# Sharon Oreck > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sharon_Oreck > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sharon_Oreck.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck > Source revision: 1357186841 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American film producer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox person |name = Sharon Oreck |image = Sharon Oreck.jpg |caption = High school yearbook portrait, 1972 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|04|10}} |birth_place = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles) |occupation = [Film producer](/source/Film_producer) |yearsactive = 1972–present | spouse = [Bill Pope](/source/Bill_Pope) | children = 2 }} '''Sharon Oreck''' is an American film, music video and commercial producer. She has [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) and [Grammy](/source/Grammy_Award) nominations in addition to other awards. She is credited with coining the term ''populence''. Oreck has been married to cinematographer [Bill Pope](/source/Bill_Pope) since the 1980s. She was a cinema student at [Los Angeles City College](/source/Los_Angeles_City_College) 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 ''[The Killing Fields](/source/The_Killing_Fields_(film))''. From 1984 until 2000, she was the owner-operator of O Pictures, which produced many music videos, commercials, short films and documentaries.[http://www.14womenthemovie.com/filmmakers.htm The Filmmakers behind "14 Women"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323165214/http://www.14womenthemovie.com/filmmakers.htm |date=March 23, 2008 }} Since 1984, she has produced over 600 music videos for performers in different genres including [Tony Bennett](/source/Tony_Bennett), [Rosanne Cash](/source/Rosanne_Cash), [Eurythmics](/source/Eurythmics), [Ice-T](/source/Ice-T), [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson), [Janet Jackson](/source/Janet_Jackson), [Mick Jagger](/source/Mick_Jagger), [Madonna](/source/Madonna), [Metallica](/source/Metallica), [Bette Midler](/source/Bette_Midler), [Sting](/source/Sting_(musician)) and [U2](/source/U2). Oreck is the producer of the 2007 film ''[14 Women](/source/14_Women)'', a documentary that tells the story of 14 women in the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate). The film premiered at the [Silverdocs](/source/Silverdocs) festival in June 2007.[http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/14-women/ 14 WOMEN World Premier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705192016/http://silverdocs.com/festival/films/14-women/ |date=July 5, 2007 }} 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.{{Cite web |url=http://us.macmillan.com/videoslut |title=Video Slut | Sharon Oreck | Macmillan |access-date=August 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521034125/http://us.macmillan.com/videoslut |archive-date=May 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} ==Filmography== *''[14 Women](/source/14_Women)'' – ( Producer / 2007 / Released / ) *''[Skipped Parts](/source/Skipped_Parts)'' – ( 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== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist |- | rowspan="3" | 1984 || "[When Doves Cry](/source/When_Doves_Cry)" || [Prince](/source/Prince_(musician)) |- | "[The Glamorous Life](/source/The_Glamorous_Life)" || [Sheila E.](/source/Sheila_E.) |- | "[Like a Virgin](/source/Like_a_Virgin_(song))" || [Madonna](/source/Madonna) |- | rowspan="3" | 1985 || "[Material Girl](/source/Material_Girl)" || Madonna |- | "[Would I Lie to You?](/source/Would_I_Lie_to_You%3F_(Eurythmics_song))" || [Eurythmics](/source/Eurythmics) |- | "[Sister Fate](/source/Sister_Fate)" || Sheila E. |- | rowspan="4" | 1986 || "[Nasty](/source/Nasty_(Janet_Jackson_song))" || [Janet Jackson](/source/Janet_Jackson) |- | "[Papa Don't Preach](/source/Papa_Don't_Preach)" || Madonna |- | "[Open Your Heart](/source/Open_Your_Heart_(Madonna_song))" || Madonna |- | "[Control](/source/Control_(Janet_Jackson_song))" || Janet Jackson |- | rowspan="4" | 1987 || "[Be Still My Beating Heart](/source/Be_Still_My_Beating_Heart)" || [Sting](/source/Sting_(musician)) |- | "[La Isla Bonita](/source/La_Isla_Bonita)" || Madonna |- | "[We'll Be Together](/source/We'll_Be_Together_(Sting_song))" || Sting |- | "[Luka](/source/Luka_(song))" || [Suzanne Vega](/source/Suzanne_Vega) |- | 1988 || "[In Your Room](/source/In_Your_Room_(The_Bangles_song))" || [The Bangles](/source/The_Bangles) |- | rowspan="4" | 1989 || "[One](/source/One_(Metallica_song))" || [Metallica](/source/Metallica) |- | "[Like a Prayer](/source/Like_a_Prayer_(song))" || Madonna |- | "[Cherish](/source/Cherish_(Madonna_song))" || Madonna |- | "[Opposites Attract](/source/Opposites_Attract)" || [Paula Abdul](/source/Paula_Abdul) |- | rowspan="3" | 1990 || "[Without You](/source/Without_You_(M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe_song))" || [Mötley Crüe](/source/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe) |- | "[Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)](/source/Don't_Go_Away_Mad_(Just_Go_Away))" || Mötley Crüe |- | "[Love Will Never Do (Without You)](/source/Love_Will_Never_Do_(Without_You))" || Janet Jackson |- | 1991 || "[Wicked Game](/source/Wicked_Game)" || [Chris Isaak](/source/Chris_Isaak) |- | rowspan="2" | 1992 || "[In the Closet](/source/In_the_Closet)" || [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson) |- | "[Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses](/source/Who's_Gonna_Ride_Your_Wild_Horses)" || [U2](/source/U2) |- |} ==Awards and honors== Sharon Oreck was nominated for an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Awards) in 1985[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649610/awards Awards for Sharon Oreck] and a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award) in 1991. She has won two [Women in Film Awards](/source/Women_in_Film_Crystal_%2B_Lucy_Awards) (1989 and 1991) and twenty [MTV Video Music Award](/source/MTV_Video_Music_Award)s. She is credited with coining the term ''populence'', which refers to the way contemporary artists bring together populism and opulence in abstract painting.[http://www.hfac.uh.edu/blaffer/exhibitions/past_exhibition/2005/populence.html POPulence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808134756/http://www.hfac.uh.edu/blaffer/exhibitions/past_exhibition/2005/populence.html |date=August 8, 2007 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0649610|name=Sharon Oreck}} * {{webarchive |date=2013-01-25 |url=https://archive.today/20130125213824/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Sharon_Oreck/1118220 |title=Sharon Oreck at Hollywood.com}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519174140/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/205618/Sharon-Oreck NY Times – Sharon Oreck] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oreck, Sharon}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American businesswomen Category:21st-century American businesswomen Category:American music video producers Category:California Democrats Category:Film producers from Los Angeles Category:Los Angeles City College alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sharon Oreck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Oreck?action=history)). 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