Andrea Blaugrund Nevins: March 15, 1962 – April 12, 2025

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, 63, passed away from breast cancer at her home, surrounded by her family and her dogs on April 12, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of Drs. Stanley and Annette Blaugrund, she was born on March 15, 1962, in New York City. 

A tried-and-true New Yorker, Andrea grew up as a ballet dancer, swimmer, poet, and photographer. She was the president of her high school, The Chapin School, and graduated cum laude from Harvard University, majoring in Social Studies. Following graduation, she pursued her love of storytelling, searching for subjects that illuminate the better side of humanity through her work as a journalist in the rural South, a reporter at NPR radio in Washington, D.C., and at ABC News in New York, where she earned an Emmy Award for her reporting. 

Her first independent documentary, Still Kicking, received an Academy Award nomination. Her other films include The Other F Word, Happiness, Play It Forward, Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie, Hysterical, and most recently, The Cowboy and The Queen. Andrea’s interest in underdogs and in lives in transition led her to examine in her films’ punk rockers as they become fathers, female standup comedians, retiring NFL players, the cultural legacy of Barbie, and an unlikely relationship between a California cowboy and the queen of England. 

In addition to her filmmaking, Andrea dedicated her life to creating and championing meaningful communities of all kinds. She was a founding member of the influential Los Angeles synagogue IKAR, a founder of Larchmont Charter School, a member of the Southern California board and Executive Committee of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, and a founder of X Fund, a donor advised fund that addresses the needs of women and girls in Los Angeles. 

She 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. She is survived by her husband, David, producer and former Chairman and CEO of Showtime and Paramount Premium Group, her three children, Clara, 25, Charlie, 22, and Jesse, 19, and her loyal dogs, Phoebe and Frank.