Joel Gallen

Joel Gallen is an American television and film director and producer. He is the founder and president of Tenth Planet Productions.[1]

Joel Gallen
Born
Detroit, MI
Alma materUniversity of Rhode Island
Occupations
TitleFounder and president, Tenth Planet Productions
Board member ofUniversity of Rhode Island Harrington School of Communications and Media Executive Advisory Board
Awards
  • Emmy award
  • DGA award
  • Peabody award
  • PGA award
Websitewww.tenthplanet.net

Early life and education

Gallen was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in New York. He attended the University of Rhode Island.[2]

Career

Gallen has produced and directed many live television events and has won numerous awards, including an Emmy, Peabody, PGA and DGA award for producing and directing America: A Tribute to Heroes immediately following the 9/11 attacks.[3] He has executive produced and directed the last fourteen Comedy Central Roasts, including Justin Bieber, Bruce Willis, and Pam Anderson. Gallen has directed and produced 19 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies between 1993 and 2021, and executive produced and directed the multiple Emmy winning 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert at Madison Square Garden in 2009.[4]

From 2007 through 2010, Gallen was the executive producer and director of CNN Heroes.[5] He executive produced and directed the Stand Up to Cancer live multi-network broadcasts in 2012 and 2014.[6] The 2014 broadcast raised more than 100 million dollars for new clinical trials.[6] He also produced and directed The Concert for Valor for HBO in November 2014 held on the Mall in Washington, D.C.[7] He executive produced and directed the Independent Spirit Awards from 2015 through 2022.[8][9][10] Gallen produced and directed Chris Rock's HBO Special Never Scared and also produced and directed both HBO Specials for Ellen DeGeneres in the early 2000s.[11] He also executive produced and directed Ellen's first stand-up special in 15 years, Relatable, which premiered on Netflix in December 2018.[12][13]

In January 2019, Gallen produced "I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell", a 5-hour concert event hosted by Jimmy Kimmel with special guests including Foo Fighters, Metallica, Miley Cyrus, Brandi Carlile, Brad Pitt, Chris Stapleton, Jack Black, Miguel, Taylor Momsen, Josh Brolin, Perry Farrell, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog and Soundgarden.[14]

Gallen was the executive producer of two prime-time reality-competition series: The Sing-Off, an a cappella competition series for NBC for 3 seasons (2009–11);[15] and America's Best Dance Crew, a dance competition series for MTV for 7 seasons (2008-2012).[16] He executive produced and directed 8 episodes of The Comedy Jam for Comedy Central (2017),[17] and 14 episodes of Roast Battle (2016–18).[18][19]

Gallen was an executive at MTV in the early 1990s where he created and produced a number of popular shows and specials including the MTV Movie Awards.[20] He went on to produce 14 of the first 15 MTV Movie Awards shows between 1992 and 2006. Gallen returned to helm the MTV Movie and TV Awards in 2018 and 2019 and the show's ratings were the highest in years.[21][22] He conceived and directed many of the Movie Award short comedic films that featured Ben Stiller, Tom Cruise, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon and Tiffany Haddish.[20][23]

Gallen produced a short film for Zoolander while producing the VH-1 Fashion Awards in the late 1990s and executive produced the movie for Paramount in 2001. He directed the hit comedy Not Another Teen Movie for Sony Pictures that same year.[24]

Honors and awards
  • 2001 Emmy Award nomination (with Ellen DeGeneres), outstanding variety, music, or comedy special (for Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning)[25]
  • 2002 Peabody Award (with others) (for America: A Tribute to Heroes)[25]
  • 2002 Visionary Award, Producers Guild of America (for America: A Tribute to Heroes)[25]
  • 2002 Emmy Award, outstanding variety, music, or comedy special (for America: A Tribute to Heroes)[25]
  • 2002 Emmy Award nomination (with Beth McCarthy-Miller), outstanding directing for a variety, music, or comedy program (for America: A Tribute to Heroes)[25]
  • 2004 Emmy Award nomination (with Ellen DeGeneres), outstanding variety, music, or comedy special (for Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now)[25]
  • 2004 Emmy Award nomination (with Chris Rock and Michael Rotenberg), outstanding variety, music, or comedy special (for Chris Rock: Never Scared)[25]

Selected filmography
Year(s) Title Credit Notes Ref(s)
1989 MTV Video Music Awards Supervising producer 1989-1993
MTV
[26]
1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards Creator, executive producer
short film producer		 1992–93, 1995–2006, 2018-2019
Producer and director		 [27]
1993 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Producer, director 1993-1997
MTV and VHI		 [28]
1996 VH1 Fashion Awards Producer, director 1996-1998
VH1
Directed Ben Stiller shorts in 1998		 [29][30]
1999 Eric Clapton and Friends in Concert Producer, director VH-1 and Warner Bros. Home Video [2]
Paul McCartney & Friends: PETA's Millennium Concert Producer, director VH1 [2]
Concert of the Century: Save the Music Producer, director VH1 [31]
Mariah Carey's Homecoming Special Producer, director FOX [2]
2000 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show Producer ABC [32]
A Supernatural Evening with Santana Producer, director Emmy-nominated
FOX		 [11]
Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning Producer, director Emmy-nominated
HBO		 [11]
Dixie Chicks On The Fly Producer/Director NBC [2]
2001 Not Another Teen Movie Director Columbia Pictures [33]
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Producer, director ABC [34]
Zoolander Executive producer Paramount Pictures and Red Hour Productions [35]
America: A Tribute to Heroes Executive producer, director Aired on 39 networks including
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and HBO

Emmy, Peabody, DGA and PGA Award winner

 [36][37]
2002 An Evening with the Dixie Chicks Producer, director ABC [38]
2003 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Executive producer, producer, director 2003-2014, 2020, 2022
HBO		 [39][40][41]
Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now Executive producer, director Emmy-nominated
HBO		 [11]
Super Bowl XXXVII halftime show Producer, director ABC [42]
2004 Chris Rock: Never Scared Executive producer, director Emmy-nominated, HBO [11]
Last Laugh Executive producer, director 2004-2007
Comedy Central		 [43]
2005 Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast Executive producer, director ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX [44]
The Comedy Central Roast Executive producer, director 2005-2019
Comedy Central		 [45] [46]
2007 CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute Executive producer, director 2007-2009
CNN		 [47]
2008 America's Best Dance Crew Executive producer 2008-2012
MTV		 [48]
2009 25th Anniversary Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Executive producer, director HBO, 3 Emmy Awards [49]
The Sing-Off Executive producer 2009-2011
NBC		 [48]
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief Executive producer, director 60 networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, MTV, HBO
Emmy-nominated		 [11]
2012 Stand Up To Cancer Executive producer, director 2012, 2014
ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, HBO
and 30 other networks
Emmy-nominated		 [11] [50]
2014 The Concert for Valor Executive producer, director HBO [51]
2015 Independent Spirit Awards Executive producer, director 2015-2021
IFC		 [52] [53]
2016 Roast Battle Executive producer, director 2016-2018
Comedy Central		 [35]
Pete Davidson: SMD Executive producer, director Comedy Central [54]
2017 The Comedy Jam Executive producer, director Comedy Central [35]
2018 Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable Executive producer, director Netflix [55]
2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards Executive producer 2019, 2021-2023
FOX		 [56]
2022 Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts Director London and Los Angeles
Paramount+, CBS		 [57]
2023 Grammy Tribute to the Beach Boys Executive producer, director CBS [58]
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage Producer, director Netflix
Live stream		 [59]

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