Ezra Edelman

Ezra Edelman is a director and producer. He is the son of children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman and Georgetown University law professor Peter B. Edelman. He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and Jonah, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children. Edelman graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. during July 1992, before going on to acquire his baccalaureate from Yale University.

Works

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date2015-08-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?

Release Date2020-08-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2004

30 for 30

30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This currently includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011–2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website. The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories, which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and audio podcasts. This entry refers to the main Volumes of the series presented by ESPN

Release Date2009-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count42

Stax: Soulsville USA

The story of an underdog, interracial record label that ushered in groundbreaking music.

Release Date2024-05-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

O.J.: Made in America

The rise and fall of American football star, O.J. Simpson, from his days growing up in Los Angeles to his murder trial that polarized the country.

Release Date2016-06-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count42

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

This true crime docuseries examines the murder of Annie Mae Aquash – a Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, a mother of two daughters, a teacher, and a revolutionary who fought for Indigenous rights in the 1970s whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years.

Release Date2024-11-26

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count4

Vote Count3

Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

Follow comedian and writer Wyatt Cenac as he explores America’s most pressing issues. Traveling to different parts of the country, Cenac brings unique perspectives to systemic issues, while tackling more benign everyday inconveniences with comedic solutions.

Release Date2018-04-13

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count2

O.J.: Made in America

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

Release Date2016-05-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count244

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

An exploration of the fierce rivalry between NBA superstars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson during their decade of dominance.

Release Date2010-03-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count25

The Luckiest Guy in the World

The Luckiest Guy in the World

Follows the life of Bill Walton, from his earliest days as a high school basketball phenom to some of his wildly successful years at UCLA.

Release Date2023-06-06

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count4

Requiem for the Big East

The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.

Release Date2014-03-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

The Opposition

Chile hosts a decisive World Cup qualifier at Santiago’s National Stadium just weeks after the stadium had been transformed into a concentration camp and killing field for opponents of Augusto Pinochet (who had just gained power in a military coup). Though FIFA investigates the matter, the game goes on, with the Chilean team winning in a walkover after their opponents from the Soviet Union boycott in protest over the stadium's use

Release Date2014-04-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Untitled Barry Bonds Documentary

Narrates the life story of Barry Bonds, the single-season home run king, from his early days as the son of All-Star Bobby Bonds and godson of the iconic Willie Mays to his explosive rise in the 1990s and 2000s.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

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