- Mother of son, David Koch (1980) and mother-in-law of Lauren West (1987).
- Former President of Documentary and Family Programming at HBO.
- New York City, NY, USA: Producer (October 2011)
- New York City: Producer (January 2012)
- In 1963 she began her career at the United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C. She was hired to play a secretary in the USIA TV series called Adventures in English, which was created to teach English vocabulary, which her character repeated, in foreign countries.
- Graduated from Barnard College with a BA in English in 1960.
- From 1973 to 1975 she wrote for Time-Life Films.
- In 1975 she began working as a writer and producer for the Children's Television Workshop. S.
- In 1979 she was hired by HBO as Director of Documentary Programming on a 13-week contract. She continued in that position until 1982.
- Mother suffered from an acute form of Raynaud's disease, which resulted in amputations of her limbs, and scleroderma.
- Worked as a researcher, cataloging historical footage about World War II at the Library of Congress.
- From 1983 to 1985 she had a production company called Spinning Reels and created the animated educational program Braingames.
- In 1973 she was a Field Producer for The Reasoner Report on ABC News.
- In 1978 and 1979 she was a producer for the CBS News magazine Who's Who.
- She worked briefly for 20/20 but declined Don Hewitt's invitation to be a producer for 60 Minutes.
- Was a researcher and then Associate Producer on Al Perlmutter's groundbreaking National Educational Television/Channel 13 (PBS) TV show The Great American Dream Machine.
- Father Benjamin Nevins was post office worker and a bookie. Mother Stella Rosenberg was a chemist.
- Graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts.
- In 1963 she received an MFA in Directing from the Yale School of Drama, where she was one of two women in the directing program.
- From 1970 to 1973 she apprenticed with director Don Mischer and producer Bob Squire.
- Her wealthy inventor uncle paid for her education.
- Graduated from the Little Red School House in New York City.
- Worked at Scribner making recordings of books for blind people.
- In 2000 she received the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Award.
- In 2013 the International Festival of Arts & Ideas presented her with their Visionary Leadership Award.
- In 2013 she received the Women's Project Theater Woman of Achievement Award.
- From 1999 to 2003 she was the Executive Vice President of Original Programming at HBO.
- Was HBO's President of Documentary and Family Programming from 2004 until she retired in March 2018.
- Son David struggles with Tourette syndrome.
- In 1986 she returned to HBO as Vice President of Documentary Programming. In 1995 she became the Senior Vice President of Original Programming.
- In 2008 the Gotham Awards presented her with their Tribute Award.
- In 2011 the Directors Guild of America named her to their Power 100 List.
- In 2017 she published a memoir, You Don't Look Your Age... and Other Fairy Tales.
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