Randy Sosin (born 1962) is an American

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producer, and executive. He is known for producing films and documentaries such as '' Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'', ''Interscope Presents: The Next Episode, Live!'', and ''Under the Electric Sky''. He is also known as the brainchild behind

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and 50 Cents' music videos. As an executive, he has served as an executive at Interscope Records and as a vice president at Insomniac and MTV.

Career

Sosin began his career in 1992 when he joined The End Productions as an

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to oversee their music video division. In 1995, Sosin started working at

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as a senior director of music production, and by 1998 he had been moved to the position of vice president of music video production. In 2000, Sosin joined

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(IGA), where he served as senior vice president of music video production until 2008. Sosin managed visual material at IGA and commissioned music videos for artists such as

and

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. With the help of

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, Sosin produced the 2005 feature concert film, '' Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic'', along with Heidi Herzon and Mark Williams. In 2003, Sosin co-created ''Interscope Presents: The Next Episode'', a Showtime reality-show series about battle rap. In 2006, Sosin produced ''Rock Legends: Platinum Weird'' along with David Stewart and Jimmy Iovine. In 2007, Sosin executive produced the feature film, ''Live!'', starring Eva Mendes and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Bill Guttentag, which premiered at the 2007

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. From 2010 to 2012, Sosin held the position of senior vice president of talent development and programming at

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

. For a brief period, he also served as the event director of Golden Road Brewery, a Los Angeles-based brewery. In 2012, Sosin joined

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as senior vice president of visual content, and later became the senior vice president of film and video production. In 2019, Sosin founded creative content agency, Pro1ific.

Filmography

* ''Interscope Presents: The Next Episode'' (2003) * '' Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic'' (2005) * ''Live!'' (2007) * ''Under the Electric Sky'' (2014)

References

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