Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevins
Sheila Nevinsis 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 65 Emmy Awards, 46 Peabody Awards, and 26 Academy Awards. Nevins has won 29 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other person...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth6 April 1939
CountryUnited States of America
a singular creative force in what may be called high-impact television.
When a man is close to tears discussing his work and his lip quivers, he deserves bosses who punch back. I feel I would punch back for Dan.
This documentary is about tapping into a celebration of gay people and prejudice against gay families that is inherent in large parts of America. If anyone's going to bring this into someone's living room, it's Rosie. She is part of America's family.
respect mostly the people on the other side of the camera.
I get very nervous when it's quiet, because I think it's dead. What I learned in the moment was to hold back a little before you talk.
I didn't realize, actually, at the time how terribly important this documentary was. I didn't know that the issue of gay marriage, gay rights, gay adoption was going to actually become an issue that would probably tear this country apart.
If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If we did a documentary on Darwin, I'd get a thousand hate emails.
I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.
I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.
To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.
I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away,
I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.