Sheila Nevins

Nevins previously ran MTV Documentary Films from 2019 to 2024 and was the President of HBOs 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 Televisions Great Dream Machine a field producer for an ABC television documentary unit a writer for TimeLife Films a producerwriter for the Childrens Television Workshop a producer for CBSTVs Whos 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