Michael "Mick" Gochanour is a Grammy Award-winning American film director, producer, composer, and entertainment executive. He is best known for his filmmaking and film restoration with

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and

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. As a sound designer, composer, and music supervisor, he specialized in nature videos for Turner Broadcast, World Wildlife Organization and the

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. He has toured with such acts as

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and

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, among others.

Career

Gochanour began his production career providing assistance and tour support for

('' Secret World Live)'',

('' Black Tie, White Noise''), and others. His long association with

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began in 1993 with his most notable works on films;

and

. Gochanour also produced or directed music videos, commercials and promotional films for

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, The Herman's Hermits,

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, Virgin Air, and others.

The Rolling Stones

* ''Rock and Roll Circus'' In 1993 Gochanour was hired by

to produce a trailer for Jean-Luc Godard's newly restored film, ''

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''.

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, former manager of The Rolling Stones, Sam Cooke and

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, asked him to research and complete the unfinished, never released ''

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.'' In London, Gochanour and co-producer of the project Robin Klein found missing footage of the Rolling Stones in a storage vault owned by the rock group,

The Who The Who are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1964. Their classic lineup (1964–1978) consisted of lead vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. Considered one of th ...

. This footage became an important part of the film and soundtrack. ''Rock and Roll Circus'' premiered at the 1996

New York Film Festival The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center. Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, NYFF i ...

. For the DVD release in 2004, Gochanour directed the music video for the

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remix of "

". In 2019 Gochanour and Klein restored and enhanced the film again. This time they produced the soundtrack in Dolby Atmos - which was the first Stones' project done in the new sound technology. * ''Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out'' In 2008 Gochanour co-produced the short documentary ''Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out'' for

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and

, which featured cameos by

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...

Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most iconic and successful Rock music, rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and her "electric" ...

and

The Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psyc ...

. * ''Charlie is My Darling'' - ''Ireland 1965'' While researching archives for the upcoming 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones, Gochanour visited the Stone's vault in London and discovered several hours of unprocessed film shot by Peter Whitehead during their 1965 promotional tour. "I almost had a heart attack when I saw it," said Gochanour, "The collaboration they used to have, which Keith talks about in his book, is right there", he told ''Rolling Stone''. In an interview with ''Billboard'', Gochanour said, "We did some pretty serious science on this", when talking about the painstaking restoration process, which found them working with completely un-synched, often unlabeled separate soundtracks and film. In 2012 he wrote, produced (uncredited) and directed ''Ireland 1965'' (aka '' Charlie is My Darling'') and also restored Whitehead's original 35-minute unreleased film. The soundtrack won a Grammy in 2014.

Alejandro Jodorowsky

In 2002, Gochanour and Jodorowsky co-produced ''

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'', ''

El Topo ''El Topo'' (, "The Mole") is a 1970 Mexican acid Western film written, scored, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. Characterized by its bizarre characters and occurrences, use of maimed and dwarf performers, and heavy doses of Jude ...

'', and '' The Holy Mountain'' for

. Gochanour subsequently won The ''American Graphics'' award in 2013 for the design of the movie poster for Jodorowsky's ''

The Dance of Reality ''The Dance of Reality'' () is a 2013 Chilean- French semi-autobiographical musical fantasy drama film written, produced, and directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, and Jeremias Herskovits. It is Alejandro ...

'', which featured the on-set photography of artist Pascal.

Sam Cooke

In 2004, Gochanour won a

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for his work on '' Sam Cooke Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964'', the first film/video biography of the artist, based on the

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book, ''Dream Boogie''.

Independent works

As a sound designer, composer and music supervisor, Gochanour has specialized in nature documentaries for Turner Broadcast, World Wildlife Organization and the

. He composed the soundtrack for ''T-Rex: New Science, New Beast'' (2007) for Emmy-winning director Ann Johnson-Prum. He was post-producer for the documentary, ''Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982 - 1992'', which won the

Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award The Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in the public service and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in journalism. The awards were established in 1942 and administered ...

and

News & Documentary Emmy Award The News & Documentary Emmy Awards, or News & Documentary Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the National Academy of Television Arts and Scien ...

. As a visual artist Gochanour directed and animated a series of visual works for multi-media artist and composer Svjetlana Bukvich which included the program at the

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with the

Ethel (string quartet) Ethel is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, Ethel plays with amplification and integrates im ...

as part of ''Balcony Bar From Home - Ethel and Friends''.

Film & TV

* 2020 - ''A to Z of the Holy Mountain'' (Video short documentary) (producer) * 2017 - ''Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992'' (Documentary) (post producer) * 2016 - ''Nature'' (TV Series documentary) (sound designer - 1 episode) * 2016 - ''Super Hummingbirds''s (sound designer) * 2012 - ''The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling - Ireland 1965'' (Documentary) * 2009 - ''Get Yer Ya Ya's Out'' (Video documentary short) (producer) * 2006 - ''T-Rex: New Science, New Beast'' (TV Movie documentary) (composer: theme music) * 2004 - ''A Tale of Two Turtles'' (sound designer) * 2003 - ''The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil'' (Fatboy Slim Remix) (Music Video) (producer) * 2002 - ''Border'' (Short) (sound designer) * 2001 - ''VH1 Legends'' (TV Series documentary) (producer - 1 episode) * 2001 - ''Sam Cooke: Legend'' (producer) * 2000 - ''Wild Life Adventures: Pollinators in Peril'' (TV Series) (sound designer - 1 episode) * 1996 - ''The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus'' (Documentary) (associate producer) (producer) * 1993 - ''David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise'' (Video documentary) (midi production & playback) * 1970 - ''El Topo'' (producer)

Early life

Michael Gochanour was born in Moline, Illinois to parents Caroll and Loretta (née Lange) Gochanour. He studied film and music at

Black Hawk College Black Hawk College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Moline and Galva. History Black Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in Moline and in Kewanee ( south of Kewanee). Founded in 1946 as Molin ...

and played in local rock bands; he also worked in an alternative record shop in Galesburg, IL and was a founding member of The Pine Street Persuaders Blues Band before moving to New York City in 1981.,"Moline Native Pieces Together Vintage Rolling Stones Concert Film" by David Burke, The Quad-City Times, music section, ''January 12, 2013,''

References

External links

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Official website
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