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Joel Gallen Biography

Full name, Joel A. Gallen; born in Detroit, MI;Addresses: Office: Tenth Planet Productions, 833 North La Cienega Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90069.; Agent: United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Fifth Floor,Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Benderspink, 6735 Yucca St., Hollywood, CA90028.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Producer, director, executive

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Director
• Series
• MTV Unplugged, MTV, 1990-93
• The Jenny McCarthy Show, MTV, 1997-98
• Pepsi Smash, The WB, 2003, 2004
• Television Executive Producer
• Series
• Kevin Seal: Sporting Fool, MTV, 1990-91
• MTV Unplugged, MTV, 1990-93
• Saturday Night Special, Fox, 1996
• Pepsi Smash, The WB, 2003, 2004
• Television Producer
• Series
• Top of the Pops, CBS, 1987-88
• The Big Picture, MTV, c. 1989-91
• Club MTV � Hour Comedy Hour, MTV, 1989-91
• Get the Picture, Nickelodeon GAS, c. 1991-93
• The Jenny McCarthy Show, MTV, 1997-98
• Signs of Life, VH1, beginning 2001
• Television Director
• Specials
• Top of the Pops: A Very Special Christmas, CBS, 1987
• Pauly Does Dallas (also known as Pauly Shore Does Dallas),HBO, 1993
• Rolling Stone '93: The Year in Review, Fox, 1993
• Heart: The Road Home, The Disney Channel, 1995
• Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning, HBO, 2000
• (With Beth McCarthy-Miller) America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiplenetworks, 2001
• Friday Night Super Bowl Bash, CBS, 2002
• Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now, HBO, 2003
• 2003 NFL Kickoff Concert, ABC, 2003
• Chris Rock: Never Scared, HBO, 2004
• Comedy Central's "Last Laugh '04" (also known as Last Laugh '04), Comedy Central, 2004
• Television Executive Producer
• Specials
• Rock n' Jock Hoops, MTV, 1991
• Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition, MTV, 1991
• Bruce Springsteen Plugged, MTV, 1992
• Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi, MTV, 1992
• Interview director, MTV Presents Paul McCartney Up Close, MTV, 1993
• Pauly Does Dallas (also known as Pauly Shore Does Dallas),HBO, 1993
• Rolling Stone '93: The Year in Review, Fox, 1993
• Heart: The Road Home, The Disney Channel, 1995
• State of the Union Undressed '95, Comedy Central, 1995
• CityKids All Star Celebration, ABC, 1996
• State of the Union: Undressed, Comedy Central, 1996
• A Very Special Christmas from Washington, DC, TNT, 1998, 2000
• The Concert of the Century for VH1 Save the Music, VH1, 1999
• Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert, VH1, 1999
• Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special, Fox, 1999
• Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert, VH1,1999
• Dixie Chicks on the Fly, NBC, 2000
• (With Ellen DeGeneres) Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning, HBO, 2000
• A Supernatural Evening with Carlos Santana, Fox, 2000
• (Uncredited; with others) America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiple networks, 2001
• The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, MTV, 2001
• An Evening with the Dixie Chicks, NBC, 2002
• Friday Night Super Bowl Bash, CBS, 2002
• (With DeGeneres) Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now, HBO, 2003
• Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show, ABC, 2003
• 2003 NFL Kickoff Concert, ABC, 2003
• (With Chris Rock and Michael Rotenberg) Chris Rock: Never Scared,HBO, 2004
• Comedy Central's "Last Laugh '04" (also known as Last Laugh '04), Comedy Central, 2004
• The Nick & Jessica Variety Hour, ABC, 2004
• Television Producer
• Specials
• (With others) A Soul Session: James Brown & Friends, Cinemax,1987
• MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, ABC, 1991
• Keep the Faith: An Evening with Bon Jovi, MTV, 1992
• MTV Presents Paul McCartney Up Close, MTV, 1993
• Rosie Perez Presents Society's Ride, HBO, 1993
• The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, HBO, 1995
• A Very Special Christmas from Washington, DC, TNT, 1998, 2000
• The Concert of the Century for VH1 Save the Music, VH1, 1999
• Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert, VH1, 1999
• Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special, Fox, 1999
• Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert, VH1,1999
• Countdown to Oscar 2000, ABC, 2000
• Dixie Chicks on the Fly, NBC, 2000
• The Experience Music Project, MTV and VH1, 2000
• The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show, ABC, 2000
• A Supernatural Evening with Carlos Santana, Fox, 2000
• The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, MTV, 2001
• An Evening with the Dixie Chicks, NBC, 2002
• Super Bowl XXXVII Halftime Show, ABC, 2003
• Countdown to the Oscars 2004, ABC, 2004
• Television Director
• Awards Presentations
• Segment director, The MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, annually, 1989-93
• Segment director, The MTV Movie Awards, MTV, annually, 1992-93, 1995-2005
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, VH1, annually,1993-97, 2002-2005
• The 1995 NCLR Bravo Awards, Fox, 1995
• Segment director, The VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, annually, 1996-98
• Television Executive Producer
• Awards Presentations
• (With others) The MTV Movie Awards, MTV, annually, 1992-93, 1995-2005
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, VH1, annually,1993-97, 1999, 2002-2005
• The 1994 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1994
• The 1999 ALMA Awards, 1999
• Television Producer
• Awards Presentations
• The MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, annually, 1989-93
• The VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, annually, 1996-98
• The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004
• Pilots
• Dionne and Friends, syndicated, 1990
• Other
• Castaway Dick (short film broadcast on television), 2001
• Creator and executive committee member for segments of other awards presentations.
• Television Director
• Short Films Broadcast on Awards Presentations
• Derek Zoolander: Male Model, 1996
• Bruce Testones, Fashion Photographer, 1997
• Derek Zoolander University, 1997
• Andrew Taylor, 1998
• The Award, 1998
• Backstreet Boyz, 1998
• Fanatic, 1998
• Model Maker, 1998
• Mission: Improbable (also known as Being Tom Cruise), 2000
• Sex and the Matrix, 2000
• Jack Black: Spider-Man, 2002
• Lord of the Piercing, 2002
• Panic Room with Will Ferrell, 2002
• Charlie's Angels Ass Coordinator, 2003
• Movie Awards Reloaded, 2003
• The Pitch, 2004
• Director of other short films and music videos broadcast as segments of television specials and awards presentations.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Himself, Hips, Lips, & Gender Benders: MTV History of Sex, MTV, 2001
• Film Director
• Not Another Teen Movie (also known as Sex Academy), Sony Pictures Releasing, 2001
• Romantic Comedy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005
• Film Executive Producer
• Feed Your Head (documentary short film), Ravin' Films/Tenth PlanetProductions, 1997
• Zoolander, Paramount, 2001
• RECORDINGS
• Video Producer
• Deja View, four volumes, 1985-86
• (With others) "Will You Be There," Dangerous: The Short Films (also known as Michael Jackson--Dangerous: The Short Films), 1993
• Gallen's work as director and executive producer of the MTV television series MTV Unplugged can be seen in music videos created from that series.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Los Angeles, December, 2001

Electronic

• Tenth Planet Productions Web Site, http://www.tenthplanet.com, February 9, 2005