"A lot of people look at documentaries as a stepping an audition for a Hollywood job-but I'm hooked on them. People still write poetry, create music and paint but recording human behavior in its actuality is a contemporary form of art that is accessible to everyone with a TV set. The word 'documentary' covers everything from Nanook of the North to reality shows. That is a pretty broad span. I'm somewhere in the middle. A documentary can be great and not save the world, but the ones that nudge the world a little are social messages about sad or lofty things. stone-sort of Ff6(i8mIcplw2Lo.mk0oad-atMticu1m/grne,ti,n)©CP2KDhoortugplr1pn.ys:y Koodrdaek KEaosdtmakn To © Sheila Nevins is executive vice taries and shows president, documen¬ HBO and Cinemax. bachelor of the arts degree from Barnard and a master of fine arts degree from She earned College children's for a Yale University. Nevins produced and wrote documen¬ before joining HBO in 1979. Nevins has overseen production of nearly 200 documentaries, earning nine Oscars, 13 Primetime Emmys, 22 News and Documentary Emmys and 14 George Foster Peabody awards for HBO and one personal George Foster Peabody award. She received the 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association. Nevins was inducted into the Broadcasting taries and Cable Hall of Fame in 2000.