Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Biography
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins is a Los Angeles-based writer, director, and producer. She worked as a sports reporter in North Carolina after graduation and was a staff writer for The Gainesville Sun from 1986 until October 1988. Kiki Carter, a well-known environmental activist, was featured in one of her newspaper pieces.
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Age
Andrea was born and raised in New York, New York, United States of America.
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Family- Education
Nevins was born and raised in New York City United States. Her father, Dr. Stanley Blaugrund, is the former Director of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Annette Blaugrund, her mother, was Senior Curator of Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings at the New-York Historical Society and a guest curator at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, Long Island. Barbara Kopple and Errol Morris’ work served as early inspirations for Nevins. Nevins graduated from Harvard University, where she majored in Social Studies and took visual arts programs.
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Husband
On Shelter Island Heights, New York, she married David Nevins in 1996. They live in Los Angeles with their three children.
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Career
She worked as a sports reporter in North Carolina after graduation and was a staff writer for The Gainesville Sun from 1986 until October 1988. Kiki Carter, a well-known environmental activist, was featured in one of her newspaper pieces. Nevins and two other staff writers, Mitch Stacy and Lisa Trei, took first place in the Excellence in Medical Journalism Awards for their six-part series “Too Poor to Be Sick.” She worked in Washington, D.C., for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and for Peter Jennings’ documentary series, Peter Jennings: Reporting, where she received an Emmy for her work on gun regulation. In 1996, she married David Nevins, who went on to become a Showtime executive and CBS’s CCO.
She is a founder member of IKAR, a non-denominational Jewish congregation that has been recognized one of the 50 most prominent Jewish non-profits in the world. Nevins helps with UNICEF USA and serves on the Southern California regional board of directors. She also co-founded The XX Fund, a donor-advised fund to assist underserved women and girls in Los Angeles, alongside Los Angeles’ First Lady, Amy Elaine Wakeland, and several other women.
Nevins worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton: Changing the Rules, an A&E documentary on her in 1994. as well as I Am Somebody, a 1995 documentary about Jesse Jackson. Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, her debut independent film, was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Documentary (Short Subject) in 1998. She co-directed episodes of the hit television shows M*A*S*H and Barnaby Jones with director Mel Damski. Nevins directed and produced the feature documentary The Other F Word in 2008. Critics were taken aback by Nevins’ choices as director, which included “ironic twists” that demonstrated how former punk musicians “balance their anarchic personalities with 21st century parenting.” The Other F Word was purchased by Oscilloscope Laboratories and Showtime.
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins Net Worth
Nevins has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars.