Yaniv "Nev" Schulman ( ; born September 26, 1984) is an American TV host and producer. He is best known for the 2010

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'' and the follow up TV series '' Catfish: The TV Show'' on

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of which he is the host and executive producer.

Early life

Schulman was born in

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to a

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family. He has an older brother

Ariel Schulman Marek Ariel Schulman (born October 2, 1981) is an American filmmaker and actor. He starred in, produced, and directed the 2010 documentary ''Catfish'', and directed '' Paranormal Activity 3'', '' Paranormal Activity 4'', ''Nerve'' and '' Project P ...

who is an actor and filmmaker. Schulman started taking pictures and became involved with photography after having studied dance for five years. He attended

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, studying Photography and Dance from 2004 to 2006. Schulman has admitted that he was expelled from Sarah Lawrence College after punching a female student whom he allegedly mistook for male.

Career

At age 19, he and his brother Ariel started a film and photography

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. In 2004, Schulman started photographing dance as he became involved with the

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ballet community in New York City. He is a founding member of the Young Leadership Committee for the youth organization, Leave Out Violence. In 2010, Schulman became the subject of the documentary ''

'', filmed by Ariel and business partner

Henry Joost Henry Joost (born October 30, 1982) is a German-born American filmmaker, whose work includes directing, with Ariel Schulman, the films ''Catfish'', '' Paranormal Activity 3'', '' Paranormal Activity 4'', ''Nerve'' and '' Project Power''. Henr ...

, in which Schulman met and fell in love with a woman he met online. The premise followed Schulman on the journey of falling in love with a woman he meets on the Internet, but later finds out that she may not be exactly who she claimed to be. In 2012, Schulman became the host and executive producer of the follow up show '' Catfish: The TV Show'' for

, with his filmmaking partner Max Joseph, where he introduces couples in real life who have fallen for each other online but have yet to meet. In 2018, production was suspended following an accusation of sexual misconduct. Soon after, upon an investigation, the report of sexual misconduct was found to be "not credible" and the suspension was lifted. Schulman has written a book, ''In Real Life: Love, Lies & Identity in the Digital Age'' (2014). In it, he gives both personal history and observations gleaned from his work on ''Catfish''. He appeared in the 2018 film '' Nobody's Fool'' playing himself together with Max. On September 2, 2020, Schulman was announced as one of the celebrities competing on the 29th season of ''

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''. Schulman and his partner

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came in second place to season 29 winner

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and her partner

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Personal life

Schulman met Laura Perlongo via Instagram when he messaged her inviting her for a date on his motorcycle. They dated briefly before he ended things but they soon got back together. It was during this time that Laura fell pregnant ‘accidentally on purpose’ with the couple’s first child as she stated in an article she had written. Schulman became engaged to Laura Perlongo on May 26, 2016. Perlongo gave birth to their daughter, Cleo James, on October 21, 2016. On July 22, 2017, Schulman and Perlongo married. On January 9, 2019, Perlongo gave birth to the couple's second child, Beau Bobby Bruce. On September 25, 2021, Perlongo gave birth to the couple's third child, Cy Monroe.

References

External links

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Official websiteNev Schulman profile
at MTV.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Schulman, Nev Living people 1984 births American male actors American people of German-Jewish descent American people of Romanian-Jewish descent American film producers American photographers Jewish American male actors Sarah Lawrence College alumni American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Polish-Jewish descent Shorty Award winners 21st-century American Jews