--- name: "Ezra Edelman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ezra-edelman" fi1m_id: "ezra-edelman" imdb_id: "nm1554601" tmdb_id: 140617 wikidata_id: "Q5423349" roles: ["Director"] born: "6 August 1974" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T17:10:38.150075+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ezra Edelman ## Identity Ezra Edelman - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ezra-edelman - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ezra-edelman - **IMDb ID:** nm1554601 - **TMDB ID:** 140617 - **Wikidata ID:** Q5423349 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Edelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1554601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140617 Director. Born 6 August 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 6 August 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - **Active:** 2016–present - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as director, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 91 (1), 2020s 78 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Edelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423349, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1554601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140617 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## 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. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) - *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), Fi1m 91, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/o-j-made-in-america.md) ## Complete filmography (12) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae* (2024), series, Executive Producer - *Stax: Soulsville USA* (2024), series, Executive Producer - *The Luckiest Guy in the World* (2023), series, Executive Producer - *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) - *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), series, Director, Producer, Creator - *O.J.: Made in America* (2016), Director, Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/o-j-made-in-america.md) - *The Opposition* (2014), Director - *Requiem for the Big East* (2014), Director, Writer - *The Curious Case of Curt Flood* (2011), Director - *Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals* (2010), Producer, Director - *30 for 30* (2009), series, Director - *Untitled Barry Bonds Documentary*, Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Ezra Edelman](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-e3d34b94bcc9.jpg) Ezra Edelman — Sizzlipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Ezra_Edelman_1100070.jpg/1280px-Ezra_Edelman_1100070.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, Rahul Rohatgi, and Joe Urschel, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astori (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-917a92ae5eaa.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, Rahul Rohatgi, and Joe Urschel, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astori (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_and_Joe_Urschel%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_and_Joe_Urschel%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, Rahul Rohatgi, and Joe Urschel, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astori (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-09d5957b7167.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, Rahul Rohatgi, and Joe Urschel, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astori (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_and_Joe_Urschel%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_and_Joe_Urschel%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, and Rahul Rohatgi, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 2 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-1611064d6fc7.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, and Rahul Rohatgi, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 2 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_and_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_and_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_May_2011_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, and Rahul Rohatgi, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 2 (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-588c7141e1bf.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS Charles Olivier, Ezra Edelman, and Rahul Rohatgi, 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon Waldorf=Astoria Hotel May 2 (2011) — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_and_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Olivier%2C_Ezra_Edelman%2C_and_Rahul_Rohatgi%2C_May_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS w:Ezra Edelman at 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011](https://film.one/media/person/22276/gallery-98f4273bb0ff.jpg) PHOTO CREDIT: ANDERS KRUSBERG / PEABODY AWARDS w:Ezra Edelman at 70th Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel May 23, 2011 — Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Ezra_Edelman%2C_May_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2017: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *O.J.: Made in America* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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