In sign of strange cable era, MTV hires one of the most prolific Oscar and Emmy winners of all time
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Sheila Nevins, Julian Schnabel, Louise Kugelberg, and Kathrine Narducci attend the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Jury Lunch at Tribeca Grill Loft on April 25, 2019 in New York City. Nevins has just been hired to run MTV's new documentary unit. By Steven Zeitchik Steven Zeitchik Reporter covering the business of entertainment in the U.S.
MTV announced the hire with news that Nevins will launch MTV Documentary Films, an expansion of sorts of its News and Docs unit that can “shepherd a new generation of documentary filmmakers exploring issues that impact youth." At HBO, Nevins’s movies and series garnered 28 Oscars. She also has personally won 34 prime-time Emmys, believed to be a record. The gay rights examination “The Case Against 8,” the Edward Snowden-centric “Citizenfour” and the Scientology investigation “Going Clear” are among a few of the recent films produced during her tenure.
But as digital media scrambles audiences and forces a business-model rethink, HBO now has one of the most talked-about hits among young people with “Game of Thrones.” And as of Tuesday, MTV has the pre-eminent architect of award-decorated documentaries. Nevins said she thought MTV was the perfect role. “There’s no job quite like this because there’s no audience quite like this," she said.
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