
Executive Producer
Omoiyari
Executive Producer
Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
Executive Producer
Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
Executive Producer
A Life Too Short
Executive Producer
American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself
Executive Producer
My Father the Mover
Executive Producer
Finding the Way Home
Executive Producer
Liberty: Mother of Exiles
Executive Producer
Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America
Executive Producer
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
Executive Producer
Gay Chorus Deep South
Executive Producer
17 Blocks
Executive Producer
St. Louis Superman
Executive Producer
The Emperor's Newest Clothes
Screenplay
Bleed Out
Executive Producer
Outside the Bubble: On the Road with Alexandra Pelosi
Executive Producer
A Dangerous Son
Executive Producer
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Executive Producer
The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm
Executive Producer
RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee
Executive Producer
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Executive Producer
Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show
Executive Producer
15: A Quinceañera Story
Executive Producer
Arthur Miller: Writer
Executive Producer
Traffic Stop
Executive Producer