Mati CallerThe comedy special special Special Special Special Director, who set the template of the HBO genre in the 1970s before injecting the music video into the MTV’s early heyday, died in his house in Malibu, California, on March 17.
His son, Jazz Callner, said the cause is not yet known.
Callers over half a century worked with the largest name in popular culture, including Jerry Seinfeld, Madonna, Robin Williams, George Carlin, The Rolling Stones and CHRIS ROCK.
Jason Zinoman of the New York Times was written in 2022.
One day in the early 1980s, Callner had a main day. I found a music video while watching television at home in Bee Bali Hills. I did “Bette Davis Eyes” of Kim Carnes And he couldn’t take his eyes off.
“I said, ‘I can’t believe this.’ He recalled in “Hawketalk” podcast In 2021 he called it “the most artistic and fun of what I saw,” and thought, “I have to go.”
MTV was initially initially. But Callner was willing to give up his favorable work of HBO’s comedy special as a creative dash of music video production.
At a meeting with Ahmet Ertegun, chairman of Atlantic Records, Callner chose three bands to create a video. He chose the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, and in 1984 he played the group’s song. “We will not accept it“In an interesting movie story of a teenager.
In the video, the guitarist boy (played by his son DAX) sends a crash from the window after an angry father declares “I want a rock!”
Rob Tannenbaum, who wrote “MTV (MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution” (2011) “(2011), said,“ But many Marty paid for the money but not enough.
Callner has created a memorable video for Pat Benatar, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and ZZ TOP for more than 10 years. The 18 videos he created for Aerosmith included “sweet feelings” and “Dream ON”.
For the video of her hit song “If I could come back,” CHER performed in Missouri battleships in 1989 in the hundreds of terrible and hazards. Callner persuaded her to hang a cannon.
I wore a cher in most videos Black cat suit with a body She designed herself with a cutout full of mesh.
Prime Minister Coller said during the rehearsal that the Navy’s contact manager would be sent to Aleutian Islands if Cher would wear a costume for shooting. He told Callner that he could not wear it.
Callner said, “I say she can’t wear it.” The contact resigned.
Martin Henry Callner was born in Chicago on August 25, 1946 and grew up with his mother, Etheljane (Hirsch) Callner in Cincinnati, with his father, Barnard, with his mother Etheljane (Hirsch) Callner. Eight years later, after the death of Barnard Callner, real estate accepted real estate. He was surrounded by art until he was 18 years old with his aunt and uncle with his relatives in Chicago.
He went to three universities, including Kentucky University, but he preferred and did not graduate. He later recalled that his creativity was unlocked at the age of 19 or 20 and traveled to hallucinations psilocybin.
He couldn’t find an outlet for new creativity until his mother, who worked in the TV guide, interviewed at a television station in Cincinnati in 1969. He quickly became the director of several shows.
But a few years later, he left when the station administrator refused to improve. Collo said because he had left -wing politics and long hair.
After hiring to make ads in Cleveland, he directed the Celtics game of the Boston Station WBZ-TV. In 1975 he joined the new cable channel HBO and founded himself as a comedy show. “Evening with Robert Klein,” HBO’s first stand up special.
It was called “innovation” by Times critic John O’connor to use five cameras to integrate Callner’s stage scenes and capture the feeling of Klein’s live performance.
The declaration has signed a favorable contract with HBO, ordering a series of stand -up comedy specials starring Williams, Kalin and Steve Martin. He was also co-director of “Pee-Wee Herman Show” (1981), a more adult-oriented version of the hit children’s series “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” with the star Paul Reubens.
Callner told THE TIMES, “I found out that comedy is directing me.” If the comedian is doing physical work, it’s a good idea to shoot from head to toe. If he is making a pleasant point, it’s a good idea to have a close shot. It was a report. “
In the HBO, Callner also ordered the application of the MBLE Blade Tennis Tournament. Concert special starring Liza Minneli, Paul Simon, Diana Ross and Stevie Nicks; Broadway Musical “Camelot” revival version of Richard Harris in 1982.
Callner has been designing music and comedy programming for several years and devised the HBO football reality show “Hard Knocks”, which followed the NFL team for the season since 2001.
His idea was to follow the rookie when he tried to make a team during the pre -season. The series version of the season series has been added recently.
“Everyone wants to see what’s happening when everyone goes into the locker room.” He told the Ringer in 2022 sports and pop culture websites.
Former HBO Sports Chairman Ross Greenburg said in an interview that network and NFL films quickly expanded their concepts, so that the camera did not want to talk about the development of the new team and veteran as well as the fate of the rookie. Callner was a senior producer who won two sports Emmys, but did not play a role in this series.
In addition to his son, Jazz, his marriage to Aleza (Zelcer) Callner was survived by his daughter Tess Levi. His son DAX and Chad ended with marriage to Jan Musara. A step daughter, Lin Swenson; The brush son of, Oriel Zelcer; And eight grandchildren.
In 1998, Callner supervised Seinfeld in Live HBO Special “Last Tell me” in Broadhurst Theatre in New York.
“When the show starts, I pulled the fire to black.” “There’s nothing worse than the comedian looking at the audience,” he added.
He learned the lesson by directing the Steve Martin stand up show in 1976.
“I’m on the fire and cutting it.” “His agent came behind me and whispered in my ear. I decided not to hear him. Steve Martin later made a mistake.”
