Connor Schell

Connor Schell is an Emmy and Peabody Award winning producer of movies and TV shows. He is the co-creator and executive producer of the 30 for 30 series for ESPN. He has executive produced more than 80 episodes of that series. He is also a creator and executive producer of 30 for 30 shorts.

Connor is a producer of the 2016 documentary film O.J.: Made in America along with Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow and Libby Geist.O.J.: Made in America was directed by Ezra Edelman and is an eight-hour documentary that premiered to extraordinary reviews at Sundance Film Festival in 2016. It also played at the Tribeca Film Festival and HotDocs before it was released theatrically. O.J.: Made in America premiered on ABC on June 11, 2016.

Along with Bill Simmons, Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray and Joe Roth, Connor served as an Executive Producer of the 2014 Disney film Million Dollar Arm starring Jon Hamm.

Schell is also an Executive Producer for the upcoming Disney film Queen of Katwe which was scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016. Queen of Katwe is the first Disney film on which ESPN Films has a presentation credit. It is directed by Mira Nair and it stars Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.

The 30 for 30 series, created by Schell and Bill Simmons has become the gold standard of sports storytelling. The show was created in 2007 and has aired since 2009. It has won four Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. In 2012, Simmons and Schell announced the creation of 30 for 30 shorts. In 2014, Schell and Simmons discussed the series at the Paley Center with Jason Hirschhorn.

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