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Alan Sachs is an executive producer, most well known as producer and co-creator of the TV series Welcome Back Kotter . He formerly managed the band Unlocking the truth. [1]
Alan Sacks produced a string of films for the Disney Channel, starting with Smart House in 1999. [2] He followed it up with the Emmy Award-winning The Color of Friendship in 2000. [3] He was executive producer of Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam , starring Demi Lovato and the Jonas Brothers. He also produced the supervised television series Jonas . Among his other Disney Channel projects, they include The Other Me , Pixel Perfect , and You Wish! . In 2009, he produced the film Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience .
Sacks helped develop and co-create Welcome Back, Kotter with Gabe Kaplan in 1975, based on Kaplan's stand-up routine about his high school buddies in Brooklyn. He also worked on Chico and The Man , a show created by Welcome Back, Kotter executive producer James Komack. In 1991, he created and produced a short-lived Saturday morning children's show built around the comedy and western band Riders In The Sky.
He produced a number of made-for-television movies in the 70's and 80's, including Women at West Point in 1979; Twirl in 1981; Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story in 1982; and A Cry for Love [4] among others.
In 1984, after a project involving the band The Runaways imploded, he took the footage and incorporated it into a plot about a director working under the gun to finish a movie starring Joan Jett. The resulting film, Du-Beat-e-o , set against the backdrop of the then-burgeoning L.A. Hardcore Punk scene, starred Ray Sharkey and Derf Scratch of the band Fear. [5]
In 1986, he wrote and produced the skateboarding film Thrashin' [6] starring Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, and Pamela Gidley. The film is notable for featuring a music performance by the original incarnation of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Sacks also produced several documentaries, including Elko: The Cowboy Gathering , [7] in 1994, and the video His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Compassion as a Source Of Happiness in 2007.
Sacks wrote, directed and co-produced the Off-Broadway production Lenny Bruce (In His Own Words) . [8]
Sacks is former manager of the metal group Unlocking the Truth. He helped the group secure a six-album record deal with Sony Music worth upwards of $1.7 million.
Alan Sacks currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and youngest daughter. Along with producing, he was also a Professor Emeritus at Los Angeles Valley College. [9] He taught classes on Film, TV, and Broadcasting until his retirement from teaching in 2007.
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