VARIETY: Emmy Nominations 2025
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
Chef’s Table • Netflix • Boardwalk Pictures and David Gelb Planetarium for Netflix
Andrew Lloyd Bank, Producer Michael Hilliard, Producer Drew Palombi, Producer Talin P. Middleton, Producer
David Gelb, Executive Producer Andrew Fried, Executive Producer Brian McGinn, Executive Producer Danny O’Malley, Executive Producer Dane Lillegard, Co-Executive Producer
100 Foot Wave • HBO | Max • HBO Presents, Topic Studios, Library Films, Amplify Pictures
Vincent Kardasik, Producer Ryan Heller, Executive Producer
Michael Bloom, Executive Producer Maria Zuckerman, Executive Producer Zach Rothfeld, Executive Producer Joe Lewis, Executive Producer
Chris Smith, Executive Producer Nancy Abraham, Executive Producer Lisa Heller, Executive Producer Bentley Weiner, Executive Producer
Simone Biles Rising • Netflix • Religion of Sports in association with the Olympic Channel for Netflix
Jemele Hill, Producer
Gotham Chopra, Executive Producer Giselle Parets, Executive Producer Ameeth Sankaran, Executive Producer Janey Miller, Executive Producer Yiannis Exarchos, Executive Producer JT Taylor, Executive Producer
Katie Walsh, Executive Producer Jérôme Parmentier, Executive Producer David Herren, Executive Producer
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night • Peacock • Peacock Original, Tremolo Productions
Jonathan Formica, Producer Allison Klein, Producer
Morgan Neville, Executive Producer Caitrin Rogers, Executive Producer Juaquin Cambron, Executive Producer Nora Chute, Supervising Producer Darling Higgins, Line Producer
Zach Greenspan, Line Producer
Social Studies • FX on Hulu • Institute and FX Productions
Lauren Greenfield, Produced by/Executive Producer Frank Evers, Produced by/Executive Producer Wallis Annenberg, Executive Producer
Regina K. Scully, Executive Producer Andrea Van Beuren, Executive Producer Caryn Capotosto, Executive Producer Julie Frankel, Supervising Producer Jennifer Kobzik, Line Producer
CNN Hopes to Gain Sustenance From Tony Shalhoub’s ‘Breaking Bread’
The actor, known for memorable turns in series such as “Wings,” “Monk” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is trying his hand at a decidedly different role. In “Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread,” the latest in CNN’s signature food-and-travel documentary series, Shalhoub examines the way bread plays a central role in diets everywhere from Japan to Brazil. and tries sourdough pizza, bread made from cassava flour and more.
BILLBOARD: Cast and Crew Reflect on 50 Years of TV History in Trailer for Peacock’s ‘SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night’
As Saturday Night Live continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Peacock has shared the first look of its upcoming four-part docuseries, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night. An immersive undertaking that honors the vast legacy of SNL, the new docuseries features over 60 contributors, including current and former SNL alumni, and covers decades of the iconic show’s history.
VARIETY: ‘SNL’ to Launch 50th Anniversary Docuseries With Episodes Unpacking Audition Process, Writers Room and More
Ahead of the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special, Peacock is launching a four-part docuseries about the legendary sketch-comedy show titled “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.”
“SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” boasts “unprecedented access to the show’s archives and talent.” Episode directors include Robert Alexander, Marshall Curry, Neil Berkeley and Jason Zeldes. Morgan Neville and Caitrin Rogers executive produce alongside showrunner Juaquin Cambron. Jonathan Formica and Allison Klein are producers.
PEOPLE: Bill Gates' New Netflix Series Features Lady Gaga, His Daughter Phoebe and More (Exclusive)
"What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates" will see the Microsoft co-founder discussing social issues including artificial intelligence, online conspiracies and inequality
VARIETY: Bill Gates Investigates ‘What’s Next?’ With AI, Social Media and Other Issues In New Netflix Series From Morgan Neville (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix is once again exploring Bill Gates‘ brain, but this time from a different angle. The streamer has picked up the five-part docuseries “What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates,” which follows the tech icon, billionaire and health and climate philanthropist as he explores some of the world’s most pressing issues.
NPR “HERE & NOW”: 'The Human Trial' depicts cost of Type 1 Diabetes and grueling effort to find a cure
NPR “HERE & NOW”: 'The Human Trial' depicts cost of Type 1 Diabetes and grueling effort to find a cure
FORBES: “‘The Human Trial’ Documents Emotional Struggle To Find Cure For Type 1 Diabetes”
FORBES: ‘The Human Trial’ Documents Emotional Struggle To Find Cure For Type 1 Diabetes
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Long, Long Wait for a Diabetes Cure
In the three decades since she was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, Lisa Hepner has clung to a vague promise she often heard from doctors convinced medical science was on the cusp of making her body whole again. “Stay strong,” they would say. “A cure is just five years away.”
DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE - Deadline has a new trailer for Lisa Hepner and Guy Mossman’s feature doc The Human Trial
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has a new trailer for Lisa Hepner and Guy Mossman’s feature doc The Human Trial, which Abramorama is releasing in North American theaters and on its Watch Now @ Home virtual cinema platform on June 24th.
Documentary Filmmaker Jonathan Formica Makes His Way back to OCSA for GALA 2022
Putting on a show like Orange County School of the Arts’ annual fundraising gala is a massive collaborative effort. Students across many conservatories perform, work behind the scenes and display artwork, and many alumni come back to lend their skills to the show.
OCSA alumnus Jonathan Formica (FTV, ‘08) has graciously come back year after year to be the video director for the annual gala. With his team, he oversees all video elements displayed during the performance.
DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE - Abramorama lands ‘The Human Trial’
EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama has acquired North American rights to Lisa Hepner and Guy Mossman’s feature-length documentary The Human Trial, about the urgent search and uphill battle to cure diabetes, with plans to release it in theaters and on its Watch Now @ Home virtual cinema platform on June 24. Community screenings will also be put on across the country, with support from its partner, Ro*Co.
More than a decade in the making, the film follows a groundbreaking clinical trial that peels back the headlines to show the sweat, passion and sacrifice behind every breakthrough cure. In 2011, Hepner and her husband Mossman heard about a radical stem cell treatment for diabetes, a disease that shockingly kills more than five million people each year. Driven by a desire to cure Lisa of her own type 1 diabetes, the filmmakers were given unprecedented access to a clinical trial—only the sixth ever stem cell trial in the world. What follows is an intimate journey with the patients and scientists who put themselves on the line to be first.
Hepner scripted the project and produced alongside Jonathan Formica (Lost & Found) and Kristin Lesko (O.J.: Made in America), with diabetes org Beyond Type 1 exec producing alongside Amy Rapp (The Woman Who Wasn’t There), Marla Oringer, Greer Wylder and Thom Scher.