Ed Steinberg is a New York City-based music video producer/director. Steinberg also founded the RockAmerica video distribution network. Steinberg has a colorful reputation. [1] He is perhaps best known for making Madonna's first ever music video in 1982 for the song "Everybody", but has produced and directed more than 90 music videos for other artists such as Gipsy Kings, Cheap Trick, U2 and Yello. Long-form television programs he has produced include music specials for MTV, Alive From Off Center for PBS, and The Palladium, Where Mambo was King for Bravo. His videos are in collections in the Whitney Museum, The Museum of Modern Art and The Guggenheim. [2] He has served as the musical director for the Havana Film Festival New York since 2000. [2]
Steinberg is currently the President of RockaMedia LLC, a media production and distribution company and he is also media advisor to Kidos and www.Magicflix.com educational websites for 3– to 9-year-old children.
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Year | Title | Artist |
---|---|---|
1980 | "Concentration" | Chandra |
1980 | "International Language" | Richard Strange |
1980 | "Growing Up American" | The Colors |
1980 | "Jealousy" | The Colors |
1981 | "Lawn Chairs" | Our Daughter's Wedding |
1981 | "In the Congo" | The Bongos |
1981 | "Too Many Creeps" | Bush Tetras |
1981 | "Que pasa" / "Me no pop I" | Coati Mundi |
1981 | "Mambo Sun" | The Bongos |
1981 | "Sunny Day" | Pigbag |
1981 | "Target for Life" | Our Daughter's Wedding |
1981 | "Lunatic Fringe" | Red Rider |
1982 | "Everybody" | Madonna |
1982 | "Shape Up" | The Bank |
1982 | "Clear it Away" | Tom Verlaine |
1982 | "Drum" | Way of the West |
1982 | "Words from the Front" | Tom Verlaine |
1982 | "Person Person" | Joe 'King' Carrasco |
1982 | "Dance After Curfew" | Nash the Slash |
1982 | "You Don't Own Me" | Silke Berlin |
1983 | "Konk Party" | Konk |
1983 | "Working on my Love" | Polyrock |
1983 | "AEIOU Sometimes Y" | EBN-OZN |
1983 | "The Hunter" | Randy Fredrix |
1984 | "Ground Zero" | Aku Aku |
1985 | "Changes of Heart" | Janice Payson |
1985 | "Call Me Mr. Telephone" | Cheyne |
1987 | "Let It Be with You" | Belouis Some |
1987 | "Animal Magic" (version 2: remix) | Belouis Some |
1989 | "Bamboleo" (version 3: Rockamerica remix) | Gipsy Kings |
1990 | "Love Child" (version 1: Rockamerica edit) | Sweet Sensation |
1992 | "Are You Ready to Fly?" (version 2: remix) | Rozalla |
1993 | "Sube Sube" | Marchin |
1994 | "Who's Wylin'" | Bushwackass |
1996 | "Universal" | John Mickie |
1997 | "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" (version 2: remix) | Paula Cole |
1998 | "Brimful of Asha" (version 2: Norman Cook remix) | Cornershop |
2003 | "Mas humilde y sin alarde" | X Alfonso |
2003 | "Que bueno baila usted" | X Alfonso |
2010 | "The Departed" - from film Solomon Kane | Sully Erna (Godsmack) |
2014 | "Poke" - | Gentleman Jake |
2015 | "Where Monarchs Go..." | Lawrence Blatt |
2016 | MAGGLE MOUT (radio) Video | BENZLY HYPE & SPRAGGA BENZ |
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