Sheila Nevins

About

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...

Known for

CitizenfourMovie • 2014The Zen Diaries of Garry ShandlingSeries • 2018When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSeries • 2006Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindMovie • 2018Cobain: Montage of HeckMovie • 2015Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie ReynoldsMovie • 2016Six by SondheimMovie • 2013Carrie Fisher: Wishful DrinkingMovie • 2010The Eternal MemoryMovie • 2023I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle CarterSeries • 20194 Little GirlsMovie • 1997Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefMovie • 2015Project NimMovie • 2011Mommy Dead and DearestMovie • 2017Marina Abramović: The Artist Is PresentMovie • 2012Arthur Miller: WriterMovie • 2017Everything Is CopyMovie • 2015I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleMovie • 2009The Celluloid ClosetMovie • 1996Traffic StopMovie • 2017A Girl in the River: The Price of ForgivenessMovie • 2015Banksy Does New YorkMovie • 2014Becoming Warren BuffettMovie • 2017There's Something Wrong with Aunt DianeMovie • 2011