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Neal Marshad

Neal Marshad (born April 25, 1952) is an American film and television producer, director, cinematographer, advertising executive, internet strategist, and designer.

Personal life

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Marshad was born on April 25, 1952, in Peekskill, New York, the son of Ruth Marshad and Look (American magazine) art director and graphic designer Jack Marshad.[1] Marshad grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, and since 1975 Marshad resides in Tribeca in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Starting in 1971, Marshad attended New York University, Tisch School of the Arts for Film and TV, with mentorship by his professor George C. Stoney who taught documentary filmmaking, and mentorship by audio engineering professor Lee Osbourne. Marshad's classmates included Barry Sonnenfeld, Amy Heckerling, Susan Seidelman, Martin Brest, Mitchell Block and Leonard Maltin. Marshad married Erica (née Klapper) Marshad, MSW in 1983 and they have two sons, Cameron Marshad and Tyler Marshad.

Career timeline

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After graduating New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 1974, Marshad photographed and directed a PBS documentary, Sculpture by Isaac Witkin[2] about Isaac Witkin that premiered in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service on October 19, 1976, and at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on November 7, 1976.[3]

Beginning in 1978, Marshad produced and photographed films for NBC's Saturday Night Live over a 43-year period.[4]

 
Neal Marshad

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes commissioned Marshad to direct a documentary film including a live broadcast concert at the Asbury Park Convention Hall on August 8, 1979. The film was first shown in January 1980 on WarnerMedia's Qube (cable television).[5]

In 1981 Wim Wenders hired Marshad to provide film post-production services and post-production audio engineering services for The State of Things (film) and Wenders edited the film in Marshad's 35mm edit room in New York City.[6]

In January 1982, The Steinettes collaborated with Marshad. He produced and engineered a recording of twenty songs performed by The Steinettes in his studio at 295 West 4th Street in Greenwich Village in New York City.

In 1982, Marshad won his first Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in directing and cinematography for his work for CBS Sports Super Bowl XVI[7]

In 1982, Marshad formed Neal Marshad Productions, and began directing and producing films for IBM in the US and Europe using the ARPANET to facilitate global communications between crews and clients. IBM commissioned Marshad to direct a documentary film about architect Renzo Piano[8] and the IBM Traveling Technology Pavilion in Paris.

In 1984 Marshad collaborated with actor/producer Michael Douglas,[9] Betsy Gotbaum, and Rolling Stone Magazine's publisher Jann Wenner, and the New York City Police Department to produce and direct a documentary film about handgun ownership [10] dedicated to John Lennon.[11]

In 1989, Marshad produced and directed the PBS television documentary The Conspiracy of Silence [12] with actress Kathleen Turner.[12]

 
Kathleen Turner and Neal Marshad at Marshad's home in New York City.

In 1989 and 1990, Marshad produced, directed and photographed two standup comedy specials hosted by The Improv comedy club founder Budd Friedman and sponsored by Johnnie Walker as a way for talent scouts from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Star Search to book up and coming standup talent. The one-hour specials were broadcast respectively on The Comedy Channel in 1989 and on Comedy Central in 1990, for which Marshad directed then unknown comedians Steve Harvey,[13] Ray Romano, Brian Kiley, Judd Apatow and Ellen Cleghorne.[14]

In 1993, while working for IBM Latin America, and directing a documentary film about making the Vatican Library accessible online,[15] Marshad pioneered streaming video on the internet, and was first to stream a video on a BBC’s website in 1995.

On December 17, 1995, the New York Times reported on a group art show and published Marshad's photograph. The photograph was of Denise Brown’s hands wearing the bracelet her sister Nicole Brown Simpson wore when she was slain. Another photograph Marshad created, one depicting the hands of Jerry Della Femina, was also included in the show "Nonviolent Hands" at the Vered Gallery, East Hampton, New York. [16]

In 1996, Marshad formed The Marshad Technology Group, a digital agency, and was hired by clients including Chanel, Neiman Marcus, Beiersdorf La Prairie,[17] and the BBC to strategize, create and launch their internet businesses. In the same year, he was commissioned by Speedo, the swimwear manufacturer, to create and launch Speedo.com.[18] Marshad was the first to enable email communication between Olympic Games athletes and sports fans online, for the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1997, Marshad started to collaborate with playwright Edward Albee and Martha Wadsworth Coigney [19] to create the first website for the International Theatre Institute.[20] The goal of the website was to promote open and free communications among playwrights, actors, directors and all people working in theater around the world. For that effort, Marshad directed and streamed audio interviews which he recorded of Albee. This was the first recorded performance Albee allowed to be published on the web.

In 1998, Marshad worked as segment producer and cinematographer on the TV special Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman,[21] collaborating with writer/director Tom Schiller and actors Phil Hartman and Jan Hooks which became the last tribute to Hartman in a special send off by all the current and past SNL cast members who worked with Hartman including Candice Bergen, Dana Carvey, Danny DeVito, Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Steve Martin, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, and William Shatner. Al Franken was one of the writers as well as Conan O'Brien and others. [22]

Marshad was director of photography (videographer) for the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education interviews of Martin Greenfield in Westhampton, New York. Under the direction of Steven Spielberg, the Foundation has collected the permanent testimony of over 52,000 holocaust survivors, liberators, rescuers, and war crimes trial participants.[23]

Marshad collaborated again with playwright Edward Albee[24] to direct videos of his performances at the Jack Lenor Larsen sculpture garden at LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York in 1999.[25]

Marshad was hired in October 1999 by Janet Gurwitch, founder of Laura Mercier Cosmetics to provide strategy, design and technology for www.lauramercier.com.[26]

In September 2001, Marshad collaborated with actor Jerry Stiller,[27] jazz singer Cassandra Wilson[28] and actress Kathleen Turner,[29] to direct and produce "What Can I Do?" a public service television campaign for the Citizens Committee for New York City to help residents recover from the destruction of the September 11 attacks.

 
Jerry Stiller and Neal Marshad in New York City 2001

Marshad previously collaborated with the Citizens Committee for New York City starting in 1977 [30] to help NYC residents recover from New York City blackout of 1977 and David Berkowitz (the "Son of Sam") and created the "Who Cares About NYC?" public service television campaign with Diane von Fürstenberg, Otto Preminger, Robert Merrill, Jack Gilford, Dina Merrill, Cliff Robertson, Gato Barbieri, Alan King, Robert Klein, Henny Youngman, and others.[31]

Marshad is currently an executive producer for Eurocinema, the Video-On-Demand television network available specializing in European box office films that is in 35 million United States homes.[32]

In August 2011 Marshad signed an agreement with the Apollo Theater to exclusively direct, develop, joint venture and produce musical and comedy filmed entertainment for online streaming to worldwide audiences.[33]

In 2012 Marshad worked as segment producer, segment director, and segment director of photography for a TV special produced by and starring Steve Harvey.[34]

The Marshad Technology Group achieved Google Partner status in March, 2014. Marshad was asked, in May 2014, to become DOWNTOWN magazine's Digital Media Advisor, and was offered a board position.[35]

On October 11, 2014, "Love is a Dream", a film Marshad produced and photographed, was broadcast on Saturday Night Live as a tribute to former cast member Jan Hooks who died on October 8, 2014.[36] The film was included in the Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special airing on September 25, 1999[37] which won the 2000 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special.[38] and the show was nominated for the 2000 Emmy Award for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video for a Miniseries, Movie or Special. "Love is a Dream" was also included in the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special which aired on February 15, 2015.[39]

Steve Harvey and Deep Dish Productions of Chicago, LLC contracted with Marshad in October 2015 to provide Segment Producer/Director/Director of Photography services for The Steve Harvey Show on NBC.[34]

In June 2016, Marshad was named to the International Advisory Board of LongHouse Reserve, by Jack Lenor Larsen, East Hampton (town), New York.[40]

In November 2016, Microsoft asked Marshad to become a Microsoft Bing Partner Agency.[41]

On November 20, 2021, "Java Junkie", a film Marshad produced and photographed featuring actress Teri Garr, was broadcast on Saturday Night Live (season 47) as a tribute to former cast member and writer Peter Aykroyd, brother of original Not Ready for Primetime Player Dan Aykroyd, who died on November 6, 2021. Before the show ends, a photo by Neal Marshad of Peter Aykroyd is shown in silence. SNL also posted the film as an online tribute on X, formerly called Twitter.[42][43][44][45]

References

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  1. ^ "Syracuse University Marcel Breuer Archive".
  2. ^ "Sculpture by Isaac Witkin". May 18, 1976 – via IMDb.
  3. ^ "Film and Video Makers Travel Sheet September 1976" (PDF). Film Section Museum of Art Carnegie Institute. September 1, 1976.
  4. ^ "Best of Schiller's Reel". May 18, 1994 – via IMDb.
  5. ^ "Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at the Asbury Park Convention Center". October 27, 1979 – via IMDb.
  6. ^ "The State of Things". January 12, 1982 – via IMDb.
  7. ^ "Super Bowl XVI". January 24, 1982 – via IMDb.
  8. ^ "Renzo Piano Building Workshop Selected Projects: Part 3 - The Architectural League of New York".
  9. ^ Handguns Aren't the Answer (Trailer). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  10. ^ Hand Guns Aren't the Answer. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  11. ^ "Handguns Aren't the Answer (TV Short 1984) - IMDb". IMDb.
  12. ^ a b "The Conspiracy of Silence (Video 1995) - IMDb". IMDb.
  13. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Steve Harvey Performance 1990. YouTube.
  14. ^ "1989 Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search (TV Movie 1989) - IMDb". IMDb.
  15. ^ YouTube, a Google company. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-07-13.
  16. ^ "Long Iland Journal". December 17, 1995 – via New York Times.
  17. ^ "La Prairie Home Page". laprairie.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 1997. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Archived copy". www.speedo.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 1996. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: A Celebration of the Life of Martha Coigney—LaMaMa—New York City—Monday, July 11, 2016. YouTube.
  20. ^ "International Theatre Institute ITI". www.iti-worldwide.org.
  21. ^ "Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (TV Special 1998) - IMDb". IMDb.
  22. ^ "Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (TV Special 2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  23. ^ "USC Shoah Foundation". USC Shoah Foundation.
  24. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Edward Albee improvs as a Hungarian poet, a terrorist, and someone speaking to a deer. YouTube.
  25. ^ "Performance by Edward Albee (Video 1999) - IMDb". IMDb.
  26. ^ "Laura Mercier | Artistry Makeup, Skincare & Cosmetics". www.lauramercier.com.
  27. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Get off your Tuchas! - Jerry Stiller. YouTube.
  28. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Cassandra Wilson: "Sing With Your Neighbors". YouTube.
  29. ^ Kathleen Turner "NYC: What Can I Do?" directed by Neal Marshad. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  30. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara "Homestead" tv spot directed by Neal Marshad. YouTube.
  31. ^ Who Cares About NYC? an ad campaign directed by Neal Marshad. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09.
  32. ^ "EUROCINEMA-USA - Award Winning Films - HOME". www.eurocinema.com.
  33. ^ "The Apollo: The Soul of American Culture". Apollo Theater.
  34. ^ a b ""Steve Harvey" Steve Celebrates His 30-Year Anniversary of Stand-Up Comedy/Dream Date/Sammy Hagar/Love Connection (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb". IMDb.
  35. ^ "022 Downtown Magazine NYC Spring 2017 by Downtown Magazine NYC - Issuu". issuu.com.
  36. ^ "If You've Never Seen This, Get Ready to Cry". HuffPost. 10 October 2014.
  37. ^ "Saturday Night Live 25 (TV Special 1999) - IMDb". IMDb.
  38. ^ "Saturday Night Live 25 - IMDb". IMDb.
  39. ^ "Saturday Night Live (TV Series 1975– ) - IMDb". IMDb.
  40. ^ "Who We Are". LongHouse Reserve.
  41. ^ "Online directory for the Microsoft Advertising Partner Program".
  42. ^ ""The Java Junkie"". Twitter. SNL on X. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  43. ^ Hoglund, Andy. "Saturday Night Live recap: Billie Eilish is the latest guest to pull double duty". Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  44. ^ "Saturday Night Live The Java Junkie".
  45. ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (November 20, 2021). "Peter Aykroyd Dies: 'Saturday Night Live' Pays Tribute To Former Cast Member & Writer". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
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