Craig Shepherd

Craig H. Shepherd is a film & television executive with over 25 years of experience in creating, producing, directing, and managing award-winning television series, feature films, documentaries, and digital content.  Currently, he is the Chair of the Department of Film and Television at Boston University and the EVP, New Business Development and Affairs, TV/Film/Brands for Zero Point Zero Production Inc.   

Shepherd line produced the feature films Girlfight (Winner of 15 awards including the Sundance Film Festival) and Edge of Seventeen (Audience Award Winner at the Sundance Film Festival and winner of the New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals). Shepherd’s feature documentary credits include Wild Wild Space (HBO); Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure (HBO Max); The Witmans (Discovery +); Edgewood (HBO Max); Fries! (Peacock); and Martina Navratilova (Tennis Channel).  

Shepherd has extensive television credits as an Executive Producer spanning all streaming services and broadcast television including Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (NBC/Bravo), and Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown and No Reservations — two groundbreaking series that defined television. Shepherd began his career as a Financial Analyst for CBS Sports, where he was part of a team that constructed billion-dollar bids to acquire NCAA College Basketball, NFL Football, Major League Baseball, and Olympic sports properties. 

Since joining Zero Point Zero, the company has garnered a Peabody Award Winner for Distinguished Journalism, 88 Emmy Nominations and 29 wins, eight Producers Guild of America Nominations and one win, eight American Cinema Editors Nominations, and five wins, Television Critics Awards, 4 IDA Documentary Award Nominations and 11 James Beard Foundation Nominations and five wins. ZPZ has been named a Top 100 Global Production Company numerous years in a row. Additionally, Shepherd is a long-standing member of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and was nominated twice for a James Beard Award.