Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, documentary filmmaker and wife of former Showtime CEO David Nevins, died April 12, 2025 after a battle with breast cancer. She was 63. Blaugrund Nevins passed away at her Los Angeles home, surrounded by her family and her dogs.
New York born and raised, Blaugrund Nevins did ballet and swimming and also took up poetry and photography while growing up. She was President of her high school, The Chapin School, and went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard University, majoring in Social Studies.
Blaugrund Nevins started her career in journalism, first as a sports reporter in North Carolina and staff writer for the The Gainesville Sun and subsequently at National Public Radio’s All Things Considered in Washington, DC, and at ABC News’ Peter Jennings: Reporting in New York where she earned a News/Documentary Emmy Award for her work.
Her first independent documentary as a producer, the 1997 Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, about the dance and musical review show, received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject.
She directed and produced the 2008 feature documentary The Other F Word, examining punk rockers as they become fathers. Blaugrund Nevins’ credits also include Happiness, Play It Forward, Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, Hysterical, and most recently, the 2023 The Cowboy and The Queen, about the unlikely relationship between a California cowboy and the Queen of England, which she co-wrote, directed and produced.
Alongside her documentary career, Blaugrund Nevins was very involved in the community. She was a founding member of the Los Angeles synagogue IKAR, a founding parent of the Larchmont Charter School, a member of the Southern California board and Executive Committee of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and a founding member of The X Fund, a donor-advised fund that addresses the needs of women and girls in Los Angeles.
Blaugrund Nevins was a great ambassador for her causes, speaking as passionately about her next film project as she did about public education and social change in conversations when accompanying her husband to entertainment industry events.
According to those close to her, “Andrea was a beautiful writer, movie-lover, dog-lover, tastemaker, style maven, and instantly felt at peace when she was walking on the beaches of Montecito. Above all, she loved her family.”
Blaugrund Nevins is survived by her husband, David, producer and former Chairman and CEO of Showtime and Paramount Premium Group, their three children, Clara, 25, Charlie, 22, and Jesse, 19, and her loyal dogs, Phoebe and Frank.
Donations to The X Fund in Blaugrund Nevins’ memory can be made here.
“Andrea is more than a filmmaker and advocate — she’s a gatherer of people and ideas. A connector of hearts. A deep listener,” the organization wrote on the donation page. “A brilliant presence whose empathy, passion, and effortless style inspire everyone around her.”
