Rick Bernstein
Birth Name:
Rick Bernstein
Birth Place:
Alabama, United States
Profession
Producer
Fast Facts
- Has earned eight Peabody Awards for his contributions to sports programs on HBO
- Was an executive producer on the TV movie "Magic and Bird: A Courtship of Rivals," which won a Peabody Award in 2010
- Got his start in the television sports industry as a teenager, when he worked as a gofer at Alabama college football games and worked his way up the ranks
- Quote: "[on the documentary series "Sports in America: Our Defining Stories"] "This is one of the most ambitious sports projects that HBO has launched․""
- Best known as the executive producer of HBO Sports, where he has worked on sports documentaries like "World Championship Boxing" and "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel․"
Awards
- 1989ACE - Sports Information Series:Nominated
- 1993CableACE - Sports Information Series:Nominated
- 2003Emmy - Outstanding Studio Show Weekly:Winner
- 2004Emmy - Outstanding Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2005Emmy - Outstanding Studio Show Weekly:Winner
- 2008Emmy - Outstanding Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2009Emmy - Outstanding Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2010Emmy - Outstanding Edited Sports Special:Winner
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Edited Sports Special:Winner
- 2011Emmy - Outstanding Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2012Emmy - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2013IDA Award - Best Continuing Series:Nominated
- 2013Emmy - Outstanding Long Feature:Winner
- 2014IDA Award - Best Curated Series:Nominated
- 2014Emmy - Outstanding Sports Journalism:Nominated
- 2017Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Winner
- 2017Emmy - Outstanding Short Sports Documentary:Winner
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Arts, Culture and Entertainment Report:Nominated
- 2018PGA Award - Outstanding Sports Program:Winner
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding Sports Journalism:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Report in a News Magazine:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Best Story in a Newsmagazine:Nominated
- 2019Emmy - Outstanding Sports Journalism:Nominated