{"id":1042,"date":"2026-05-30T19:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:05:46","slug":"josh-safdie-produced-reality-series-neighbors-submits-in-10-emmy-categories-including-5-bids-for-robert-redfords-grandson-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"Josh Safdie-Produced Reality Series \u2018Neighbors\u2019 Submits in 10 Emmy Categories, Including 5 Bids for Robert Redford\u2019s Grandson (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nHBO Max is going wide with its Emmy campaign for \u201cNeighbors,\u201d the Josh Safdie-produced docuseries that turned America\u2019s pettiest property-line feuds into one of the most talked-about unscripted experiments of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1040\">Spurs vs. Thunder Livestream: How to Watch Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Final Online Free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAfter being greenlit for a second season, the network is submitting the series in 10 categories at this year\u2019s Emmy Awards, including a bid in the outstanding unstructured reality program category, <em>Variety <\/em>revealed exclusively. Created and directed by Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford, the six-episode A24 production spent more than two years embedding with feuding neighbors across the U.S., framing their disputes over fences, surveillance cameras, backyard menageries and one now-infamous swimsuit as a verit\u00e9 window into a polarized nation.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe series marks a notable pivot for Josh Safdie, who produces \u201cNeighbors\u201d alongside frequent collaborators Bronstein and Bush following the well-documented professional split from brother Benny Safdie. It also continues HBO Max\u2019s run of Safdie-aligned nonfiction swings, including \u201cTelemarketers\u201d and \u201cRen Faire,\u201d trading those projects\u2019 single-subject deep dives for an anthology rhythm that stacks multiple combustible stories into each half-hour.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tSafdie is coming off his four Oscar nominations for best picture, director, original screenplay and editing for the Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet table-tennis dramedy \u201cMarty Supreme.\u201d Alongside the multihyphenate in the top submission race, the program enters with a producing roster that includes Ronald Bronstein (who also scored double Oscar noms for \u201cMarty\u201d), Eli Bush, John Paul Lopez-Ali, Jonathan Hausfater, Chris Bowyer, Harrison Fishman, Dylan Redford, Samuel Fishman and Brendan McHugh as executive producers, along with Andy Ruse and Max Allman as co-executive producers, Natalie Teter as producer and Rachel Walden with a produced by credit. The campaign coalesces around the jaw-dropping finale \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d (Episode 106), which carries into nearly every craft race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1038\">The Shocking Success of \u2018Backrooms\u2019 and \u2018Obsession\u2019 Should Be a Memo to Hollywood: You Need What\u2019s Outside the Box<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThere\u2019s an interesting Hollywood bloodline embedded in the producer credits. Dylan Redford, who serves as co-creator, director, editor, cinematographer, production sound mixer, main title editor and motion design director on the series, is the grandson of the late Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and Sundance Film Festival founder who died last year at 89.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tA potential Emmy nod would also break a long dry spell for the network in the genre. HBO has rarely been a factor in the reality races, and \u201cNeighbors\u201d comes as a populist play centered on a relatable subject: the feud next door. A bid in unstructured reality would be HBO\u2019s first reality series nom in six years, since \u201cWe\u2019re Here\u201d in 2020, and would make \u201cNeighbors\u201d only the fourth reality series the network has ever landed in the field following \u201cProject Greenlight\u201d (2016, 2004 and 2002) and \u201cTaxicab Confessions\u201d (2002 and 2001).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEmmy nomination-round voting runs from June 11-22, and the official 78th Primetime Emmy Awards nominations will be announced on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=1037\">Trump Slams \u2018Third Rate Artists\u2019 Dropping Out of D.C. Performances, Says He May Produce Different Event Starring Someone With a \u2018Much Larger Audience Than Elvis\u2019\u2026 Himself<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe full list of the Emmy submissions is below.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>The first season of \u201cNeighbors\u201d is streaming on HBO Max. <\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h5>\n\t\tSee all Primetime Emmy predictions\t<\/h5>\n<p>\n<span><br \/>Variety Awards Circuit: Emmys<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program: Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Directing for a Reality Program: Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford, Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program: Dustin Waldman, Harrison Fishman, Dylan Redford, Nicholas Nazmi and Kima Hibbert, edited by; Eavvon O\u2019Neal, additional editor, Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Casting for a Reality Program: Harleigh Shaw, casting by<\/li>\n<li>Cinematography for a Reality Program: Harrison Fishman, Sam Fishman and Andy Ruse, cinematographers, Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sound Mixing for a Reality Program: Paul Hsu, re-recording mixer; Dylan Redford, production mixer, Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Music Composition for a Documentary\/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score): Max Whipple, score composed by, Episode 106, \u201cYellow Thong Bikini\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Original Main Title Theme Music: Max Whipple, score composed by<\/li>\n<li>Title Design: Steve Smith, designer and animator; Emily Chin-Longobardi, typographer; Dylan Redford, Harrison Fishman, Dustin Waldman, Kima Hibbert and Nicholas Nazmi, editors<\/li>\n<li>Motion Design: Steve Smith, animator; Dylan Redford, director and editor; Nicholas Nazmi and Dustin Waldman, editors; Harrison Fishman, director, editor and cinematographer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HBO Max is submitting Josh Safdie-produced docuseries &#8216;Neighbors&#8217; in 10 Emmy categories, with eight individual bids for Robert Redford&#8217;s grandson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[220,633,1047,1048],"class_list":["post-1042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-emmys","tag-hbo-max","tag-josh-safdie","tag-neighbors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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