Richard Skipper Celebrates Sheila Nevins 10/19/2022

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Sheila Nevins is currently serving as an Executive Producer at MTV Documentary Films / Paramount+. Sheila is the former president of HBO Documentary Films and Family Programming. At MTV Documentary Films, in just under 3 years, Sheila has led the development and production of over thirty films. In 2020, MTV Documentary Films' "St. Louis Superman", received an Academy Award Nomination, as well as a Critics Choice Award and was also a DuPont Awards Finalist. In 2021, "76 Days" was shortlisted for an Academy Award, and received both an Emmy and a Peabody Award. "Hunger Ward" was nominated for an Academy Award and was a DuPont Awards Finalist. "Finding Yingying" received a News and Documentary Emmy Nomination. In the same year, "Ascension", "Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Lyendecker", and "Lynching Postcards: 'Token of a Great Day'" were all shortlisted for the Academy Awards. "Ascension" was also nominated for 6 Critics Choice Awards and then went on, in 2022, to be nominated for the Academy Awards. At the NAACP Image Awards, "Lynching Postcards: 'Token of a Great Day'" won Outstanding Short Form Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction. At HBO, Sheila was responsible for overseeing the development and production of more than 1500 programs for HBO, HBO2 and Cinemax. As an executive producer or producer, she has received 32 Primetime Emmy® Awards, 35 News and Documentary Emmys® and 42 George Foster Peabody Awards. During her tenure, HBO’s critically acclaimed documentaries won 26 Academy Awards®.

Sheila is a member of the Writers Guild of America.