Production
Sheila Nevins
EN, HE, ES, AB cinema · 186 credits
Born
6 April 1939 (age 87)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Sheila J. Nevins
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.
Known for
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Manhood
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Ask E. Jean
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Musk. Check One Two
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Cutting Through Rocks
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Vanishing: A Love Story
2025
Vanishing: A Love Story
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The ABCs of Book Banning
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Death Without Mercy
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After the Rain: Putin's Stolen Children Come Home
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The Path Forward
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I Am Ready, Warden
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Chasing Roo
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Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
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Last Song from Kabul
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Mourning in Lod
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Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later
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The Eternal Memory
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Pay or Die
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Afghan Dreamers
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Alive in Bronze
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Anastasia
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Last Flight Home
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Omoiyari
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The Fire That Took Her
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Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
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A Life Too Short
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Lynching Postcards: Token of a Great Day
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My Father the Mover
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American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself
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Gay Chorus Deep South
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Liberty: Mother of Exiles
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Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America
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Finding the Way Home
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St. Louis Superman
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17 Blocks
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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
Screenplay
A Dangerous Son
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RX: Early Detection - A Cancer Journey with Sandra Lee
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Arthur Miller: Writer
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Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show
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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
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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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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
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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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Becoming Mike Nichols
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Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
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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
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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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Six by Sondheim
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Life According to Sam
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An Apology to Elephants
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Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
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About Face: Supermodels Then and Now
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First Cousin Once Removed
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Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
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Mondays at Racine
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Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce
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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
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Project Nim
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Vito
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Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County
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Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
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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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For Neda
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I Can't Do This But I CAN Do That: A Film for Families about Learning Differences
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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?
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The Final Inch
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Andrew Jenks, Room 335
2008
Andrew Jenks, Room 335
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The Boys from Baghdad High
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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery
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Dirty Driving: Thundercars Of Indiana
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Portraits of a Lady
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Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi
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Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
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I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
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Katie Morgan's Porn 101
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
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Baghdad ER
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Wide Awake
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A Rape in a Small Town: The Florence Holway Story
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Xiara's Song
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I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me
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The End
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The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality
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Last Letters Home
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Elaine Stritch at Liberty
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Looking for Fidel
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Indian Point: Imagining the Unimaginable
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
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'Twas the Night - A Holiday Celebration
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The Virtual Corpse
2003
The Virtual Corpse
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Persona Non Grata
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Comandante
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Journeys with George
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Thoth
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And Along Came a Spider
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Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001
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Southern Comfort
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
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Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks
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Broken Child
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101 Rent Boys
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Cancer: Evolution to Revolution
2000
Cancer: Evolution to Revolution
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American Hollow
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Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
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The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years
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Life of Crime 2
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
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Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
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Kids Are Punny
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The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row
1997
The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row
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4 Little Girls
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Twins: The Divided Self
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Without Pity: A Film About Abilities
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The Celluloid Closet
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Prisoners of the War on Drugs
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
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Memphis PD: War on the Streets
1996
Memphis PD: War on the Streets
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5 American Handguns - 5 American Kids
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Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
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Mob Stories
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Educating Peter
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Abortion: Desperate Choices
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