Shep Gordon
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 Gordon at the Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon screening at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival |
Shep E. Gordon (born in October, 1945) is an American talent manager, Hollywood film agent, and producer.[1] Gordon is featured in a 2013 documentary, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, which was directed by Mike Myers.[2]
Biography
He was born in 1945 in Jackson Heights, Queens.[3] He has developed a close friendship with the 14th Dalai Lama and accompanied him to a visit at UB in 2006.[4]
He obtained his B.A. in 1968 from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) in sociology. He then moved to Los Angeles, California.[3]
He first gained connections in Hollywood by meeting Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Alice Cooper in 1968.[5] He quickly became Cooper's agent, and subsequently was able to do work for other celebrities such as Anne Murray, Blondie, Teddy Pendergrass, and the late Luther Vandross.
On March 2, 1980 he married Marzella A. Hanson in Los Angeles and they later divorced.[6]
Work
Gordon has worked on numerous film productions, typically as a producer. These include The Duellists and Kiss of the Spider Woman. He then created one of the first independent film production companies in the U.S., Alive Films.
His most recent work has included 'Alive Culinary Resources', which has helped spur publicity about the culinary arts.[7] He owns multiple restaurants.
References
- ↑ Hoby, Hermione (7 July 2014). "Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon [birth month/year info from his own mouth in an interview with Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter and columnist Erika Engle Oct. 6, 2016]". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
Jimi Hendrix, struck up a conversation by asking Gordon if he was Jewish. He replied in the affirmative.
- ↑ "'Supermensch' Documents the Crazy Life of Shep Gordon". www.clevescene.com. Cleve Scene. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- 1 2 "Supermensch Shep Gordon". Bloomberg News. May 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
Born in Jackson Heights, Queens, Gordon arrived in Los Angeles after graduating college in 1968.
- ↑ "Alumni Profile". www.buffalo.edu. UB Today. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ "David Letterman - Supermensch's Shep Gordon, Part 1". Youtube. The David Letterman Show. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ↑ California Marriage Index
- ↑ "The Man Who Would Turn Chefs Into Household Names". www.nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2014.