Ricky Kirshner is an American television producer. Kirshner has won nine

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out of 26 nominations.

Early life

Kirshner is the son of

Don Kirshner Donald Kirshner (April 17, 1934 – January 17, 2011) was an American music publisher, music consultant, rock music producer, talent manager, and songwriter. Dubbed "the Man with the Golden Ear" by ''Time'', he was best known for managin ...

Career

Kirshner partnered with

Glenn Weiss Glenn Weiss is an American producer and director of television and live events. He has won 14 Emmy Awards and eight Directors Guild of America awards as a director and producer for various awards shows and reality shows including the Tony Awards ...

to create White Cherry Entertainment. Kirshner has been involved in the

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since 1993, first acting as a line producer. Since

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, Kirshner has acted as an executive producer of the

. From 2007 through 2020, Kirshner acted as executive producer of the Super Bowl halftime show. From 2015 through 2021, Kirshner, along with Glenn Weiss, was an executive producer of the

Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to Culture of the United States, American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in ...

. Kirshner has been involved with all

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since

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

. Among the roles he has played in the production of conventions, Kirshner acted as the producer of the 2000 convention, the executive producer for the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

conventions, a co-producer for the 2016 convention (alongside Vicangelo Bulluck), and oversaw the programming of the

2020 Democratic National Convention The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a United States presidential nominating convention, presidential nominating convention that was held from August 17 to 20, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and virtual ...

. Kirshner and Glenn Weiss co-produced the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball as part of the

first inauguration of Barack Obama The first United States presidential inauguration, inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States took place on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. The 56th ina ...

. Kirshner and Wiess also produced the " Celebrating America" television special as part of the inauguration of Joe Biden.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirshner, Ricky American television producers Primetime Emmy Award winners Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Year of birth missing (living people)