There’s an old adage around NFL Films – “training camp is boring.” It’s usually a pretty accurate statement. That’s why we shoot over 300 hours of footage for each week’s episode of Hard Knocks.… MORE ►
Posted: June 30th, 2012
A Visit from Big Ed
Our founder and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Sabol was in house Thursday to honor Films employees celebrating a significant anniversary: either their 10th, 25th, or 30th year with the company. One among … MORE ►
Posted: April 13th, 2012
An Interview with NFL Films Senior Coordinating Producer Ross Ketover
On Monday, The Broad Street Line did an interview with NFL Films senior coordinating producer Ross Ketover. They discussed many different things including productions Ross has worked on, as well as upcoming projects, including the … MORE ►
Posted: April 9th, 2012
It’s Baseball Season, at NFL Films?
With a new baseball season underway, we’re taking a look back at Ed Sabol’s original company softball team, as chronicled in the 2011 film Ed Sabol: King of Football Movies:
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Posted: March 28th, 2012
2011: The Season in Six
Take a look back at the 2011 NFL season with this special six-minute presentation:
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Posted: March 20th, 2012
NFL Films is nominated for 8 Sports Emmy Awards!
NFL Media has just been nominated for 14 Sports Emmy Awards and 8 of those nominations are for productions done by us at NFL Films! We premiered two new series’ this past football season–”A Football … MORE ►
Posted: March 16th, 2012
Tales From the Vault: Before There Was Us
Hard-hitting ground level action of future NFL Hall of Famers…..the sweaty rigors of summer camp….rousing locker room speeches…half-time pageantry. It sounds like a classic NFL Films Production – except that it’s not. In the midst … MORE ►
Posted: March 5th, 2012
This Day in Football: NFL Films is Born
On March 5, 1964 Ed Sabol’s own Blair Motion Pictures was purchased by the National Football League and renamed NFL Films. This marked another step toward Sabol fully realizing his dream of running a film … MORE ►
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Posted: October 18th, 2011
“A Football Life” Producer’s Notes: One Master and One Genius
I’ve been lucky enough to have worked for some great men in my career.
My first college internship was with director Martin Scorsese; my second was with Oliver Stone. I followed those up with low-paying … MORE ►
Posted: October 14th, 2011
Ed Sabol: First Look
Next up in the series, we document the life of a Hall-of-Famer who looked at the National Football League and saw movie magic. “Ed Sabol: A Football Life” premieres next Thursday October, 20th at 10 … MORE ►
