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| name = Ezra Edelman |
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| birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. |
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| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |
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| occupation = [[Television director]], [[television producer]] |
| occupation = [[Television director]], [[television producer]] |
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| mother = [[Marian Wright Edelman]] |
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| father = [[Peter Edelman]] |
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'''Ezra Benjamin Edelman''' (born August 6, 1974) is |
'''Ezra Benjamin Edelman''' (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary producer and director. He won the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming]] for directing ''[[O.J.: Made in America]]'' (2016). |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Edelman was born in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]. He is the son of [[Marian Wright Edelman]], former civil rights leader and aide to [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and founder and president of the [[Children's Defense Fund]], and [[Peter Edelman]], former aide to Senator [[Robert F. Kennedy]], former [[Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation]], and professor at [[Georgetown University Law Center]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Green|first=Penelope|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/fashion/marian-wright-peter-edelman.html|title=After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers|date=February 7, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 23, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His father is [[Jewish]].<ref name="nytimes"/> He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and [[Jonah Edelman|Jonah]], co-founder and CEO of [[Stand for Children]]. His parents were the third interracial marriage in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's [[anti-miscegenation]] law in ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]''. |
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His paternal great-grandfather was a Polish rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust and his maternal grandfather was a Baptist minister; he was raised in both faiths.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last1=Lawson|first1=Carol|title=AT HOME WITH: Marian Wright Edelman; A Sense of Place Called Family|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/08/garden/at-home-with-marian-wright-edelman-a-sense-of-place-called-family.html|access-date=March 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=October 8, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Weiss Shulkin|first1=Mark|title=100 Years In America: A History of a Jewish family a century after Immigration|date=2011|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781462010431|page=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdtDAwx2Nk8C&pg=PA2|access-date=March 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Edelman graduated from [[Sidwell Friends School]] in [[Washington D.C.]] in July 1992,<ref name="Washington Post Graduation">{{cite news|first=Courtland|last=Malloy|title=Two Worlds Under a Cap and Gown|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/07/26/two-worlds-under-a-cap-and-gown/f2f2a20e-eefe-403c-a87f-0cdc57cb55a5/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|date=July 26, 1992}}</ref> before going on to earn his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Yale University]].<ref name="Shelly Insheiwat">{{cite web |url=http://www.foxla.com/good-day/good-day-la-celebrity-interviews/151374932-story |title=Filmmaker Ezra Edelman: ESPN Documentary 'O.J. Made in America' |last=Insheiwat |first=Shelly |work=Foxla.com |location=Los Angeles, CA |date=June 1, 2016 |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Directing and producing== |
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He is best known as the director of the 2010 [[HBO#Sports|HBO Sports]] documentary ''[[Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals]]'' and the [[Emmy Award]]-winning [[Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/inc/quickread/e3i7f0ef87bde3716122f37275054738804?KeepThis%3Dtrue%26TB_iframe%3Dtrue%26height%3D310%26width%3D600 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 14, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080506003005/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com:80/hr/content_display/inc/quickread/e3i7f0ef87bde3716122f37275054738804?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=310&width=600 |archivedate=May 6, 2008 }}</ref> He did a special on the former [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] called ''Requiem for the Big East''.<ref name="Washington Post Story">{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Steinberg|title=Ezra Edelman and ESPN’s ‘Requiem for the Big East’|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/12/ezra-edelman-and-espns-requiem-for-the-big-east/|work=[[Washington Post]]|accessdate=April 28, 2016|date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> Edelman also wrote and directed the 2016 five-part documentary series ''O.J. Simpson: Made in America'' for [[ESPN]]'s [[30 for 30]].<ref name="The Huffington Post">{{cite web|first1=Stephanie|last1=Marcus|first2=Maxwell|last2=Strachan|title=Everyone Is About To Know Ezra Edelman’s Name|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ezra-edelman-interview-made-in-america-oj-simpson-espn_us_571fb5a2e4b0b49df6a9537c|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=April 28, 2016|date=April 27, 2016}}</ref><ref>[[A.O. Scott]], [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/movies/oj-made-in-america-review.html "Review: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall,"] ''[[New York Times]]'', May 19, 2016.</ref> |
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==Career== |
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=== Documentary projects === |
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Edelman is best known for producing and directing the Academy Award-winning 2016 documentary film ''[[O.J.: Made in America]]'' for [[ESPN]]'s ''[[30 for 30]]''.<ref name="Anita Busch" /><ref name="Khal" /><ref>[[A.O. Scott]], [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/movies/oj-made-in-america-review.html "Review: 'O.J.: Made in America,' an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall,"] ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 19, 2016.</ref><ref name="Fresh Air">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/06/14/481993823/new-5-part-series-considers-the-perfect-perversity-of-the-o-j-simpson-case|title=New 5-Part Series Considers The 'Perfect Perversity' Of The O.J. Simpson Case|date=June 14, 2016|publisher=National Public Radio|work=Fresh Air|access-date=June 16, 2016|author=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref name="Miller">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/06/espn-director-ezra-edelman-oj-made-in-america|title=Why ESPN Gave Director Ezra Edelman Nearly Eight Hours for 'O.J.: Made in America'|last=Miller|first=James Andrew|date=June 10, 2016|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York, NY|access-date=June 16, 2016|magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref name="The Huffington Post" /><ref name="Shelly Insheiwat" /> In his Oscar acceptance speech, Edelman dedicated the award to [[Nicole Brown Simpson]] and [[Ron Goldman]], whom [[O. J. Simpson]] had been [[O. J. Simpson murder trial|tried and acquitted]] of murdering in 1995. Previously he directed three [[HBO#Sports programming|HBO Sports]] documentaries: ''[[Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals]]'',<ref name="Anita Busch">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/o-j-made-in-america-filmmaker-ezra-edelman-caa-1201751837/ |last=Busch |first=Anita |title='O.J.: Made In America' Filmmaker Ezra Edelman Lands At CAA |publisher=Deadline.com |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=May 9, 2016 |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Khal">{{cite web |url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2016/06/ezra-edelman-oj-made-in-america-interview |title=Ezra Edelman Made 'O.J.: Made in America' So White People Realize: "Black People Have Gone Through a Lot of Sh*t" |author=Khal |location=New York, NY |work=Complex |date=June 9, 2016 |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref name="The Huffington Post">{{cite web|first1=Stephanie|last1=Marcus|first2=Maxwell|last2=Strachan|title=Everyone Is About To Know Ezra Edelman's Name|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ezra-edelman-interview-made-in-america-oj-simpson-espn_us_571fb5a2e4b0b49df6a9537c|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=April 28, 2016|date=April 27, 2016}}</ref> ''The Curious Case of Curt Flood'' (2011)<ref name="Anita Busch"/> and the [[Emmy Award]]-winning ''[[Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush]]''.<ref name="Khal"/><ref name="Shelly Insheiwat"/><ref name="Gough">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-tops-sports-emmys-110537 |title=HBO Tops Sports Emmys |author=Gough, Paul J. |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=April 29, 2008 |location=Los Angeles, CA |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref> He also wrote and directed a special on the former [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] called ''Requiem for the Big East,'' also a part of the ''[[30 for 30]]'' series.<ref name="Washington Post Story">{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Steinberg|title=Ezra Edelman and ESPN's 'Requiem for the Big East'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/12/ezra-edelman-and-espns-requiem-for-the-big-east/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=April 28, 2016|date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> Edelman produced ''[[Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas]]'', an [[HBO]] documentary series that ran for two seasons. Edelman also produced ''[[Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.]]'' for HBO, revolving around [[Stax Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/stax-records-docuseries-set-at-hbo-jamila-wignot-ezra-edelman-1235014317/|title=Stax Records Docuseries Set At HBO From Jamila Wignot & Ezra Edelman|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=May 3, 2022|access-date=April 27, 2024}}</ref> |
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Edelman is set to direct a [[Roberto Clemente]] biopic for [[Legendary Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=Ezra Edelman to Direct Roberto Clemente Baseball Biopic for Legendary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ezra-edelman-direct-roberto-clemente-baseball-biopic-legendary-1081920|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 5, 2018|date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Edelman lives in [[Brooklyn]], |
Edelman lives in [[Brooklyn]], New York City. |
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Revision as of 12:00, 28 April 2024
Ezra Edelman | |
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![]() Edelman at the 70th Annual Peabody Awards, 2011 | |
Born | Ezra Benjamin Edelman August 6, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Television director, television producer |
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Relatives | Jonah Edelman (brother) |
Ezra Benjamin Edelman (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary producer and director. He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for directing O.J.: Made in America (2016).
Early life and education
Edelman was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the son of Marian Wright Edelman, former civil rights leader and aide to Martin Luther King Jr. and founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, and Peter Edelman, former aide to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation, and professor at Georgetown University Law Center.[1] His father is Jewish.[2] He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and Jonah, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children. His parents were the third interracial marriage in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the state's anti-miscegenation law in Loving v. Virginia. His paternal great-grandfather was a Polish rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust and his maternal grandfather was a Baptist minister; he was raised in both faiths.[2][3]
Edelman graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. in July 1992,[4] before going on to earn his bachelor's degree from Yale University.[5]
Career
Documentary projects
Edelman is best known for producing and directing the Academy Award-winning 2016 documentary film O.J.: Made in America for ESPN's 30 for 30.[6][7][8][9][10][11][5] In his Oscar acceptance speech, Edelman dedicated the award to Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, whom O. J. Simpson had been tried and acquitted of murdering in 1995. Previously he directed three HBO Sports documentaries: Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals,[6][7][11] The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011)[6] and the Emmy Award-winning Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush.[7][5][12] He also wrote and directed a special on the former Big East Conference called Requiem for the Big East, also a part of the 30 for 30 series.[13] Edelman produced Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, an HBO documentary series that ran for two seasons. Edelman also produced Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. for HBO, revolving around Stax Records.[14]
Edelman is set to direct a Roberto Clemente biopic for Legendary Entertainment.[15]
Personal life
Edelman lives in Brooklyn, New York City.
References
- ^ Green, Penelope (February 7, 2017). "After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ a b Lawson, Carol (October 8, 1992). "AT HOME WITH: Marian Wright Edelman; A Sense of Place Called Family". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ Weiss Shulkin, Mark (2011). 100 Years In America: A History of a Jewish family a century after Immigration. iUniverse. p. 2. ISBN 9781462010431. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ Malloy, Courtland (July 26, 1992). "Two Worlds Under a Cap and Gown". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ a b c Insheiwat, Shelly (June 1, 2016). "Filmmaker Ezra Edelman: ESPN Documentary 'O.J. Made in America'". Foxla.com. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c Busch, Anita (May 9, 2016). "'O.J.: Made In America' Filmmaker Ezra Edelman Lands At CAA". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline.com. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ a b c Khal (June 9, 2016). "Ezra Edelman Made 'O.J.: Made in America' So White People Realize: "Black People Have Gone Through a Lot of Sh*t"". Complex. New York, NY. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ A.O. Scott, "Review: 'O.J.: Made in America,' an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall," The New York Times, May 19, 2016.
- ^ National Public Radio (June 14, 2016). "New 5-Part Series Considers The 'Perfect Perversity' Of The O.J. Simpson Case". Fresh Air. National Public Radio. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ Miller, James Andrew (June 10, 2016). "Why ESPN Gave Director Ezra Edelman Nearly Eight Hours for 'O.J.: Made in America'". Vanity Fair. New York, NY: Condé Nast. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ a b Marcus, Stephanie; Strachan, Maxwell (April 27, 2016). "Everyone Is About To Know Ezra Edelman's Name". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ Gough, Paul J. (April 29, 2008). "HBO Tops Sports Emmys". Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
- ^ Steinberg, Dan (March 12, 2014). "Ezra Edelman and ESPN's 'Requiem for the Big East'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ White, Peter (May 3, 2022). "Stax Records Docuseries Set At HBO From Jamila Wignot & Ezra Edelman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
- ^ McClintock, Pamela (February 5, 2018). "Ezra Edelman to Direct Roberto Clemente Baseball Biopic for Legendary". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
External links
- Ezra Edelman at IMDb