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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|6|mf=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] |
| birth_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. |
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| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) |
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| alma_mater = [[Yale University]] (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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| relatives = 2, including [[Jonah Edelman|Jonah]] |
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'''Ezra Benjamin Edelman''' (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary [[television producer|producer]] and [[television director|director]]. He won the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]] and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming]] for directing |
'''Ezra Benjamin Edelman''' (born August 6, 1974) is an American documentary [[television producer|producer]] and [[television director|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, 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 |
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]].<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=2017-02-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and [[Jonah Edelman|Jonah]], co-founder and CEO of [[Stand for Children]]. His parents were the first interracial marriage in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the state’s 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|accessdate=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|accessdate=4 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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|accessdate=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|accessdate=4 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Directing and producing== |
==Directing and producing== |
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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=14 June 2016|publisher=National Public Radio|work=Fresh Air|accessdate=16 June 2016|author=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref name="Miller">{{cite web|url=http://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=10 June 2016|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York, NY|accessdate=16 June 2016|work=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref name="The Huffington Post" /><ref name="Shelly Insheiwat" /> Previously he directed three [[HBO#Sports|HBO Sports]] documentaries: ''[[Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals]]'',<ref name="Anita Busch">{{cite web |url=http://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=9 May 2016 |accessdate=16 June 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 |publisher=Complex |location=New York, NY |work=Complex |date=9 June 2016 |accessdate=16 June 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=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> ''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=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-tops-sports-emmys-110537 |title=HBO Tops Sports Emmys |author=Gough, Paul J. |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=29 April 2008 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |location=Los Angeles, CA |accessdate=16 June 2016}}</ref> He |
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=14 June 2016|publisher=National Public Radio|work=Fresh Air|accessdate=16 June 2016|author=National Public Radio}}</ref><ref name="Miller">{{cite web|url=http://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=10 June 2016|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York, NY|accessdate=16 June 2016|work=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref name="The Huffington Post" /><ref name="Shelly Insheiwat" /> Previously he directed three [[HBO#Sports|HBO Sports]] documentaries: ''[[Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals]]'',<ref name="Anita Busch">{{cite web |url=http://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=9 May 2016 |accessdate=16 June 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 |publisher=Complex |location=New York, NY |work=Complex |date=9 June 2016 |accessdate=16 June 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=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> ''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=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-tops-sports-emmys-110537 |title=HBO Tops Sports Emmys |author=Gough, Paul J. |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=29 April 2008 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |location=Los Angeles, CA |accessdate=16 June 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 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=The Washington Post|accessdate=April 28, 2016|date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> Edelman produced ''[[Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas]]'', an [[HBO]] documentary series that ran for two seasons. |
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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|accessdate=February 5, 2018|date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 19:04, 23 March 2020
Ezra Edelman | |
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Born | Ezra Benjamin Edelman August 6, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | Yale University (BA) |
Occupation(s) | Television director, television producer |
Parents |
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Relatives | 2, including Jonah |
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] He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and Jonah, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children. His parents were the first interracial marriage in Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the state’s 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]
Directing and producing
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] 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 is set to direct a Roberto Clemente biopic for Legendary Entertainment.[14]
Personal life
Edelman lives in Brooklyn, New York.
References
- ^ Green, Penelope (2017-02-07). "After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ 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 4 March 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 (1 June 2016). "Filmmaker Ezra Edelman: ESPN Documentary 'O.J. Made in America'". Foxla.com. Los Angeles, CA: Foxla.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Busch, Anita (9 May 2016). "'O.J.: Made In America' Filmmaker Ezra Edelman Lands At CAA". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline.com. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ a b c Khal (9 June 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: Complex. Retrieved 16 June 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 (14 June 2016). "New 5-Part Series Considers The 'Perfect Perversity' Of The O.J. Simpson Case". Fresh Air. National Public Radio. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Miller, James Andrew (10 June 2016). "Why ESPN Gave Director Ezra Edelman Nearly Eight Hours for 'O.J.: Made in America'". Vanity Fair. New York, NY: Condé Nast. Retrieved 16 June 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. (29 April 2008). "HBO Tops Sports Emmys". Hollywood Reporter. Los Angeles, CA: Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ Steinberg, Dan (March 12, 2014). "Ezra Edelman and ESPN's 'Requiem for the Big East'". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
- ^ 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