June Beallor

Award-winning filmmaker June Beallor has worked with some of the top public figures of our time, predominantly focusing on historical subjects, social issues, and activism. Her work has garnered many awards, including Oscar®, Emmy®, the prestigious Peabody Award, and the Edward R. Murrow-Excellence in Journalism Award, among others.

Based in Los Angeles and New York, Beallor develops, produces and directs documentaries, features, TV series/films, shorts, live events, and branded content video and initiatives.

Beallor began her career in New York at ABC News' long-form documentary unit Closeup, was subsequently at The Walt Disney Company in Los Angeles on numerous features, at Warner Bros. as a Production Executive on the critically acclaimed China Beach, and at DreamWorks with an overall feature producing deal.

Beallor is also an Executive Consultant, specializing in developing synergies between the entertainment community and the nonprofit world.

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Beallor was Founding Executive Director and a primary architect working with Steven Spielberg to establish and run the Shoah Foundation. She led the collection of over 50,000 Holocaust survivor and witness visual history testimonies in 32 languages from 56 countries, now the largest collection of its kind in the world. In addition, Beallor spearheaded the Shoah Foundation’s development campaign, helping to raise over $100 million in cash and in-kind donations. She produced and led distribution of documentaries for the Shoah Foundation to global markets. She also helped launch the organization’s recent global Stronger Than Hate efforts and led their partnership with Universal Studios for the 25th Anniversary re-release of the Academy Award®-winning film Schindler’s List. Beallor continues to serve as an Executive Consultant for USC Shoah Foundation which has become a global leader in testimony-based education.

Beallor established the USC Shoah Foundation’s signature Ambassadors for Humanity benefit, and has produced the live event for two decades working with Event Chair Steven Spielberg, and other prominent figures and artists, from President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, and Tom Hanks to Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, and composer/conductor John Williams, among others.

Beallor co-founded Holocaust Survivors, Family & Friends for Biden-Harris, a coalition to restore humanity, compassion, and integrity to American leadership, which was subsequently adopted by the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign. 

Beallor has also overseen the creation, production, and execution of hundreds of promos, tribute films, and global initiatives and has numerous film, TV, and documentary projects in active development and production.

Beallor is a Founding Member of the Documentary Committee at the Directors Guild of America, a member of both the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences, having served numerous terms on the Producers’ Executive Committee.

Highlights

  • Director/Producer – 2020 Chaos and Hope, a feature-length documentary about the perfect storm of the year 2020 and its challenges and hopes for America’s future. (Theatrical & Peacock)
  • Producer – Remaster and re-release of Academy Award®-winning Best Documentary Feature The Last Days, Executive Produced by Steven Spielberg, for Netflix worldwide and a Universal Studios Blu-ray release. (Netflix/Universal)
  • Producer – Award-winning documentary Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses in association with USC Shoah Foundation, for Discovery Channel with a reach of over 100 million homes in 224 countries. (Discovery)
  • Co-Producer – Award-winning feature film My Name Is Sara. (Strand Films/Streaming Platforms)
  • Director & Senior Producer – Democratic National Convention (twice in one decade), creating numerous high-profile films for the political confab on VP Joe Biden (now President), President Jimmy Carter, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and the closing night tribute film to Martin Luther King, Jr., among other films. (Various Networks)
  • Director & Co-Executive Producer – TNT Pilot First & Last, an unscripted series about first and last life experiences. (TNT)
  • Director, Co-Executive Producer, and Co-creator – In Front with Wal-Mart a 3-part magazine series for Wal-Mart’s reimaging and green campaign. (USA & Lifetime)
  • Executive Producer – Voices from The List, the companion film for the Blu-ray release of Schindler’s List. (Universal Blu-ray)
  • Executive Producer – The Lost Children of Berlin (narrated by Anthony Hopkins), recognized with the Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Journalism. (A&E)
  • Director & Senior Producer – NetAid, oversaw and created the International film campaign to launch NetAid, the first worldwide web effort to raise funds for poverty. (All Major Networks/Cisco/Streaming)
  • Producer – Survivors of the Holocaust which received two Emmy® Awards, a National Education Association Award, as well as the prestigious Peabody Award. In addition, the program was nominated for the Television Academy’s President’s Award. (TNT/TBS)
  • Senior Content Producer – Jay Walker - PRICELINE presentation at the annual Herb Allen Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.
  • Producer – Academy Award®-winning Best Documentary Feature The Last Days, her third documentary for Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation. (Theatrical & HBO)
  • Executive Producer– CD-ROM Survivors: Testimonies of the Holocaust, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio and Winona Ryder, which was nominated for a “Codie Award” for Best Software Product of the year.
  • Executive Producer – Voices of the Holocaust: Children Speak, the CD-ROM, narrated by Elijah Wood, Natalie Portman, and Peter Coyote. (Worldwide Distribution)

Beallor was Segment Director/Producer for:

  • The Academy Awards® (numerous years and networks for over a decade)
  • The Motion Picture Academy Governors Awards (including the Inaugural ceremony)
  • The Primetime Emmy® Awards (numerous years and networks for over a decade)
  • Movies Rock (CBS)
  • The 48th Annual Grammy® Awards (CBS)
  • HBO Aspen Comedy Festival (numerous years) (HBO)
  • HBO's Comic Relief 20th Anniversary Special (HBO)
  • Lifetime's Women Rock! Special featuring Melissa Etheridge (Lifetime)
  • Lifetime's Achievement Awards for Women (Lifetime)
  • An Evening of Stars: The United Negro College Fund Tribute to Stevie Wonder (NBC/BET)
  • BET 25th Anniversary Special (BET)
  • Hispanic Heritage Awards (NBC/Telemundo)