The love of the narration of Andrea Blaugrund Nevins led her to the southern rural, to ABC News in her native New York and, finally, in Hollywood, where she produced and produced documentaries on the dancers, the punk rockers and the horses trainer of the Queen of England.
Nevins, wife of the former president of Showtime David Nevinsdied on Saturday in their home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family. She was 63 years old and had fought breast cancer.
In his work as a filmmaker, Nevins continued colorful subjects who often knew transitions from life. The first short documentary it produced, “Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies”, explored the aging cabaret dancers and received an Oscar nomination. His first feature film, “The Other F Word”, underlined the evolution of anti-authoritarian punk rockers, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers chips, which were to exercise authority as fathers.
His 2018 Hulu documentary “Tiny shoulders: rethink BarbieHaving presented interviews with Ruth Handler, inventor of the emblematic doll, as well as the feminist Gloria Steinem. The film was created at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
Greta GerwigWho wrote and managed Warner Bros. 'Successful film “Barbie”, said that she drew an inspiration by looking at “tiny shoulders” Because he has surfaced the anxiety of women who worked to mold the perception of the 12 -inch doll.
Nevins took a look at the NFL players at the end of their career. She made an episode of the HBO series by Peter Berg “State of Play”, which followed old stars Brett Favre And Tiki Barber. Its follow -up function, “Play forward”, “ explored the trip of the forty of the great Tony Gonzalez of the NFL and his brother Chris.
His latest project completed, “The Cowboy and the Queen” of 2023, was a poignant look at Horse coach from California Monty Robertswhich avoided typical training techniques and sparked an improbable friendship with Queen Elizabeth II.
Nevins was born in New York in 1962. His father, Dr. Stanley Blaugrund, was director of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and head and neck surgery at Lenox Hill in New York. His mother, Annette, is a curator of art, author and speaker.
Initially, Nevins was a ballet dancer, a swimmer and a poet. She was president of her high school class, where she developed her love of photography. She graduated from Cum Laude from Harvard University with an adult in social studies.
She worked at the start of her career as a journalist, journalist on NPR radio in Washington and later at ABC News in New York, where she won an Emmy Award for her report.
She and David Nevins, who then worked at NBC, Married in 1996.
Nevins was a founding member of the Synagogue Ikar, co-founder of the Larchmont Charter School and member of the UNICEF UNICEF UNICEF Board of Directors. She Co -founded the X Fund, Dedicated to meeting the needs of women and girls in Los Angeles.
Nevins is survived by her husband and their three children – Clara, 25, Charlie, 22, and Jesse, 19 – with her mother and two brothers and sisters.
