Sharon Oreck is an American film, music video and commercial producer. She has Oscar and

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nominations in addition to other awards. She is credited with coining the term ''populence''. Oreck has been married to cinematographer Bill Pope since the 1980s. She was a cinema student at

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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''. From 1984 until 2000, she was the owner-operator of O Pictures, which produced many music videos, commercials, short films and documentaries.The Filmmakers behind "14 Women"
Since 1984, she has produced over 600 music videos for performers in different genres including

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, Eurythmics, Ice-T,

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, Madonna,

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, Sting and U2. Oreck is the producer of the 2007 film '' 14 Women'', a documentary that tells the story of 14 women in the

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. The film premiered at the

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festival in June 2007.14 WOMEN World Premier
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.

Filmography

*'' 14 Women'' – ( Producer / 2007 / Released / ) *'' 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

Awards and honors

Sharon Oreck was nominated for an

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in 1991. She has won two Women in Film Awards (1989 and 1991) and twenty

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s. She is credited with coining the term ''populence'', which refers to the way contemporary artists bring together populism and opulence in abstract painting.POPulence

References

External links

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NY Times – Sharon Oreck
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