Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.
After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards.
Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984).
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Fotos
Películas (24)
I Want My MTV
2019 · Self
Boyce & Hart: The Guys Who Wrote 'Em
2015
Making The Monkees
2007
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003 · Self
Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees
1997 · Mike, Executive Producer, Writer, Director
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1997 · Self
Michael Nesmith: Austin City Limits
1992
Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival
1992
Tapeheads
1988 · Water Man, Executive Producer
Burglar
1987 · Cabbie
Square Dance
1987 · Producer
Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986 · Director
Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1986 · Writer
Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce
1985
Television Parts Home Companion
1985 · Self, Writer
Repo Man
1984 · Rabbi, Executive Producer
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982 · Race Official (uncredited), Writer, Original Music Composer
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 1
1982 · Writer
Elephant Parts
1981 · Writer, Executive Producer, Songs
An Evening with Sir William Martin
1981 · Foyer the Butler, Writer, Executive Producer
The Northville Cemetery Massacre
1976 · Original Music Composer
33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
1969 · Himself/Monkee #3
Head
1968 · Mike, Writer, Songs
Monkees Screen Tests
1966 · Self
Series (10)
Laurel Canyon
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Behind the Music
1997 · Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Television Parts
1985 · Creator
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · The Man with the Black Hat (voice) (uncredited), Man in Foreign Film (uncredited), Director
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self
The Monkees
1966 · Mike
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self
PopClips
· Creator