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Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
Born
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Andrea Blaugrund
  • Andrea Nevins
Occupations
SpouseDavid Nevins

Andrea Blaugrund Nevinsis a writer, director, and producer living inLos Angeles.

Biography[edit]

Nevins was born in New York City, where she attended theChapin School.[1][2]Her father is Dr. Stanley Blaugrund, the former Director of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. Her mother, Dr. Annette Blaugrund, was Senior Curator of Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society, and guest curator at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, L.I.[3]Nevins credits the work of Barbara Kopple and Errol Morris as early inspirations.[4]

Nevins graduated from Harvard University where she took visual arts classes and majored in Social Studies.[5]Her thesis was titledThe Renaissance of a Housing Project: D Street and Its People.[6]

Early career[edit]

After graduating she gained experience as a sports reporter in North Carolina and was a staff writer forThe Gainesville Sunfrom 1986 until October 1988. One of her newspaper articles featured noted environmental activistKiki Carter.[7]Nevins and two other staff writers, Mitch Stacy and Lisa Trei, won first place in the Excellence in Medical Journalism Awards for a six-part series titled "Too Poor to be Sick."[8]She worked at National Public Radio's All Things Considered in Washington, D.C., and for Peter Jennings' documentary series, Peter Jennings: Reporting, where she won an Emmy for her work on gun control.[9]She married David Nevins in 1996 who later became an executive with Showtime and CCO of CBS[10]

Nevins worked on a 1994 documentary for A&E onHillary ClintontitledHillary Rodham Clinton: Changing the Rules[11]and a 1995 documentary onJesse JacksontitledI Am Somebody.[12][13]In 1998, she was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Documentary (Short Subject) for her first independent filmStill Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.[14]She shared credit with directorMel Damskiwho directed episodes of the hit television showsM*A*S*HandBarnaby Jones.[15]

Documentary Features[edit]

In 2008, Nevins directed and produced the feature documentaryThe Other F Word.The choices Nevins made as director surprised critics with "ironic twists" that showed how former punk rockers "balance their anarchic personalities with 21st century parenting."[16]Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime purchasedThe Other F Word.Oscilloscope's Adam Yauch had reservations about the premise of the documentary before seeing it, but said he was glad he "didn't go with my first instinct" and called it a "beautiful and touching film."[17]
Nevins' additional directorial projects are:

  • Hysterical,a 2021 FX Original, premiering at SXSW.[18]
  • Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie,a Hulu Original, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs[19]in 2018.
  • State of Play: Happiness,aired on HBO in 2014
  • Play it Forward,chosen to premiere at the Opening Gala of the 2015 Tribeca / ESPN Sports Film Festival[20]

Personal life[edit]

In 1996, she marriedDavid NevinsonShelter Island Heights,New York.[21]They have three children and live in Los Angeles. She is a founding member ofIKAR,apost-denominational Jewishcongregation[22]which was named one of the 50 most influential Jewish non-profits.[23]Nevins volunteers with UNICEF USA and sits on the regional board of directors for Southern California.[24]She is also the founder, along with Los Angeles’ First Lady, Amy Elaine Wakeland, and several other women, of The XX Fund, a donor advised fund to help under served women and girls in Los Angeles.[25]

References[edit]

  1. ^"The Chapin School: Alumnae Class Representatives".
  2. ^"The Other F Word (2010/2011)".www.coveringmedia.com.Covering Media, LLC.Retrieved11 March2015.
  3. ^"Andrea Blaugrund and David Nevins".The New York Times.September 1996.Retrieved11 March2015.
  4. ^Simkovich, Don."Rare Bird Films: Documenting the Human Experience".Where We Live Work Play.Don Simkovich and Associates.Retrieved7 April2015.
  5. ^"The Other F Word: Beat Film Festival 2012".2012.beatfilmfestival.ru.Retrieved11 March2015.
  6. ^The renaissance of a housing project: D Street and its people.OCLC.OCLC11011251.Retrieved11 March2015– via www.worldcat.org.
  7. ^Ogunseitan, Oladele(2011-05-03).Radon and Basements, Further Reading.SAGE Publications.ISBN9781452266213.Retrieved11 March2015.
  8. ^"Health-care series wins first place".The Gainesville Sun.New York Times. July 26, 1989.Retrieved12 March2015.
  9. ^"ABC Wins 15/43 News Documentary Emmys".No. Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^"CBS Names Two Showtime Executives to Senior Positions".
  11. ^"Hillary Rodham Clinton: changing the rules".ablsurpass.mccsc.edu.Surpass Safari.Retrieved31 March2015.
  12. ^"Jesse Jackson I Am Somebody".www.buffalolib.org.Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2015.Retrieved31 March2015.
  13. ^"Woodstock Film Festival, The Other F Word".www.woodstockfilmfestival.com.Hudson Valley Film Commission.Retrieved20 March2015.
  14. ^"1998 Oscars Documentary (Short Subject)".oscars.org.Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Retrieved31 March2015.
  15. ^Roberts, Jerry (5 June 2009).Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors.Scarecrow Press.ISBN9780810863781.Retrieved31 March2015– viaGoogle Books.
  16. ^Dretzka, Gary."Janie Jones; The Other F Word; Last Fast Ride".www.moviecitynews.com.Movie City News.Retrieved31 March2015.
  17. ^"Oscilloscope and Showtime Buy Punk Rock Dad Doc The Other F Word".www.indiewire.com.SnagFilms. 15 May 2011.Retrieved31 March2015.
  18. ^Daniele, Alcinii."SXSW '21:" Hysterical "," WeWork "among documentary premieres".Realscreen.Retrieved10 February2021.
  19. ^"Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie".www.hotdocs.ca.
  20. ^"Rare Bird Films: Projects: Play it Forward".Rare Bird Films.Retrieved4 April2015.
  21. ^New York Times: "Andrea Blaugrund and David Nevins"September 1, 1996
  22. ^IKAR Our Storyretrieved October 24, 2017
  23. ^"Slingshot Fund".Slingshot Fund.Retrieved2018-02-18.
  24. ^"Southern California Regional Board".Unicefusa.org.Unicef United States.Retrieved11 April2015.
  25. ^"Homepage".The XX Fund.Retrieved2018-02-18.

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