Michael H. Shamberg

Not to be confused with Michael Shamberg.

Michael H. Shamberg (October 27, 1952[1] – November 1, 2014) was an American music video producer and filmmaker known for his work with the British band, New Order.[2][3] Shamberg, who was closely associated with Factory Records and New Order throughout his career, was responsible for producing some of the band's best known music videos, including “True Faith” and “Blue Monday”.[3] Shamberg's producing credits included the 1987 music video for “True Faith”, which was nominated for "Best Music Video" at the 1988 Brit Awards.[2] Shamberg also worked on music videos featuring numerous other musical artists, including Talking Heads, The B-52's, R.E.M., Patti Smith and Grace Jones.[3] His music video production credits included videos directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Jonathan Demme, Robert Frank, Robert Longo, and William Wegman.[4]

Shamberg made his feature film debut with Souvenir, a 74-minute film released in 1999.[3][4] The film, which took five years to create, included Stanton Miranda, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Adam Hann-Byrd and Melvil Poupaud in the cast.[4][5]

  1. ^ Shamberg Michael H. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  2. ^ a b Bourne, Dianne (2014-11-04). "New Order pay tribute to video producer Michael H. Shamberg". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  3. ^ a b c d Kaltenbach, Chris (2014-11-15). "Remembrance: Michael Shamberg, from Baltimore to New Order and beyond". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  4. ^ a b c Kaufman, Anthony (1999-02-11). "A Little Help from My Friends: Michael Shamberg Remembers Rotterdam's "Souvenir"". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
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