# Eric Drath
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{{Short description|American documentary filmmaker}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eric Drath
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| education = [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) (BA)
| alma_mater = [Trinity-Pawling School](/source/Trinity-Pawling_School)
| occupation = director, producer
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| awards = [Sports Emmy Award](/source/Sports_Emmy_Award) (2010) [Sports Emmy Award](/source/Sports_Emmy_Award) (2013)
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'''Eric Drath''' is an American filmmaker who specializes in sports documentaries. He won the 2010 [Sports Emmy Award](/source/Sports_Emmy_Awards) for Outstanding Sports Documentary for directing and producing the documentary ''[Assault in the Ring](/source/Assault_in_the_Ring)''.[{{Cite web |title='Assault In The Ring' wins Emmy for Outstanding Sports Documentary |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/boxing/assault-in-the-ring-wins-emmy-for-outstanding-sports-documentary-p08860 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Newsday|date=28 April 2010 }}]
== Biography ==
Drath was born and raised in [New York City](/source/New_York_City). He graduated from [Trinity-Pawling School](/source/Trinity-Pawling_School) in 1988 and received his B.A. from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) in 1994.[{{Cite web |title=Karen Russell, Gerry Lenfest, and Other Alumni in the News |url=https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/karen-russell-gerry-lenfest-and-other-alumni-news |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Columbia Magazine |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=ERIC DRATH '88 |url=https://trinitypawlingthequad.org/?p=4096 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=trinitypawlingthequad.org}}] In college, he interned for [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)).[{{Cite web |last=Hauser |first=Thomas |date=2020-12-08 |title=The Hauser Report: Filmmaker Eric Drath and More |url=https://tss.ib.tv/boxing/featured-boxing-articles-boxing-news-videos-rankings-and-results/66501-the-hauser-report-filmmaker-eric-drath-and-more |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=The Sweet Science |language=en-US}}] After graduating from Columbia, Drath moved to [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) to work for [CNN](/source/CNN) and then back to New York for [Fox News](/source/Fox_News).
Having attended a boxing match in [Yonkers, New York](/source/Yonkers%2C_New_York), Drath left Fox News and joined [Joseph DeGuardia](/source/Joseph_DeGuardia)'s promotional company to do publicity work before becoming an agent representing more than 40 boxers around the world.[{{Cite web |title=SportsJam with Doug Doyle: Eric Drath's "Macho: The Hector Camacho Story" on SHOWTIME |url=https://www.wbgo.org/podcast/sportsjam/2020-12-02/sportsjam-with-doug-doyle-eric-draths-macho-the-hector-camacho-story-on-showtime |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=WBGO |language=en}}]
Drath founded [Live Star Entertainment](/source/Live_Star_Entertainment) in 2000, which specializes in live events, original content, and documentaries. He also began producing documentaries that focused on sports controversies.[{{Cite web |title=No Mas - ESPN Films: 30 for 30 |url=http://www.espn.com/30for30/film?page=nomas |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.espn.com |language=en}}]
His debut documentary ''Assault in the Ring'' won the 2010 [Sports Emmy Awards](/source/Sports_Emmy_Awards) for Outstanding Sports Documentary. Drath then directed the first ESPN ''[30 for 30](/source/30_for_30)'' short film, Here Now, about Pete Rose. He also directed several other ESPN 30 for 30 films including the 2011 documentary ''Renee,'' which profiles the transsexual tennis player [Renée Richards](/source/Ren%C3%A9e_Richards) and her quest to enter the [1977 U.S. Open](/source/1977_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) as the first transgender tennis player.[{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=Dick Barnett wouldn't let basketball's most overlooked three-peat be lost to history |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/story/2022-04-26/lakers-great-dick-barnett |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Sports |first=HBCU |date=2022-04-26 |title=Basketball documentary details how Tennessee State became first team on any level to win three consecutive national titles |url=https://hbcusports.com/2022/04/26/basketball-documentary-details-how-tennessee-state-became-first-team-on-any-level-to-win-three-consecutive-national-titles/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |language=en-US}}]
== References ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=1602134|name=Eric Drath}}
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Category:Living people
Category:American documentary filmmakers
Category:American boxing promoters
Category:Sports Emmy Award winners
Category:Columbia University School of General Studies alumni
Category:Filmmakers from New York (state)
Category:American documentary film producers
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