Ezra Edelman

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Ezra Edelman

Ezra Benjamin Edelman (born August 6, 1974 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American film producer and film director in the field of documentary films .

Career

Ezra Edelman was born the youngest of three brothers. His parents are child rights activist Marian Wright Edelman and Jewish civil rights attorney Peter Edelman. In 1992, Ezra Edelman left the Sidwell Friends School in California and graduated from Yale University

In the film business, his first involvement in the documentary television film Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush was in 2007 as a producer. He first directed the self-produced film Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals in 2010 . In 2013 he was a co-producer on the documentary Cutie and the Boxer , which was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2014 Academy Awards . For his five-part documentary OJ Simpson: Made in America , he received an Oscar in the category of best documentary at the 2017 Academy Awards .

Filmography (selection)

  • 2007: Brooklyn Dodgers: The Ghosts of Flatbush
  • 2010: Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
  • 2016: OJ Simpson: Made in America (OJ: Made in America)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Carol Lawson: AT HOME WITH: Marian Wright Edelman; A Sense of Place Called Family. New York Times , October 8, 1992, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  2. ^ Oscar winner Ezra Edelman on making his epic documentary OJ: Made in America. The Guardian , February 24, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ TWO WORLDS UNDER A CAP AND GOWN. Washington Post , July 26, 1992, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  4. ^ Filmmaker Ezra Edelman: ESPN Documentary "OJ Made in America". June 1, 2016, accessed January 16, 2018 .
  5. ^ The 89th Academy Awards - 2017. Oscars.org, accessed January 9, 2018 .
  6. ^ OJ: Made in America. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Edelman, Ezra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edelman, Ezra Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and director in the field of documentary films
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts , United States