Bruce Nash Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a CableAce Award for Educational or Instructional Special or Series in 1995 along with other producers of "Modern Marvels․"
• Earned his master's degree in the subject of criminology
• Worked for the North Carolina Department of Corrections as the director of planning and research
• Quote: "I want to entertain people, whether it be with a comedy, a drama or a movie․ An idea's an idea․"
• A reality television producer, he broke into the genre with "Before They Were Stars" and helped create the buzz around reality programming in the 1990s
• Established Nash Entertainment, a production company that focuses on unscripted television
• Sold his first book, a TV trivia book, for $200, and wrote many other titles, most of them about sports