Sheila Nevins
Known For: Production
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: April 6, 1939 (86 years old)
Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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 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. She joined MTV in 2019.
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
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The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm
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Bleed Out
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Outside the Bubble: On the Road with Alexandra Pelosi
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The Emperor's Newest Clothes
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A Dangerous Son
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RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee
2017
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Arthur Miller: Writer
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Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show
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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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Cries from Syria
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Meth Storm
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Mommy Dead and Dearest
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I Am Evidence
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Warning: This Drug May Kill You
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Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy
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War Dog: A Soldier's Best Friend
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Traffic Stop
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Becoming Warren Buffett
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The Words That Built America
2016
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Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?
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Suited
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Class Divide
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Risky Drinking
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Jim: The James Foley Story
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Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing
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Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper
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Abortion: Stories Women Tell
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Clínica de Migrantes: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
2015
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
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Thought Crimes
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Cobain: Montage of Heck
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The Latin Explosion: A New America
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Everything Is Copy
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A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
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Living With Lincoln
2014
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Private Violence
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The Case Against 8
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Paycheck to Paycheck: The Life & Times of Katrina Gilbert
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All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
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Banksy Does New York
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Citizenfour
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My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
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Terror at the Mall
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No One Dies in Lily Dale
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The Loving Story
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Gloria: In Her Own Words
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Reagan
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Koran by Heart
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Journey Into Dyslexia
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Hot Coffee
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The Education of Dee Dee Ricks
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Mann v. Ford
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There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
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Love Crimes Of Kabul
2010
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Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
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Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County
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Kevorkian
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One Thousand Pictures: RFK's Last Journey
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No Contract, No Cookies: The Stella D'Oro Strike
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Secrets of the Tribe
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A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
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For Neda
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I Can't Do This But I CAN Do That: A Film for Families about Learning Differences
2009
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Sergio
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The Trials of Ted Haggard
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The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
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Studs Terkel: Listening to America
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Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
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Make Me Young: Youth Knows No Pain
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Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions?
