Sheila Nevins
“Am I gifted? Do I take something from the garbage and make it angelic and it flows up to the heavens? No. I’m a synthesizer,” says Nevins, photographed Jan. 15 at her office in New York City.
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Bottoms Up
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Matt Furman Nevins doesn’t recall where the monogrammed personalized Coke bottle came from — perhaps an awards dinner. But she notes that it adds a splash to her minimalist office.
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‘It’s the Pictures That Got Small’
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Matt Furman A cutout sculpture of a miniature theater playing Sunset Boulevard, starring Gloria Swanson.
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Accolades
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Matt Furman Nevins’ record-setting 31 Primetime Emmys line a bookshelf in an adjacent screening room. The next closest individual Primetime Emmy winner is Edward J. Greene with 21 and James L. Brooks with 20.
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Flashback
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Matt Furman A photo in her office of a 1999 meeting with photojournalist-director Gordon Parks to discuss the making of a documentary about him.
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Dog Star
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Matt Furman Nevins used her own dog for the poster of the 2012 film One Nation Under Dog: “Look at Bogey. I mean, he’s not touched up or anything. That’s how he looks. That’s a movie star.”