William Povletich

Native Wisconsinite William Povletich is the award-winning author of "Green Bay Packers: Trials, Triumphs and Tradition" (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2012), "Some Like It Cold: A Sheboygan Safari" (Clerisy Press, 2010), "Milwaukee Braves: Heroes and Heartbreak" (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2009), and "Green Bay Packers: Legends in Green and Gold" (Arcadia Publishing, 2005), as well as numerous magazine articles on sports and entertainment including his Wisconsin Historical Society’s Magazine of History cover article, "Liberace: The Milwaukee Maestro," which won the 43rd Annual William Best Hesseltine Award for “Article of the Year.”

As an Emmy Award nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker, his works have received both international acclaim and audience success. In 2005, William was a Supervising Producer on the History Channel documentary, "Rwanda: Do Scars Ever Fade" that earned a 2005 Peabody Award and Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program. Serving as the Associate Producer on the History Channel’s "Inside Pol Pot’s Secret Prison," which was honored with the 2002 International Documentary Association Distinguished Achievement Award for Best Documentary in a Continuing Series, he was also nominated for two National News and Documentary Emmy Awards in 2003. William has also written, produced and directed several network specials including "The Nuclear Football" for the History Channel and "A Braves New World" for PBS, as well as the highly successful series "Beach Patrol" for Court TV, "Police Women of Broward County" for TLC, "Pretty Wicked Moms" for Lifetime and most recently, "Trisha’s Southern Kitchen" for the Food Network. William also participated in the day-to-day production of "Memento," the critically acclaimed Academy Award nominated feature-film.