Jeff Zimbalist is an Academy Award shortlisted, multi-Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer, writer and director, known primarily for FAVELA RISING (Tribeca Film Festival Winner, IDA Winner, Emmy Nominee, HBO & Thinkfilm 2005), THE TWO ESCOBARS (Cannes Film Festival, Peabody Winner, Emmy Nominee, WGA Nominee, ESPN 2010), YOUNGSTOWN BOYS (Emmy Winner, ESPN 2013), Pelé; Birth of a Legend (Imagine Entertainment & Magnolia 2016), LOVING PABLO (Venice International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Universal 2017), MOMENTUM GENERATION (Emmy Winner, Tribeca Film Festival Winner, Los Angeles Film Awards Winner, HBO & Universal 2018), NOSSA CHAPE (Los Angeles Film Awards Winner, SXSW Film Festival, Fox 2018), GIVE US THIS DAY (New York Film & TV Awards Winner, Los Angeles Film Awards Winner, ATT & Audience 2018), and the Netflix REMASTERED series (multi-Emmy Nominee, Netflix 2019) that Jeff created and executive produced, which earned 6 Emmy nominations in its first season and included 8 award-winning films on Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Sam Cooke, and others.