American film producer
This article is about the film producer. For the music video producer, see
Michael H. Shamberg
.
Michael Shamberg
(born May 4, 1945)
[1]
is an American
film producer
and former
Time?Life
correspondent.
Life and career
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His credits include
Erin Brockovich
,
A Fish Called Wanda
,
Garden State
,
Gattaca
,
Pulp Fiction
and
The Big Chill
. His production companies include
Jersey Films
, with
Stacey Sher
and
Danny DeVito
, and, as of 2015
[update]
, Double Feature Films, with Stacey Sher.
In the 1960s and 1970s, counter-culture video collectives extended the role of the underground press to new communication technologies. In 1970, Shamberg co-founded a video collective called
Raindance Corporation
, which published a newspaper-magazine called
Radical Software
. Raindance Corporation later became
TVTV
, or Top Value Television. Shamberg and his first wife Megan Williams were founding members of TVTV.
[2]
The collective believed new technology could effect social change. An example was Shamberg's work on
In Hiding: A Conversation with
Abbie Hoffman
, broadcast on
Public-access television
station WNET/13 in May 1975.
[2]
Shamberg described his approach as "
guerrilla television
" (the title of his 1971 book) because, despite its strategies and tactics similar to warfare, guerrilla television is non-violent and he saw it as a means to break through the barriers imposed by
broadcast television
, which he called beast television.
[
citation needed
]
His TVTV group's documentary
Lord of the Universe
, 1974, won a
DuPont-Columbia Award
in 1975.
[3]
The group urged for the use of
Sony
's
Portapak
video camera, introduced in 1967, to be merged with the
documentary film
style and television, and later pioneer use of 3/4" video in their works.
[
citation needed
]
Shamberg is a graduate of
Washington University
in
St. Louis, MO
.
[4]
Filmography
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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.
Film
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- As an actor
- Thanks
Television
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Year
|
Title
|
Credit
|
Notes
|
1972
|
Four More Years
|
|
Documentary
|
1974
|
Lord of the Universe
|
|
Documentary
|
1976
|
Super Bowl
|
|
Documentary
|
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards
|
|
Television special
|
1977
|
The TVTV Show
|
|
Television film
|
1998
|
The Pentagon Wars
|
Executive producer
|
Television film
|
2000
|
Celebrity
|
Executive producer
|
Television film
|
2001
|
Kate Brasher
|
Executive producer
|
|
2002
|
The American Embassy
|
Executive producer
|
|
The Funkhousers
|
Executive producer
|
Television film
|
2001?02
|
UC: Undercover
|
Executive producer
|
|
2003
|
Other People's Business
|
Executive producer
|
Television film
|
Karen Sisco
|
Executive producer
|
|
2015?19
|
Into the Badlands
|
Executive producer
|
|
2004?20
|
Reno 911!
|
Executive producer
|
|
2021
|
Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
|
Executive producer
|
Television film
|
2022
|
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
|
Executive producer
|
Documentary
|
TBA
|
The Devil in the White City
|
Executive producer
|
|
- As an editor
Year
|
Title
|
Notes
|
1974
|
Lord of the Universe
|
Documentary
|
1976
|
Super Bowl
|
Documentary
|
TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards
|
Television special
|
- As writer
Year
|
Title
|
Notes
|
1977
|
The TVTV Show
|
Television film
|
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