The Hollywood Reporter has announced that 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. His son Jazz said it was from natural causes.
The first music videos he directed were ones in 1984 for Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna 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 Its Thorn,” Stevie Nicks’ “Stand Back” and Bon Jovi’s “Lie To Me,” more than 200 in all, most for MTV.
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, 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’s Hard Knocks is considered 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.
Read more at The Hollywood Reporter, and watch some of Callner’s video work below:
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Callner died Monday at his home in Malibu, his rep Gail Parenteau announced. His son Jazz said it was from natural causes.
The first music videos he directed were ones in 1984 for Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna 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 Its Thorn,” Stevie Nicks’ “Stand Back” and Bon Jovi’s “Lie To Me,” more than 200 in all, most for MTV.
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, 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’s Hard Knocks is considered 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.
Read more at The Hollywood Reporter, and watch some of Callner’s video work below:
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