Artie Kempner is an American director for

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Sports. He is known for his work on the NFL, directing Super Bowls XLII (2008) and XXXIX (2005), as well as NASCAR, where he has directed 14 Daytona 500 races. His directorial credits also include the Masters, NCAA Basketball tournament, NBA for Turner Sports, Thursday Night Football on the NFL Network, the NFL playoffs on NBC Sports, the NHL on Fox, as well as the Fox prime time entertainment special, ''Opening the Lost Tombs: Live from Egypt'' (1999).

Background

Artie Kempner attended John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, NY, and was inducted into the School's Hall of Fame in 2013. He graduated from The

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

in 1981 with a degree in

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and

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. He also played varsity football while at Florida. Kempner now lives in

Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina ...

Career

Kempner is a 12-time Sports

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winner. Most recently in the category of "Best Sports Series," as director of Fox Sports coverage of NASCAR, which has won 4 times: 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2014.

Autism advocacy

Artie Kempner is the founding president of Autism Delaware. Along with a dedicated group of parents, Autism Delaware has gone from an all-volunteer organization based in the Kempner's home, to a lifespan service agency. The adult services arm of the organization known as POW&R, is a program that currently serves over 145 individuals on the autism spectrum. Kempner has been passionate advocating for the Autism community since 1998 when his son Ethan was diagnosed with the disorder. He helped to establish the Fox supports program, and established the Autism Speaks 400, now known as the "AAA 400 Drive for Autism" at Dover International Speedway. Kempner received the 2015 OM Foundation Award in February 2015 in Cincinnati, at The National Sports Forum, the largest cross‐team sports sales and marketing conference in North America.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kempner, Artie University of Florida alumni Florida Gators football players People from Bellmore, New York Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American television directors John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York) alumni