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Sheila Nevins

Producer, documentarian
Sheila Nevins at the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors
Sheila Nevins & James Gandolfini at the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors
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Sheila Nevins

Producer, documentarian

April 6

Manhattan, New York

Sheila Nevins is an American television producer and the President of HBO Documentary Films.

She has produced over one thousand documentary films for HBO and is one of the most influential people in documentary filmmaking.

She has worked on productions that have been recognized with 35 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 42 Peabody Awards, and 26 Academy Awards.

Nevins has won 31 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other person.

updated 5.6.24

Sheila Nevins at the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors
Sheila Nevins & James Gandolfini at the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors
Awards & Nominations News & Features
79 Nominations
31 Emmys
1 Honor
2020 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 All
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking - 2020
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness In Three Movements
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and Vermilion Films
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2018
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Apatow Productions
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking - 2017
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Bloomfish Pictures and RatPac Documentary Films
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2016
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Becoming Mike Nichols
HBO
HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2016
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Film Manufacturers, Inc. and World of Wonder Productions
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2016
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Everything Is Copy - Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Consolidated Documentaries and Loveless Productions
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking - 2016
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Jim: The James Foley Story
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Kunhardt Films and Marigold Pictures
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2015
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Sky Atlantic and Jigsaw Productions
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2015
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Universal Pictures, Public Road Productions and The End of Music
Outstanding Children's Program - 2015
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass
HBO
HBO Family in association with Simon & Goodman Picture Company and YoungArts
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2015
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Case Against 8
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Tripod Media and a Moore's Filmed Goods and Services
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2013
Sheila Nevins
Ethel
HBO
Moxie Firecracker Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking - 2013
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God
HBO
HBO Documentary Films in association with Jigsaw Productions, Wider Film Projects and Below The Radar Films
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2013
Sheila Nevins
Manhunt: The Inside Story Of The Hunt For Bin Laden
HBO
Passion Pictures & Motto Pictures in association with HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Children's Program - 2013
Sheila Nevins
The Weight Of The Nation For Kids: Quiz Ed!
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine with Mackerel Sky Films, in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser
Outstanding Children's Program - 2013
Sheila Nevins
A YoungArts Masterclass
HBO
Simon & Goodman Picture Company and YoungArts in association with HBO Family
Outstanding Nonfiction Series - 2012
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Weight Of The Nation
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine, in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente
Outstanding Children's Nonfiction, Reality Or Reality-Competition Program - 2012
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Weight Of The Nation For Kids: The Great Cafeteria Takeover
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine with Mackerel Sky Films, in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2012
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Bobby Fischer Against The World
HBO
Moxie Firecracker in association with HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2012
Sheila Nevins, Produced By
Gloria: In Her Own Words
HBO
Kunhardt McGee Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films
Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking - 2012
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
HBO
@Radical.Media Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Children's Program - 2011
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
A Child's Garden Of Poetry
HBO
HBO Family in association with The Poetry Foundation
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - 2011
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Carrie Fisher In Wishful Drinking
HBO
A World of Wonder Production in association with HBO Documentary Films
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2010
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Sergio
HBO
Silverbridge Productions and Passion Pictures in association with Screen Pass Pictures, Impact Partners, Motto Pictures, BBC Storyville and HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2010
Sheila Nevins, Produced By
Teddy: In His Own Words
HBO
Kunhardt McGee Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2009
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
HBO
HBO Documentary Films
Governors Award - 2009
Sheila Nevins (and her HBO documentary unit), as Honoree
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2009
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum In Science (Parts 1 & 2)
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health in association with the Alzheimer's Association, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer's Initiative
Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program - 2009
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am? with Maria Shriver
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health in association with the Alzheimer's Association, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer's Initiative, and Planet Grande Pictures
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2009
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
The Memory Loss Tapes
HBO
HBO Documentary Films and the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health in association with the Alzheimer's Association, Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer's Initiative, and Sceneworks
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2008
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq
HBO
Attaboy Films in association with HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Children's Program - 2008
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show
HBO
HBO Family in association with The Poetry Foundation
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2008
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
White Light/Black Rain
HBO
Farallon Films in association with HBO Documentary Films
Outstanding Nonfiction Special - 2007
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Ghosts Of Abu Ghraib
HBO
Moxie Firecracker Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films and The Fledgling Fund
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2007
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts
HBO
40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks in association with HBO Documentary Films
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2005
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
America Undercover: Last Letters Home
HBO
Outstanding Children's Program - 2005
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Classical Baby
HBO
Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking - 2005
Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer
Death In Gaza
HBO

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