Jeff Zimbalist
American film maker
Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist is an American filmmaker. He has been Academy Award shortlisted, has won a Peabody, a DuPont, 5 Emmy Awards with 21 Emmy nominations. He is the owner of film and television production company All Rise Films.
Early life
Zimbalist was born in a Jewish family. He received his bachelor's degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Career
Zimbalist's films have been shown on Netflix, HBO, Apple, ESPN, Showtime, CBS, Paramount+ and theatrically exhibited. He has done commercial work for Gatorade, Pepsi, Verizon,
the National Football League, and other organizations.
Zimbalist's work has also been featured in a retrospective at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, at the Museum of the Moving Image, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
Filmography
Favela Rising (2005)
In 2005, Zimbalist teamed up with Matt Mochary to direct and produce the documentary Favela Rising. The film follows the life of Anderson Sa through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in his attempt to use AfroReggae music to provide a positive outlet for the residents of a dangerous environment.
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