Evan Rosenfeld is a film and television producer born in

Miami, Florida Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

. Evan is currently the

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and

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of Warriors of Liberty City, a 6 episode documentary series he created premiering on

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September 16, 2018.

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and

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also serve as Executive Producers through their

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production company. Warriors of Liberty City follows a youth football program co-founded by rapper

Luther Campbell Luther Roderick Campbell (born December 22, 1960), also known as Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke and simply Luke, is an American rapper, promoter, record executive, actor, and former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew. He is known for having hel ...

(Uncle Luke) in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood. The neighborhood is synonymous with poverty and gun violence, but is also known for producing the most, and the best,

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players in the country (

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Devonta Freeman Devonta Cornellius Freeman ( ; born March 15, 1992) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by ...

Chad Johnson Chad Ochocinco Johnson (born Chad Javon Johnson, January 9, 1978), known from 2008 to 2012 as Chad Ochocinco, is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He ...

Duke Johnson Randy "Duke" Johnson Jr. (born September 23, 1993) is an American former professional football running back who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (77th overall) ...

, TY Hilton,

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) The series had its world premiere at the 2018

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(SXSW) as the first ever documentary series to premiere at the festival. Previous to Warriors, Evan was the Showrunner and Executive Producer of VICE World of Sports, a sports documentary series currently in its second season on

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’s cable television network

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. The series premiered at the 2016

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. VICE World of Sports, which won “Outstanding Sports Program" at the

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, is Evan's first series in the Showrunner position. The show was also nominated for a "Best Sports Documentary" Emmy at the 2018

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s. Before VICE, Evan got his start at Miami based documentary studio

Rakontur rakontur is a Miami-based media studio founded by Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman in 2000. History Rakontur's feature documentary debut, ''Raw Deal: A Question of Consent'', premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001, making Corben the yo ...

and then moved on to Mandalay Sports Media, a sports entertainment company owned by filmmaker

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and

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. He started his work in film on the 2006 cult-classic documentary ''

Cocaine Cowboys ''Cocaine Cowboys'' is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben, and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur. The film explores the rise of cocaine dealer Jon Roberts, described by pr ...

'' (

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) and was an associate producer on the sequel, ''Cocaine Cowboys 2'' (Magnolia Pictures / 2008). Evan was nominated for a

for his work on ''

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'', a 2009

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Films "30 for 30" project that premiered to record breaking ratings. In October 2012, ''Broke'', a documentary Evan produced, premiered on

to kickoff their second "

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" season. Broke looks at the intersection of money and sports in the last 20 years, and the recent epidemic of big stars losing it all. Broke premiered to 2.53 million viewers, becoming the highest rated film in the "30 for 30" series, besting a previous record set by

. Also in 2012, Evan was the Executive Producer of the

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selected short film ''Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke'' starring Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell. The film received 5 (of 5) stars from Film Threat and was one of Indiewire's 10 must see short films from this year's festival. In 2014 it was named one of the "Twenty-five must-see short films from over a century of cinema." In 2013, Evan was the senior producer of an

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and

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documentary ''Summer Dreams'', a two-hour special that follows the players, personalities and behind-the-scenes drama at the

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. The special premiered on March 15 on CBS in prime time. In 2015, Evan produced "Kareem: Minority of One," an

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documentary about basketball great

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. Evan is also producing and directing a feature-length documentary that chronicles the introduction of American football to South Asia and the start of the first professional league, the EFLI. The

Elite Football League of India The Elite Football League of India (EFLI) was a professional American football league based in India. It was founded with eight franchises in 2011, and now has 23 franchises throughout South Asia, among whom 20 located in India, two in Sri Lank ...

(EFLI) is the first professional American football league in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Founded in late 2011, the EFLI was started to create new opportunities for athletes in the region. The league consists of eight teams, five located in various cities across India, two in Sri Lanka, and one from Pakistan. His other projects include ''

Dawg Fight ''Dawg Fight'' is a documentary film directed by Billy Corben about the mixed martial arts career and personal life of Bellator MMA fighter Dhaffir Harris aka Dada 5000. The documentary is critically acclaimed for its sobering account of the brut ...

'', a brutal exposé on underground backyard MMA fighting in one of Miami's toughest neighborhoods, which was released in 2015 on

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profiled ''

'' in a 6-page feature.

References

External links

Evan Rosenfeld's Official Website
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