Shawn Efran
{{short description|American film director}}
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| education = University of Oregon, B.A. Journalism
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| years_active = 1993–Present
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| style = Documentary films, varied
| television = 60 Minutes
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| awards = Emmy Award, Peabody Award, Society of Professional Journalists award
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Shawn Efran is an American filmmaker, journalist, television producer, and media entrepreneur.{{cite web|last=Cynopsis Media|title=Cynopsis: DIGITAL|url=http://cynopsis.com/editions/digital/040413/#The%20Weather%20Company%20to%20launch%20three%20new%20web%20series%20this%20summer|accessdate=April 14, 2013|date=4 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405232919/http://www.cynopsis.com/editions/digital/040413/#The%20Weather%20Company%20to%20launch%20three%20new%20web%20series%20this%20summer|archivedate=April 5, 2013|df=mdy-all}} His work, including as producer for 60 Minutes on CBS, and as founder and executive producer of Efran Films, has garnered critical acclaim, including seven Emmy awards, a Peabody, a Polk, and four Society of Professional Journalists National Distinguished Public Service Award.
Career
Efran earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon, and went on to work as an Associate Producer for Court TV from 1993–1995.{{cite web|last=Efran|first=Shawn|title=Shawn Efran – LinkedIn Profile|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shawn-efran/20/237/a9a|accessdate=April 15, 2013}}
From 1995 to 2010, Efran worked for CBS News in producing, writing and editing capacities.{{cite web|last=Getz|first=Arlene|title=2010 OPC Award Winners |url=https://www.opcofamerica.org/news/2010-opc-award-winners|accessdate=April 15, 2013|date=26 April 2011}} His work at 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes II on CBS includes two Emmy-winning documentaries – an investigation of the genocide in Darfur and a documentary following the Iowa National Guard through a deployment cycle in Iraq – and a Peabody-winning interview with a U.S. Marine accused of mass murder.
In 2010, he founded Efran Films, a multi-media production company, with offices in New York City and Toronto. Efran Films has produced for VICE TV,Variety, [https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/while-the-rest-of-us-die-vice-tv-1234829368/ Vice TV Sets Debut of ‘While the Rest of Us Die: Secrets of America’s Shadow Government’ With Jeffrey Wright], November 12, 2020 Paramount+,cbsnews.com, [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/september-11-investigation-fbi-26th-street-garage/ Inside the FBI's unlikely nerve center for the 9/11 investigation: The 26th Street garage], September 7, 2021 Investigation Discovery,Lost Coast Outpost, [https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/jun/9/video-charmaine-lawson-interviewed-tv-documentary/ Charmaine Lawson Interviewed for TV Documentary Series ‘Still a Mystery’; Episode on the Murder of HSU Student Josiah Lawson to Air Tonight], June 9, 2020 Oxygen,Oxygen, [https://www.oxygen.com/charmed-to-death/crime-news/charmed-to-death-trailer-premiere-details Romance Turn Deadly In Oxygen's Newest Show 'Charmed To Death'], June 21, 2021 BRAVO,Variety, [https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tv-news-roundup-fx-the-most-dangerous-animal-of-all-trailer-1203513565/ TV News Roundup: FX Releases ‘The Most Dangerous Animal of All’ Trailer], February 24, 2020 Food Network,IMDB, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7911424/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm Reality Cupcakes Full Cast & Crew] History Channel,Realscreen, [https://realscreen.com/2019/06/05/history-films-to-explore-skunk-works-video-game-wars/ History Films to explore “Skunk Works”, “Video Game Wars”], June 5, 2019 ABC, NBC News, the Huffington Post, AOL,{{cite web|last=AOL On|title=Home of the Brave|url=http://on.aol.com/partner/home-of-the-brave-517406762#_videoid=517410330|accessdate=April 15, 2013}} Weather.com, HDNet,{{cite web|last=HDNET|title=AXS TV, Dan Rather Reports, Behind the Scenes of "Gaddafi's Last Day"|website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUOONKaVzCU|accessdate=April 15, 2013|date=9 November 2012}} AxsTV, Plum TV,{{cite web|last=Sheftell|first=Jason|title=New TV show features unique and ritzy homes|website=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/new-tv-show-features-unique-ritzy-homes-article-1.1199156|accessdate=April 15, 2013|date=8 November 2012}} Current TV,{{cite web|last=Current.com|title=Ep. 11 // The War on Weed|url=http://m.current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/season-five/the-war-on-weed/|accessdate=April 15, 2013|date=28 November 2011}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and others. Efran Films creates programming on topics ranging from home design to the revolution in Libya.
Efran and journalist Adam Ciralsky co-directed The Project, a theatrical documentary profiling the Somali pirate-hunting Puntland Maritime Police Force. The film was an official selection of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite web|last=Tribeca|title=Film guide – The Project|url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/513a83f7c07f5d4713000451-the-project|accessdate=April 15, 2013}}
Accolades
Efran has won two Emmy awards for "Outstanding Continuing Coverage" in 60 Minutes "Fathers, Sons, and Brothers", and "Searching for Jacob",{{cite web|last=National Academy of Arts and Sciences|title=29th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_29th_winners_data.html|accessdate=April 14, 2013|date=28 September 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923023407/http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_29th_winners_data.html|archivedate=September 23, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last=National Academy of Arts and Sciences|title=28th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_28th_winners_data_list.html|accessdate=April 14, 2013|date=24 September 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529093042/http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_28th_winners_data_list.html|archivedate=May 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}} a Peabody Award for "The Killings in Haditha",{{cite web|last=Peabody Awards|title=CBS News 60 Minutes: The Killings in Haditha (CBS)| url=http://peabodyawards.com/past-winners/award/?pbaward=1479&pb_search=1&pb_title=&pb_year=&pb_porg=&pb_query=efran|accessdate=April 15, 2013}} two Society of Professional Journalists awards for "The All American Canal" and "The Purge",{{cite web|last=Society of Professional Journalists|title=2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees|url=https://www.spj.org/sdxa10.asp|accessdate=April 15, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Society of Professional Journalists|title=2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees|url=http://www.spj.org/sdxa07.asp|accessdate=April 15, 2013}} an Overseas Press Club award{{cite web|last=Overseas Press Club of America|title=The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2010|date=April 12, 2011 | url=https://www.opcofamerica.org/awards/joe-and-laurie-dine-award-2010|accessdate=April 15, 2013}} and is a 2013 Webby Honoree{{cite web|last=Webby Awards|title=Webby Winners|url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2013/online-film-video/general-film-categories/music|accessdate=April 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412022824/http://winners.webbyawards.com/2013/online-film-video/general-film-categories/music|archivedate=April 12, 2013|df=mdy-all}} for the AOL.com series Home of the Brave.
His company, Efran Films, has won four additional Emmy’s including two "Outstanding Business, Consumer and Economic Report" Awards for The Source: The Human Cost Hidden Within a Cup of Coffee in 2018theemmys.tv, [https://theemmys.tv/news/nominees-2018-news-documentary-emmy-awards/ THE NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY NOMINEES], 2018 and Hidden Cost: Our Laws Have Not Kept Up With The Climate in 2019;weather.com, [https://weather.com/news/news/2019-09-25-weather-channel-receives-two-emmy-awards The Weather Channel Wins Two Emmy Awards], September 16, 2019 as well as two "Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish" Awards for The Real Death Valley in 2015,IMDB, [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4424288/awards The Real Death Valley Awards] and Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) in 2017.Deadline, [https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/news_38th_winners-wm.pdf NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 38th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS – WINNERS]
The company was awarded in 2017 the Gerald Loeb Award for Video for Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) & The Source produced for Telemundo and The Weather Channel.{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.anderson.ucla.edu/anderson/2017/06/ucla-anderson-school-of-management-announces-2017-gerald-loeb-award-winners.html |title=UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2017 Gerald Loeb Award Winners |date=June 27, 2017 |website=UCLA Anderson School of Management |access-date=January 31, 2019}}
The first season of the series ASPIREist, produced by Efran Films won the Edward R. Murrow Award for "Excellence in Innovation" in 2017,RTDNA, [https://www.rtdna.org/content/2017_national_edward_r_murrow_award_winners Edward R. Murrow Awards Complete listings of national winners 2017] as well as 4 Editor & Publisher Awards in 2016.ASPIREist.com, [https://www.aspireist.com/about/ About Page]
The Emmy-winning film The Real Death Valley also won: the New York Press Club Award for "Continuing Coverage" in 2015, the George Polk Award for "Television Reporting", the Society of Professional Journalists Award for "Excellence in Journalism" in 2014 and was a Medal Winner of the 2014 Edition of the Investigative Reporters & Editors Award.
References
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External links
- [https://www.aspireist.com/ ASPIREist] website
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Category:American documentary film directors
Category:American documentary film producers
Category:University of Oregon alumni
Category:American male journalists