Name Charlie Ebersol Role Television producer | Movies Ithuteng | |
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Full Name Charles Duncan Ebersol Occupation Television Producer, Television Director, Film Producer, Film Director Parents Susan Saint James, Dick Ebersol Siblings Willie Ebersol, Harmony Lucas, Edward Ebersol, Sunshine Lucas Grandparents Mary Duncan Ebersol, Constance Miller, Charles Miller, Charles R. Ebersol Similar People Dick Ebersol, Susan Saint James, Susan Stafford, Maria Sharapova Profiles | ||
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Charles Duncan Ebersol, (born December 1982) is an American television and film producer and director, based out of Los Angeles. Ebersol is best known as the co-founder of The Company with Justin Hochberg, executive producer of USA Network’s NFL Characters Unite and a co-producer of The Profit on CNBC.
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- Charlie ebersol at the got your 6 vetinspired event televisionacad gotyoursix veteransday
- The tragic moment that inspired charlie ebersol to follow his dream
- Early life
- Plane crash
- Early projects
- The Company
- Philanthropy
- Personal life
- References
In 2012, Ebersol was named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of Reality Television’s 50 Most Powerful Producers.
The tragic moment that inspired charlie ebersol to follow his dream
Early life
Charlie Ebersol was born in Torrington, Connecticut, the son of actress Susan Saint James and senior television executive Dick Ebersol.
Plane crash
On November 28, 2004, during Charlie Ebersol’s senior year at Notre Dame, a private chartered jet carrying Dick Ebersol and his two sons Charlie and Teddy Ebersol crashed during takeoff.
Charlie rescued his father from the wreckage, but Charlie’s younger brother, Teddy, along with the pilot and flight attendant on board were killed.
The injuries Ebersol sustained in the plane crash were extensive. Dick Ebersol fractured six vertebrae, sternum, three ribs, pelvis, and coccyx. Charlie Ebersol burned his arm and his back injury was less serious.
Charlie Ebersol returned to the University of Notre Dame shortly after the plane crash to finish his senior year and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree on May 15, 2005.
Early projects
While studying at Notre Dame, Ebersol created his first documentary entitled Ithuteng: Never Stop Learning in 2006. The movie received critical acclaim, winning the Toronto International Film Festival’s first OneXOne award and inspired Oprah Winfrey to donate $1.14 million to the Ithuteng Trust School.
Ebersol also produced the documentaries Don’t Look Down, about the life of Olympian Shaun White after he won Olympic Gold in 2006, and Tradition Never Graduates, a film about Notre Dame Football.
In 2009, Ebersol formed and sold Saint James Films and also co-created and executive produced NBC’s The Wanted, a primetime show in which Ebersol and producing partner Adam Ciralsky led a team of former Navy Seals, a former UN Ambassador and a former Lieutenant Green Beret around the world in search of the most wanted terrorists and war criminals.
The Company
In 2011, Charlie Ebersol co-founded The Hochberg-Ebersol (THE) Company with Justin Hochberg and Mike Lanigan.
Early projects included TNT’s The Great Escape, executive produced with Bertram Van Munster, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, and History’s Off the Grid: Million Dollar Manhunt.
Ebersol created USA Network’s The Moment in 2013, a show hosted by Kurt Warner devoted to giving Americans a second chance to achieve their dreams. Ebersol was inspired to create the show after receiving his own second chance at life after surviving a plane crash in 2004.
Ebersol is also the co-creator and executive producer of NFL Characters Unite a yearly television special with USA Network and The Profit on CNBC. In 2013 he worked with Dolph Lundgren on the Reelz competition show Race to the Scene.
Ebersol’s production company changed its name from THE Company to The Company in 2013, upon the exit of Justin Hochberg. Ebersol’s stated mission with The Company is to bring “Joy, Happiness, and Change…to the world through entertainment.”
In 2014, The Company announced a production and finance partnership with Israeli production house Dori Media.
Ebersol was rumored to be attached to produce Space Jam 2, with his brother Willie Ebersol writing.
Ebersol is executive producing The Untitled Yale Drama for USA Network along with Rob Reiner.
Ebersol directed This Was the XFL, a documentary in the 30 for 30 series about the XFL. He was chosen by ESPN to direct the documentary because of his father's co-founding of the league, and he used the longtime friendship between Dick and WWE chairman Vince McMahon as the centerpiece for the film.
Philanthropy
For his 30th birthday, Ebersol held a party entitled “Charlieland” benefiting Charity: Water, raising tens of thousands of dollars. Fulbright Scholar and USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellow, Anne Elizabeth Moore, poses some very serious concerns about where the money raised for charity actually went.
Charlie Ebersol and The Company became entertainment partners of the veteran campaign Got Your 6 in 2014 together with the First Lady Michelle Obama and the actor Bradley Cooper.
Personal life
Ebersol briefly dated tennis star Maria Sharapova in 2008 and singer Britney Spears from 2014 until 2015. On March 17, 2017, he announced on twitter that he is engaged to Melody McCloskey, Founder and CEO of StyleSeat. On July 29, 2017, Ebersol and McCloskey official got married.