Libby Geist
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Libby Geist[edit]
Libby Geist is an American television executive and producer known for her contributions to the field of sports documentary filmmaking. Geist has developed and produced a number of critically-acclaimed documentary series and films, such as the 2017 documentary film O.J.: Made in America and the 2020 docuseries The Last Dance.[1]
Background and personal life[edit]
Geist was born to newspaper columnist and broadcast journalist Bill Geist and social worker Jody Geist.[2] Geist is the younger sister of Willie Geist, an American television personality and journalist who co-anchors MSNBC's Morning Joe and anchors of Sunday Today with Willie Geist.[3] She is the great-granddaughter of former Detroit Red Wings star and Hockey Hall of Fame player Herbie Lewis.[4]
Geist earned a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin in Madison.[5]
In 2011, Geist married Kevin Wildes, an American sports television producer and co-host of Fox Sports 1's First Things First.[6] The couple reside in New York with their two sons.[7]
Career[edit]
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Geist began an internship with the White Sox.[8] Geist then moved to New York City to work at a Manhattan public relations firm. There, Geist met director and playwright Dan Klores, who hired her as a production assistant for his production company Shoot The Moon.[9]
From 2004-2008, Geist worked at Shoot the Moon on a number of sports documentaries, including “Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story” (USA Network); “Viva Baseball” (SpikeTV); “Crazy Love,” which won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary; and “Black Magic,” which won a George Foster Peabody Award.[10] While working on “Black Magic” Geist met ESPN executive Connor Schell, whom she would later join at ESPN.[11]
Geist freelanced between 2008-2009, producing “The Surge: The Whole Story” for PBS as well as HBO's “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town,” which chronicled Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's recording of their fourth studio album Darkness on the Edge of Town.[12]
In late 2008, Geist joined ESPN, where she would ultimately serve as Vice President & Executive Producer, ESPN Films and Original Content before stepping down in 2020.[13] During her 12-year tenure at ESPN, Geist produced a number of critically-acclaimed documentary films and docuseries, such as the 30 for 30 series, the Emmy Award-winning documentary The Last Dance (2020) and the Academy Award-winning documentary O.J.: Made in America (2017).[14] Geist also launched 30 for 30 Podcasts[15] and produced the Nine for IX series, which was composed of nine documentaries by female filmmakers about women in sports.[16]
In 2020, left ESPN to join Connor Schell at his new production company Words + Pictures.[17] She is currently EVP, Head of Documentaries at Words + Pictures.[18]
Awards and Recognition[edit]
Geist is the recipient of multiple Peabody Awards, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award.[19]
Geist has been honored in Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report,”[20] in Sports Business Journal’s 2017 “Game Changers” list,[21] and was featured on The Hollywood Reporter's 2014 “NextGen” list.[22]
References[edit]
- ↑ Morfoot, Addie (2022-01-12). "Libby Geist Joins Connor Schell's Words + Pictures as Docu Banner Ramps Up Productions (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Nesheim, Jay Jay (2018-09-18). "Like Dad, Like Daughter: The Geists Know How To Tell A Story". ESPN Front Row. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "The B.S. Report: 5/11 - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "https://twitter.com/WillieGeist/status/512406290950549504". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-05-18. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Forty Under 40: Libby Geist". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Libby Geist, Kevin Wildes". The New York Times. 2011-09-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Power Player Breakfast: Libby Geist, Vice President & Executive Producer, ESPN Films and 30 for 30". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Morfoot ’02, Addie (Fall 2011). "Entitled | On Wisconsin". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Morfoot ’02, Addie (Fall 2011). "Entitled | On Wisconsin". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Libby Geist". SXSW 2023 Schedule. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Morfoot ’02, Addie (Fall 2011). "Entitled | On Wisconsin". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Vice President & Executive Producer, ESPN Films and Original Content". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ White, Peter (2020-11-16). "ESPN Docs Chief & 'The Last Dance' EP Libby Geist To Leave Disney-Owned Sports Network". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Morfoot, Addie (2022-01-12). "Libby Geist Joins Connor Schell's Words + Pictures as Docu Banner Ramps Up Productions (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Christie, Jennifer Cingari (2016-09-07). "ESPN to Launch 30 for 30 Podcasts in 2017". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "ESPN Films' Libby Geist Discusses Production Of "Nine For IX" Documentary Series". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ White, Peter (2020-11-16). "ESPN Docs Chief & 'The Last Dance' EP Libby Geist To Leave Disney-Owned Sports Network". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Words + Pictures |Team". www.wordsandpictures.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Notable Women in Sports - Libby Geist". Crain's New York Business. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ Staff, Variety (2017-04-18). "Variety's 2017 New York Women's Impact Report". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2017/09/meet-the-game-changers-in-sports-business.html?page=all. Retrieved 2023-05-18. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Staff, T. H. R. (2014-11-04). "Next Gen 2014: Hollywood's New Class". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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