Senior Vice President, Multimedia Production
National Basketball Association
As Vice President, Field Production, Paul Hirschheimer is responsible for coordinating all facets of external production for NBA Entertainment. He sets up production shoots for all NBAE projects, including several weekly television shows, home video and DVD releases, as well as original programming for NBA TV, the league’s 24-hour television channel. One of the NBA’s most trusted historians, Hirschheimer also supervises NBAE’s production involvement in all the league’s major events, including the NBA All-Star festivities, The NBA Finals and The NBA Draft.

Among the weekly television shows that Hirschheimer oversees production assignments for are NBA Inside Stuff, NBA Matchup, Vintage NBA, NBA Action and NBA Jam. He worked extensively on The History of the NBA for HBO and the Emmy Award-winning specials The NBA at 50 and What Ever Happened to Micheal Ray on TNT. He was instrumental in overseeing two NBAE-produced theatrical releases: the IMAX presentation Michael Jordan to the Max, released in May 2000 and Twentieth Century Fox’s Like Mike. Hirschheimer was also co-producer of The Year of The Yao (2004).

Hirschheimer joined the NBA in 1988 as Production Assistant, and was promoted to Editor in 1989. In 1990 he was named Field Production Coordinator and was promoted to Manager, Assignment Desk in 1992. He was named Director of Field Production in 1995 and Senior Director in 1997, and was named to his current position, overseeing the department, in January 2000.

A graduate of the University of Vermont, Hirschheimer earned a degree in political science, and spent time in Washington, D.C. studying government and the media. He currently resides in Edgemont, N.Y. with his wife, Alissa, and daughters, Mollie and Sasha.