Photo: Kobe Bryant & Marty Callner | By Mike Barnes, Hollywood Reporter | Marty Callner, the 12-time Emmy nominee who created HBO’s Hard Knocks and directed and/or produced music videos and TV specials featuring the likes of Cher, Garth Brooks, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock, has died. He was 78.
Callner died Monday at his home in Malibu, his rep Gail Parenteau announced.
The first music videos he directed were ones in 1984 for Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Going to Take It” and Pat Benatar’s “We Belong,” and he also handled Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time”; Aerosmith’s “Cryin’,” “Crazy,” “Amazing,” “Livin’ on the Edge,” “Sweet Emotion,” “Dude Looks Like a Lady” and “Love in an Elevator”; Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again,” Poison’s “Every Rose Has a Thorn,” Stevie Nicks’ “Stand Back,” Bon Jovi’s “Lie to Me” and many more.
His music/concert specials included Bette Midler’s Diva Las Vegas, Benatar’s In Concert, Britney Spears’ Live From Las Vegas, Diana Ross’ Live at Caesar’s Palace, Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage Tour, Garth Brooks’ Live From Central Park, Gladys Knight’s Live at the Greek Theatre, Gloria Estefan’s Caribbean Soul: The Atlantis Concert, Justin Timberlake’s FutureSex/LoveShow, Paul Simon’s Live at the Tower Theatre, the Rolling Stones’ Four Flicks, Stevie Nicks’ Bella Donna and Whitney Houston’s Concert for a New South Africa.
Callner also created Hard Knocks, the first sports-based TV reality series; in collaboration with NFL Films, it has taken viewers inside a team’s training camp every year since 2001.
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Joe McFadden, Veteran Music Industry Executive, Dies at 77
By Mike Barnes, Hollywood Reporter
Joe McFadden, a music industry executive who had stints at EMI, Capitol Records and Better Noise Music and worked with acts including Merle Haggard, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Bob Seger and Mötley Crüe, has died. He was 77.
McFadden died March 11 in Chatsworth, California, after a long illness, a publicist announced.
Born on Nov. 16, 1947, in Tracy, California, McFadden earned a degree in business administration and management from Fresno State University and worked with his father, Jack, in Bakersfield managing such notable artists as Haggard and Buck Owens.
He started out with EMI in 1975 before joining its label Capitol and serving as its senior vp sales and field marketing from 1985-2007. There, he worked with McCartney, Seger, Coldplay, Bonnie Raitt, Megadeth, Duran Duran, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Foo Fighters and Iron Maiden and was involved in campaigns for The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and The Beach Boys.
McFadden left Capitol to open his own independent business, The Hammer Llc., where he teamed with Punch Andrews and Mike Boila (Hideout Records and Distributors) as a consultant in sales and marketing for Seger.
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