Sheila Nevins Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Sheila Nevins

Sheila Nevins

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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.

Filmography Movies

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Arthur Miller: Writer movie poster
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Arthur Miller: Writer

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Arthur Miller: Writer
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Six by Sondheim movie poster
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Six by Sondheim

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Six by Sondheim
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Private Violence movie poster
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Private Violence

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Private Violence
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Sergio

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Sergio
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Going to Pot: The High and Low of It movie poster
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Going to Pot: The High and Low of It

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Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
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The Loving Story movie poster
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The Loving Story

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The Loving Story
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A Life Too Short movie poster
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A Life Too Short

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A Life Too Short
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My Father the Mover movie poster
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My Father the Mover

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My Father the Mover
Executive Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God movie poster
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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The End movie poster
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The End

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The End
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