Biography
Ezra Edelman is an American television director and producer. He directed an episode of the series Ted Lasso (2021) and is best known for directing the five-part documentary O.J.: Made in America (2016) for ESPN's 30 for 30 series.
Edelman has also directed episodes of 30 for 30, including Requiem for the Big East (2014), and the HBO documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010). He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for O.J.: Made in America.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1974, Edelman is a graduate of Yale University. He is the son of children's rights activist Marian Wright Edelman and Georgetown University law professor Peter B. Edelman.
