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Shawn Efran
NationalityAmerican
Education
Peabody Award, Society of Professional Journalists award

Shawn Efran is an American filmmaker, journalist, television producer, and media entrepreneur.

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.[2]

From 1995–2010, Efran worked for CBS News in producing, writing and editing capacities.[2][3][4] 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.[5]

In 2010, he founded Efran Films, a multi-media

revolution in Libya.[14]

Efran and journalist

Tribeca Film Festival.[17]

Accolades

Efran has won two Emmy awards for "Outstanding Continuing Coverage" in 60 Minutes "Fathers, Sons, and Brothers", and "Searching for Jacob",

Webby Honoree[22] 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 2018[23] and Hidden Cost: Our Laws Have Not Kept Up With The Climate in 2019;[24] as well as two “Outstanding Investigative Journalism in Spanish” Awards for The Real Death Valley in 2015,[25] and Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) in 2017.[26]

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.[27]

The first season of the series ASPIREist, produced by Efran Films won the Edward R. Murrow Award for “Excellence in Innovation” in 2017,[28] as well as 4 Editor & Publisher Awards in 2016.[29]

The Emmy-winning film The Real Death Valley also won: the

Investigative Reporters & Editors Award.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b Cynopsis Media (April 4, 2013). "Cynopsis: DIGITAL". Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Efran, Shawn. "Shawn Efran – LinkedIn Profile". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Overseas Press Club of America (April 12, 2011). "The Joe and Laurie Dine Award 2010". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  4. ^ Getz, Arlene (April 26, 2011). "2010 OPC Award Winners". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Peabody Awards. "CBS News 60 Minutes: The Killings in Haditha (CBS)". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  6. ^ Variety, Vice TV Sets Debut of ‘While the Rest of Us Die: Secrets of America’s Shadow Government’ With Jeffrey Wright, November 12, 2020
  7. ^ cbsnews.com, Inside the FBI's unlikely nerve center for the 9/11 investigation: The 26th Street garage, September 7, 2021
  8. ^ Lost Coast Outpost, 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
  9. ^ Oxygen, Romance Turn Deadly In Oxygen's Newest Show 'Charmed To Death', June 21, 2021
  10. ^ Variety, TV News Roundup: FX Releases ‘The Most Dangerous Animal of All’ Trailer, February 24, 2020
  11. ^ IMDB, Reality Cupcakes Full Cast & Crew
  12. ^ Realscreen, History Films to explore “Skunk Works”, “Video Game Wars”, June 5, 2019
  13. ^ AOL On. "Home of the Brave". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  14. ^ a b HDNET (November 9, 2012). "AXS TV, Dan Rather Reports, Behind the Scenes of "Gaddafi's Last Day"". YouTube. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  15. ^ a b Sheftell, Jason (November 8, 2012). "New TV show features unique and ritzy homes". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  16. ^ Current.com (November 28, 2011). "Ep. 11 // The War on Weed". Retrieved April 15, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ Tribeca. "Film guide – The Project". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  18. ^ National Academy of Arts and Sciences (September 28, 2008). "29th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA". Archived from the original on September 23, 2010. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  19. ^ National Academy of Arts and Sciences (September 24, 2007). "28th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA". Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  20. ^ Society of Professional Journalists. "2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  21. ^ Society of Professional Journalists. "2007 Sigma Delta Chi Award Honorees". Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  22. ^ Webby Awards. "Webby Winners". Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  23. ^ theemmys.tv, THE NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY NOMINEES, 2018
  24. ^ weather.com, The Weather Channel Wins Two Emmy Awards, September 16, 2019
  25. ^ a b IMDB, The Real Death Valley Awards
  26. ^ Deadline, NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY 38th ANNUAL NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS – WINNERS
  27. ^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2017 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". UCLA Anderson School of Management. June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  28. ^ RTDNA, Edward R. Murrow Awards Complete listings of national winners 2017
  29. ^ ASPIREist.com, About Page
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