Sharon Oreck is an American film, music video and commercial producer. She has

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and

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nominations in addition to other awards. She is credited with coining the term ''populence''. Oreck has been married to cinematographer

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since the 1980s. She was a cinema student at

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in Los Angeles.http://cinematv.lacitycollege.edu/otheralum1.htm News about Past and Present Los Angeles City College Cinema Students

Career as a producer

Oreck began her production career in 1972, working on low budget genre movies, until she line produced the evacuation of Phnom Penh for ''

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''. From 1984 until 2000, she was the owner-operator of O Pictures, which produced many music videos, commercials, short films and documentaries.The Filmmakers behind "14 Women"
Since 1984, she has produced over 600 music videos for performers in different genres including

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, Ice-T,

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and U2. Oreck is the producer of the 2007 film ''

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'', a documentary that tells the story of 14 women in the

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. The film premiered at the

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festival in June 2007.14 WOMEN World Premier
She has written the memoir ''Video Slut: How I Shoved Madonna Off an Olympic High Dive, Got Prince into a Pair of Tiny Purple Woolen Underpants, Ran Away from Michael Jackson's Dad, and Got a Waterfall to Flow Backward So I Could Bring Rock Videos to the Masses'' which was published by Faber and Faber in May 2010.

Filmography

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'' – ( Producer / 2007 / Released / ) *''

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'' – ( Producer / 2001 / Released / ) *''Mugshot'' – ( Producer / 1996 / Released / ) *''Below the Belt'' – ( Production Assistant / 1980 / Released / Atlantic Releasing Corporation )

TV credits

*Coca-Cola Pop Music "Backstage Pass to Summer" ( 1991 / Released ): Segment Producer *''Imagining America'' ( 1989 / Released ): Producer

Selected music videos

Awards and honors

Sharon Oreck was nominated for an

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in 1985Awards for Sharon Oreck
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in 1991. She has won two Women in Film Awards (1989 and 1991) and twenty

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s. She is credited with coining the term ''populence'', which refers to the way contemporary artists bring together populism and opulence in abstract painting.POPulence

References

External links

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NY Times – Sharon Oreck
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