Solly Granatstein

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Solly Granatstein is an American television producer and director, formerly with CBS 60 Minutes,{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1398797/Solly-Granatstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204210955/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1398797/Solly-Granatstein|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-04|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2012|title=Movies}}{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/celebrities/solly-granatstein/21292829|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity|website=MTV News}} NBC News and ABC News. He is co-creator, along with Lucian Read and Richard Rowley, of "America Divided",{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5355972/|title=America Divided|date=30 September 2016|via=www.imdb.com}} a documentary series about inequality, and was co-executive producer of Years of Living Dangerously Season 1. He is the winner of twelve Emmys, a Peabody, a duPont, two Polks, four Investigative Reporters and Editors awards,Investigative Reporters and Editors#Investigative Reporters and Editors Award winners{{Circular reference|date=May 2017}} including the IRE medal,{{cite web|url=http://ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/2014-ire-award-winners/#.WKwgwBIrKRs|title=Investigative Reporters and Editors - 2014 IRE Award winners|first=Investigative Reporters and Editors|last=Inc.|website=IRE|access-date=2017-02-21|archive-date=2019-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219073000/https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/2014-ire-award-winners#.WKwgwBIrKRs|url-status=dead}} and virtually every other major award in broadcast journalism. He is also the screenwriter, with Vince Beiser, of The Great Antonio, an upcoming film, developed by Steven Soderbergh and Warner Brothers.

He graduated from Brandeis University in 1990 and Columbia University School of Journalism, in 1994{{cite web |url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270052298/JRN_News_C/1212612342076/JRNNewsDetail.htm |title=Solly Granatstein '94 films & produces for 60 Minutes - the Journalism School Columbia University |website=www.journalism.columbia.edu |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622235743/http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270052298/JRN_News_C/1212612342076/JRNNewsDetail.htm |archive-date=22 June 2010 |url-status=dead}} and in 2016 was the recipient of the school's Alumni Award.

Awards

2006 and 2009 Emmys for "The Sea Gypsies," "Aftershock"{{cite web |url=http://emmyonline.tv/emmy/docu_27th_winners_b.html |title=News Emmy Awards - Winners |website=emmyonline.tv |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922085228/http://emmyonline.tv/emmy/docu_27th_winners_b.html |archive-date=22 September 2010 |url-status=dead}} and "The Wasteland"{{cite web |url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_30th_winners_data.html |title=The Emmy Awards - 30th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Winners |access-date=2009-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921184528/http://emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_30th_winners_data.html |archive-date=2010-09-21 }}
2008 and 2009 Investigative Reporters & Editors for "The Death of Timothy Souders"{{cite web |url=http://www.ire.org/contest/07winners.html |title=IRE Awards | 2007 |access-date=2008-08-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509194805/http://www.ire.org/contest/07winners.html |archive-date=2008-05-09 }} and "The Wasteland"{{cite web |url=http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/contest/press/IREawards08pr.html |title=IRE Contest |website=www.ire.org |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401191458/http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/contest/press/IREawards08pr.html |archive-date=1 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}
2008 George Foster Peabody Award, for "The Killings in Haditha"{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/peabody_award_winners_cbs_news.php |title=Peabody Award Winners: CBS News, '60 Minutes', 'The Killings in Haditha' : In Depth : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos |access-date=2010-05-31 |archive-date=2010-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123090053/http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/06/peabody_award_winners_cbs_news.php |url-status=dead }}
2010 George Polk Award for "The Wasteland"{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-wins-polk-award-for-wasteland/|title=60 Minutes Wins Polk Award For "Wasteland"|website=CBS News|date=16 February 2009 }}{{cite web |url=http://www2.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/glance08.html |title=Winners at a Glance |access-date=2010-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021064827/http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/glance08.html |archive-date=2009-10-21 }}
2009 Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise for "The Wasteland"{{Cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |title=Loeb Winners |date=June 29, 2009 |website=UCLA Anderson School of Management |access-date=February 1, 2019 |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202154558/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/media-relations/2009/loeb-winners |url-status=dead }}
2009 Edward R. Murrow for "The Wasteland"{{cite web |url=http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/2009-edward-r.-murrow-national-winners1799.php |title=RTDNA - Radio Television Digital News Association - Awards - 2009 Edward R. Murrow National Winners |access-date=2010-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413231533/http://www.rtdna.org/pages/media_items/2009-edward-r.-murrow-national-winners1799.php |archive-date=2010-04-13 }}
2009 Sigma Delta Chi for "The Wasteland"{{Cite web | url=http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=878 |title = Announcing winners of the 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for journalism}}
2010 Media in Liberty for "Congo Gold"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Media-for-Liberty-Award-prnews-913086448.html?x=0&.v=1 {{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2010 Emmy for "The Winter Of Our Hardship"{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/economic-storm-batters-ohio-town/|title=Economic Storm Batters Ohio Town|website=CBS News|date=22 January 2009 }} and "The Long Recession"
2010 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton for "The Blowout"{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blowout-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-16-05-2010/|title=Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster|website=CBS News|date=16 May 2010 }}
2011 Emmy for "The Lost Children of Haiti"https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6668116n&tag=segementExtraScroller;housing {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
2011 Two Emmys for "The Blowout"
2012 National Headliner Award for "Inside Mexico's Drug War"{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/vp/42646034#42646034|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421063009/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/vp/42646034#42646034|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-04-21|title=MSN - Outlook, Office, Skype, Bing, Breaking News, and Latest Videos|website=MSNBC}}
2014 Digiday Video Award, Best Branded Video Destination, for "Women Inmates"{{cite web|url=http://www.inma.org/practice-detail.cfm?action=detail&zyear=2015&id=A49414CF-9431-4B98-ADAC3AAEE301142A|title=INMA: Best Practice - Paid Post for Netflix's "Orange Is the New Black"|website=www.inma.org}}
2014 MediaPost Communications Online Media Marketing & Advertising Award, Native Advertising: Single Execution, for "Women Inmates"
2014 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Documentary or Non-Fiction Series, for Years of Living Dangerously{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/years-living-dangerously|title=Years Of Living Dangerously|website=Television Academy}}
2014 Investigative Reporters & Editors medal for "The Real Death Valley"{{cite web|url=http://ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/2014-ire-award-winners/#.WKwkohIrKRs|title=Investigative Reporters and Editors - 2014 IRE Award winners|first=Investigative Reporters and Editors|last=Inc.|website=IRE|access-date=2017-02-21|archive-date=2019-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219073000/https://www.ire.org/awards/ire-awards/winners/2014-ire-award-winners#.WKwkohIrKRs|url-status=dead}}
2014 George Polk Award for "The Real Death Valley"
2014 Sigma Delta Chi for "The Real Death Valley"{{Cite web | url=http://www.spj.org/sdxa14.asp |title = Sigma Delta Chi Awards - Society of Professional Journalists}}
2014 Society for Professional Journalists New America Award for "The Real Death Valley"{{Cite web | url=http://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=1346 | title=Team from multiple media outlets receives SPJ New America Award for migrant experience documentary}}
2015 Emmy for "Muriendo Por Cruzar" {{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/news-and-documentary-emmy-award-winners-full-list-1201556302/ | title=PBS Dominates News & Documentary Emmys; CBS Leads Broadcast Nets| date=2015-09-29}}
2016 Transforming America Award from Demos (U.S. think tank) for "America Divided"{{Cite web |url=https://storify.com/SpitfirePhoebe/demos |title=Demos' 2016 Transforming America Awards & Gala (With images, tweets) · SpitfirePhoebe · Storify |access-date=2017-02-21 |archive-date=2017-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110238/https://storify.com/SpitfirePhoebe/demos |url-status=dead }}
2016 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alumni Award
2017 Gerald Loeb Award for Video for "Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) & The Source"{{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}}
2017 Izzy Award for "America Divided"{{Cite web | url=https://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/independentmedia/izzy/2017izzyaward/ | title=Park Center for Independent Media}}
2017 Emmy for "Cosecha de la Miseria"http://emmyonline.com/download/News_38th_winners_Rev_3.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
2018 Emmy for "The Source" https://emmyonline.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/news_39th_winners_release-rev3.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
2019 Emmy for "Hidden Cost" {{Cite web|url=https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/the-40th-news-doc-emmy-awards-winners-1-wm.pdf|title=Emmy Award Winners 2019}}

Works

[https://features.weather.com/exodus/chapter/hunger-consumes/ "Exodus: The Hunger That Consumes You"], The Weather Channel, Jan. 9, 2019
[https://features.weather.com/exodus/chapter/all-we-have-is-poverty-and-drought/ "Exodus: All We Have Is Poverty and Drought"], The Weather Channel, Dec. 19, 2018
[https://vimeo.com/258992341/ "Hidden Cost"], The Weather Channel, May 8, 2018
[https://features.weather.com/us-climate-change/texas/ "Cruel & Unusual?: The Lethal Toll of Hot Prisons], The Weather Channel and The Marshall Project, Oct. 11, 2017
[https://features.weather.com/thesource/ "The Source"], The Weather Channel, Jan. 19, 2017
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIClKpf7k4/ "America Divided: A House Divided"], Epix, Sept. 30, 2016
[https://americadividedseries.com/ "America Divided"], Epix, Sept. 30, 2016
[http://realdeathvalley.com/ "The Real Death Valley"], The Weather Channel, Oct. 16, 2014
[http://paidpost.nytimes.com/netflix/women-inmates-separate-but-not-equal.html "Women Inmates"], T Brand Studio, The New York Times, 2014
[http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com/watch/season-1/ "Years of Living Dangerously"], Showtime, April 6, 2014
[https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rock-center/49824445#49824445 "The Bomb Maker"], Rock Center with Brian Williams, Nov. 14, 2012
[https://www.nbcnews.com/video/rock-center/45298288 "Help (Not) Wanted"], Rock Center with Brian Williams, Nov. 14, 2011
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110421063009/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032600/vp/42646034#42646034.shtml "Inside Mexico's Drug War"], 'Dateline NBC, April. 17, 2011
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blowout-the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-16-05-2010/ "Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster"], 60 Minutes, May 16, 2010
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-lost-children-of-haiti-19-03-2010/ "Lost Children of Haiti"], 60 Minutes, May 21, 2010
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wilmington-ohios-long-recession/ "Wilmington, Ohio's Long Recession"], 60 Minutes, Dec. 20, 2009
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-gold-pays-for-congos-deadly-war/ "How Gold Pays For Congo's Deadly War"], 60 Minutes, Nov. 29, 2009
[https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4752321n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox.shtml "The Winter of Our Hardship"], 60 Minutes, Jan. 25, 2009
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090302105637/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/06/60minutes/main4579229.shtml?source=search_story "The Wasteland"], '60 Minutes, Nov. 9, 2008
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-was-following-whom/ "Who Was Following Whom?"], 60 Minutes, Nov. 11, 2008
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-thousand-lives-a-month/ "One Thousand Lives A Month"], 60 Minutes, Feb. 17, 2008
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bombing-afghanistan/ "Bombing Afghanistan"], 60 Minutes, Oct. 28, 2007
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-death-of-timothy-souders/ "The Death of Timothy Souders"], 60 Minutes, Feb. 11, 2007
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mixed-martial-arts-a-new-kind-of-fight/ "Mixed Martial Arts: A New Kind of Fight"] 60 Minutes, Dec. 10, 2006 -

References

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Category:American television producers

Category:George Polk Award recipients

Category:Peabody Award winners

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni

Category:Gerald Loeb Award winners for Audio and Video

Category:Gerald Loeb Award winners for Television