Kelly Norris Sarno

Last updated
Kelly Norris Sarno
Kelly Norris Sarno.jpg
Born1966 (age 5657)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation Executive Producer

Kelly Norris Sarno (born 1966) is the owner of Agency Arts, an agency that manages a select group of creatives from various disciplines such as: music video, still photography and fine art. She was previously Executive Producer and owner of production company Symphony 19, based in Los Angeles, California. [1]

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Norris Sarno began in the music video field in 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as a Line Producer for directors such as Andrew MacNaughtan and Floria Sigismondi. She is credited with producing Sigismondi's groundbreaking clip "The Beautiful People" for artist Marilyn Manson. She has line produced well over 50 music video productions for recording artists: Tricky, David Bowie, Filter, Barry Adamson, Great Big Sea, Esthero and others.

In 2000, Norris Sarno opened the U.S. branch of The Revolver Film Co. in Los Angeles, CA as its sole executive producer.

In February 2008, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video at the 50th Grammy Awards for the film 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads by Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The film was directed by Noble Jones.

Also in 2008, Norris Sarno Co-Executive Produced the live concert DVD The Black Parade Is Dead! by My Chemical Romance. The DVD was directed by Atom Rothlein.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Floria Sigismondi</span> Canadian artist and filmmaker

Floria Sigismondi is an Italian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, music video director, artist, and photographer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Howard Benson</span> American record producer

Howard Benson is an American music producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was nominated for the Producer of the Year Grammy Award in 2007 and 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lou Adler</span> American record producer

Lester Louis Adler is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of iconic musical artists, including The Grass Roots, Jan & Dean, The Mamas & the Papas and Carole King. King's album Tapestry, produced by Adler, won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and has been called one of the greatest pop albums of all time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Greg Wells</span> Canadian record producer

Greg Wells is a multiple Grammy winning Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter and audio engineer. Wells has songs on over 130 million albums sold. He has worked with Adele, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana Grande, Michael Bublé, The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Ryan Tedder, Dua Lipa, John Legend, Kid Cudi, Jazmine Sullivan, Rufus Wainwright, Taylor Swift, Missy Elliot, Weezer, Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Jake Wesley Rogers, "San Quentin Mixtapes, Vol. 1" with David Jassy, Pharrell Williams, Carrie Underwood, Deftones, Jamie Cullum, Pink, Theophilus London, Keith Urban, Crash Test Dummies, Celine Dion, MIKA, Twenty One Pilots, Aerosmith, as well as Sir George Martin, Quincy Jones, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Schwartz, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and the Count Basie Orchestra.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Francis Lawrence</span> American music video, film and television director

Francis Lawrence is an Austrian-born American filmmaker and producer. After establishing himself as a director of music videos and commercials, Lawrence made his feature-length directorial debut with the superhero thriller Constantine (2005) and has since directed the post-apocalyptic horror film I Am Legend (2007), the romantic drama Water for Elephants (2011), three of the four films in the Hunger Games film series, and the spy thriller Red Sparrow (2018).

Prudence Fenton is an American film, television and music video producer. She won a Grammy for producing and co-creating the music video for Peter Gabriel's 1992 single "Steam".

Arthur Gorson, also known as Arthur H. Gorson, is an American film producer. He also has experience as a cinematographer, screenwriter, cameraman and record producer. He is currently (2021) active in TV, film and commercial production. As a record producer, he produced over 20 albums for major labels with artists such as Golden Earring, Phil Ochs and Tom Rush. His photographic work with artists such as Bob Marley is widely published. A series of his photos were included in the authorized documentary Marley directed by Kevin Mcdonald.

Sharon Oreck is an American film, music video and commercial producer. She has Oscar and Grammy 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 Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles.

<i>10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads</i> 2007 studio album by Kenny Wayne Shepherd

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads is a CD/DVD and is the fifth release from American blues musician Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The documentary film was directed by Noble Jones and produced by Phillipa Davis. It was executive produced by Kelly Norris Sarno, Devin Sarno, Ken Shepherd, and Kristin Forbes. It was edited by Mark Morton. The CD was produced by Jerry Harrison. Tour still photography, CD, DVD, and LP photos by Amanda Gresham. 10 Days Out was nominated for two Grammys, Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video and Grammy Award For Best Traditional Blues Album at the 50th Grammy Awards and won the 2008 Blues Music Award for Best DVD and the 2008 Keeping the Blues Alive Award under the category of Film, Television or Video.

<i>The Black Parade Is Dead!</i> 2008 live album by My Chemical Romance

The Black Parade Is Dead! is a CD/DVD and live album by American rock band My Chemical Romance. It is the band's second live album, and was released by Reprise Records on July 1, 2008.

Paul Coy Allen is a filmmaker, television director television producer, and music video director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Devin Sarno</span> American experimental musician

Devin Sarno began CRIB in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics. Over the course of a decade his music evolved from high volume feedback experimentation to a sonic examination of the meditative properties of low-end drone music. In 2003, the CRIB moniker was retired & Sarno now performs & records under his own name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RedOne</span> Moroccan-Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive

Nadir Khayat, better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. Currently he holds the FIFA's Creative Entertainment Executive position. RedOne is considered one of the most influential record producer artists in contemporary music. As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many worldwide high-profile recording artists, most notably Ava Max, Lady Gaga, Akon, Michael Jackson, RBD, Now United, U2, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Scherzinger, Gru, Cross Gene, MIKA, Pitbull, Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, Wyclef Jean, Mariah Carey, Paulina Rubio, Mylène Farmer, Mohombi, Inna, Khaled, Alexandra Burke, Austin Mahone, Davido, Trinidad Cardona, One Direction, Marc Anthony, the Band Perry, Prince Royce, Rod Stewart, Usher and Saad Lamjarred, among many others. His production discography boasts many Billboard and international hits. RedOne has established his own record label named RedOne Records.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvey Mason Jr.</span> American producer and songwriter

Harvey Jay Mason Jr. is an American record producer, songwriter, film producer, and current CEO of The Recording Academy. He has written and produced songs for artists including Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Deniece Williams, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, EXO, Red Velvet, Kim Jong-hyun, Taemin and NCT. In addition, he has produced music for television and films, including Dreamgirls, Sparkle, Pitch Perfect, Sing, Straight Outta Compton, and The Wiz Live!. He was elected as the chairman of The Recording Academy in June 2019, became its interim president and CEO on January 16, 2020, and then assumed the permanent role of CEO on May 13, 2021.

A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act.

Carlos López Estrada is a Mexican-American Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, music video director, commercial director, theatre director, and actor. Born in Mexico, he moved to the United States when he was 12 and later enrolled at Chapman University.

Nicole Ehrlich is an American producer, director, and women's rights activist. She is the SVP of Creative and Celebrity Relations, and has been the recipient of Grammy, MTV VMA and Emmy Awards. Ehrlich has previously worked for Extasy Records, Geffen Records, and Universal Music Group. She is best known for her work with Lady Gaga, and as a music video producer in general. Her work also includes full-length music DVDs and television production. As a producer of documentaries, her works include the 2015 film The Hunting Ground. In the world of visual art, she is the curator of the annual Art Basel Miami exhibition Celebration of Women in Art.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Gochanour</span> American director, producer and composer

Michael "Mick" Gochanour is a Grammy Award-winning American film director, producer, composer, and entertainment executive. He is best known for his filmmaking and film restoration with The Rolling Stones, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Sam Cooke. As a sound designer, composer, and music supervisor, he specialized in nature videos for Turner Broadcast, World Wildlife Organization and the Discovery Channel. He has toured with such acts as Peter Gabriel and David Bowie, among others.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeff Ayeroff</span>

Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff is an American record executive who has worked for A&M, Warner Records, Virgin U.S., Work Group, Apple, and Shangri-La Music. He founded Rock the Vote in 1990 in response to a censorship campaign against artists’ use of explicit language.

References

  1. Steven Gottlieb. "Video Static". videostatic.com. Retrieved June 3, 2009.