Ezra Edelman

Ezra Edelman is a director and producer. He is the son of children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman and Georgetown University law professor Peter B. Edelman. He has two brothers, Joshua, an educational administrator, and Jonah, co-founder and CEO of Stand for Children. Edelman graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C. during July 1992, before going on to acquire his baccalaureate from Yale University.

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010)

An exploration of the fierce rivalry between NBA superstars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson during their decade of dominance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  Larry Bird  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Magic Johnson  •  Steve Springer

An exploration of the fierce rivalry between NBA superstars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson during their decade of dominance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  Larry Bird  •  Liev Schreiber  •  Magic Johnson  •  Steve Springer

The Opposition (2014)

Chile hosts a decisive World Cup qualifier at Santiago’s National Stadium just weeks after the stadium had been transformed into a concentration camp and killing field for opponents of Augusto Pinochet (who had just gained power in a military coup). Though FIFA ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman  •  Jeffrey Plunkett
CAST: 

Chile hosts a decisive World Cup qualifier at Santiago’s National Stadium just weeks after the stadium had been transformed into a concentration camp and killing field for opponents of Augusto Pinochet (who had just gained power in a military coup). Though FIFA ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman  •  Jeffrey Plunkett
CAST: 

O.J.: Made in America (2016)

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  O.J. Simpson  •  Marcia Clark  •  Nicole Brown Simpson  •  Danny Bakewell Sr.

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  O.J. Simpson  •  Marcia Clark  •  Nicole Brown Simpson  •  Danny Bakewell Sr.

Requiem for the Big East (2014)

The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  Giancarlo Esposito  •  Jim Boeheim  •  John Thompson  •  Lou Carnesecca

The meteoric ascension of the Big East conference, and how in less than a decade, it became the most successful college basketball league in America.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ezra Edelman
CAST:  Giancarlo Esposito  •  Jim Boeheim  •  John Thompson  •  Lou Carnesecca