Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-Format Nonfiction Program Nominations PGA Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television Similar John Dahl, Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Bill Simmons, Ezra Edelman | ||
o j made in america producer connor schell chats on 2017 producers guild awards red carpet
Connor Schell is an Award-winning producer of television and film. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the 30 for 30 series for ESPN for which he has won multiple Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He has executive produced more than 90 episodes of that series. He is also a creator and executive producer of 30 for 30 shorts for which he also won an Emmy Award. Schell was also the Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning documentary film "O.J.: Made in America."
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- o j made in america producer connor schell chats on 2017 producers guild awards red carpet
- Bill simmons connor schell jason hirschhorn talk sports storytelling at 2014 paley ic summit
- Films
- Television production
- Education
- References
In late 2016, Schell took on a larger role as one of the co-heads of content for ESPN.
Bill simmons connor schell jason hirschhorn talk sports storytelling at 2014 paley ic summit
Films
Connor is a producer of the Academy Award winning 2016 documentary film O.J.: Made in America along with Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow, Libby Geist, Tamara Rosenberg and Nina Krstic. O.J.: Made in America was directed by Ezra Edelman and is an eight-hour documentary that premiered to extraordinary reviews at Sundance Film Festival in 2016. It also played at the Tribeca Film Festival and HotDocs before it was released theatrically. O.J.: Made in America premiered on ABC on June 11, 2016. The film swept year end awards not only winning an Oscar, but also winning Best Documentary honors at the Gotham Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards, the IDA Awards, the Producer's Guild Awards, National Board of Review, and NY Film Critics. OJ: Made in America was also honored with special recognition from AFI and a prestigious Dupont Award for Jounalism. OJ: Made in America originated from conversations between Schell and Edelman in early 2014 and it is the longest film ever to win an Oscar.
Along with Bill Simmons, Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray and Joe Roth, Connor served as an Executive Producer of the 2014 Disney film Million Dollar Arm starring Jon Hamm.
Schell also served as an Executive Producer for the 2016 Disney film Queen of Katwe. Queen of Katwe is the first Disney film on which ESPN Films has a presentation credit. It is directed by Mira Nair and it stars Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.
Television production
The 30 for 30 series, created by Schell and Bill Simmons was created in 2007 and has aired since 2009. It has won four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. In 2012, Simmons and Schell announced the creation of 30 for 30 shorts. In 2014, Schell and Simmons discussed the series at the Paley Center with Jason Hirschhorn.
Working with Maura Mandt and MaggieVision productions, Schell is the executive producer of the annual ESPY Awards on ABC. He has been the executive producer of the show since 2013.
In 2014, the Disney XD channel premiered the series Becoming which was created by Schell, Bill Simmons, Erin Leyden and Gentry Kirby. Becoming is a series of 30 minute documentaries profiling today's superstar athletes when they were kids and so far episodes have aired about LeBron James, Alex Morgan, Tim Howard, Henrik Lundquist, Chris Paul and CC Sabathia. The show is executive produced by Schell and Simmons along with Libby Geist, Maverick Carter and LeBron James.
In 2008, Schell served as an Executive Producer on Dan Klores' four-hour film "Black Magic," the first film to run under the ESPN Films brand. Black Magic won a Peabody Award in 2008.
Education
He has degrees from Harvard University and Columbia Business School.