In 2011, Ross Greenburg created Ross Greenburg Productions after a 33-year career at HBO. He served as Vice President and Executive Producer of HBO Sports from 1985-1990, Senior Vice President and Executive Producer from 1990-2000, and then President of HBO Sports from 2000-2011. Ross is recognized as one of the most innovative Producers and best storytellers in television history. He now brings his creativity and vision to a larger audience, and a wider variety of programming opportunities.
Back in the spring of 2001, Greenburg served as executive producer for the Billy Crystal-directed baseball movie “61*,” the critically praised HBO Film that garnered 12 primetime Emmy nominations and was honored in 2010 with an exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. In 2004, Ross Greenburg served as Executive Producer for the highly acclaimed Disney film, “Miracle”, which grossed over 65 million dollars at the box office.
Since 2011, Ross Greenburg has been able to produce a steady variety of documentaries each year that tell stories from all of the major sports. “Against the Tide” (Showtime, 2013), “Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football” (Epix, 2014), “Dwight Howard: In the Moment” (Epix, 2014), “Jack Nicklaus: The Making of a Champion” (Fox, 2015), “Dean Smith” (Showtime, 2015), “Running For His Life: The Lawrence Phillips Story” (Showtime, 2016), and “Perfect in ‘76” (Showtime, 2017) are examples of the high quality documentaries that Ross Greenburg has been able to produce since creating his own production company. By staying true to his signature style, while also branching out to create new relationships with networks, Ross has continued to document the most compelling stories in sports.
Greenburg has won more than 100 major television sports awards including eight Peabody Awards, 54 Sports Emmy® Awards, 21 Cable ACE awards, 12 Cine Golden Eagles Awards and five Monitor Awards from the Video Tape Production Association.