George Roy

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George Roy
Occupation(s)Director, producer, editor

George Roy is an American sports documentary director, producer, and editor. Among his twenty two films for HBO are Mantle, [1] When it was a Game, Curse of the Bambino, Broad Street Bullies, Babe Ruth, Fists of Freedom, [2] Hitler's Pawn, [3] and City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal . He has directed and edited numerous films for Showtime, Fox, CBS, NBC, A&E, ESPN and WWE. A graduate of Emerson College, he is the winner of six Emmys and three George F. Foster Peabody Awards. [4]

Former founding partner of Black Canyon Productions and Flagstaff Films, in 2019 Roy founded Jersey Line Films, based in Glen Rock, New Jersey.

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