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Connor Schell is an American producer of television and film and founder of non-fiction production studio Words + Pictures. He is the co-creator with Bill Simmons and executive producer of the 30 for 30 series for ESPN.
Founded by Connor Schell and Chernin Entertainment in 2021, the Words + Pictures team is led by the creators and producers of the groundbreaking “30 for 30” series, The Last Dance, and the 2017 Academy Award-winning O.J.: Made in America.
Feb 10, 2021 · The ESPN executive who helped oversee landmark sports-journalism projects like “O.J.: Made in America” and “The Last Dance” will team up with Peter Chernin to launch a new content...
Jun 14, 2024 · EXCLUSIVE: Words + Pictures, the documentary production company founded by former ESPN exec Connor Schell and backed by Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company, has promoted two of its...
Connor Schell is known for 30 for 30 (2009), O.J.: Made in America (2016) and Million Dollar Arm (2014).
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Apr 10, 2017 · Connor Schell woke up at the Sunset Marquis hotel in Hollywood on Feb. 26 and prepared to take on a day unlike any other in ESPN’s 38-year history. That was the day that ESPN won an Academy Award — its first — for a nearly eight-hour documentary (7 hours, 47 minutes to be exact) that would never have seen the light of day if not for ...
Jan 12, 2022 · Former ESPN content chief Connor Schell has brought in former colleague Libby Geist to help run his new nonfiction banner Words + Pictures as it ramps up productions of documentary fare.
