Jeff Zimbalist

Screenwriter, TV Producer

1978 –

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Who is Jeff Zimbalist?

Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist is an Emmy and Peabody Award Winning American filmmaker best known for his feature films Favela Rising, The Two Escobars, Youngstown Boys, Bollywood; The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, and The Scribe of Urabá. Along with his brother Michael, the Zimbalists have collaborated with eminent names in the entertainment industry, such as Quincy Jones, Pelé, Shakira, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mick Jagger, Javier Bardem, Russell Simmons, Naomi Campbell, Aishwarya Rai, and Amitabh BachChan, among others. Their films have been broadcast on HBO, MTV, PBS, ESPN, Channel 4 UK, the BBC and BET, as well as theatrically distributed worldwide. Their production company is called All Rise Films.

Together with Matt Mochary, Jeff Zimbalist won the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the 2005 TriBeCa Film Festival for his film Favela Rising.

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Born
Aug 15, 1978
Northampton
Also known as
  • Jeffrey Leib Nettler Zimbalist
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Brown University
Lived in
  • Northampton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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