Industry Standard 133: Joel Gallen

JOEL GALLEN is an producer, director, and founder and president of Tenth Planet Productions. Gallen has executive produced the "The Comedy Central Roasts, "America's Best Dance Crew," "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony," "The Sing Off," "Last Laugh," "Give It Up For Greg Geraldo."  He also produced "America: A Tribute To Heroes" immediately after the 9/11 attacks, which was simulcast on all major networks. Gallen has won numerous awards for his work, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, as well as a PGA Visionary Vanguard Award and a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. Gallen created and executive produced fourteen "MTV Movie Awards", which included many short films he directed for the ceremony, starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, and many more. Gallen also directed "Not Another Teen Movie," and the short that served as the inspiration for "Zoolander," which he later produced. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/industry-standard-w-barry-katz/support