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Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith

Actor · 1942 – 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA

Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys. After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards. Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Nesmith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies14

  • Movie6.7

    Repo Man

    1984 · 706 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Head

    1968 · 107 votes

  • Movie5.4
  • Movie5.4

    Tapeheads

    1988 · 64 votes

  • Movie7.5

    I Want My MTV

    2019 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Burglar

    1987 · 109 votes

  • Movie7.1
  • Movie8.4
  • Movie4.7
  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.1

    Elephant Parts

    1981 · 10 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Making The Monkees

    2007 · 2 votes

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  • Movie7.0

Series8

  • TV6.9

    Saturday Night Live

    1975 · 527 votes

  • TV6.6

    Top of the Pops

    1964 · 44 votes

  • TV7.9

    MTV Video Music Awards

    1984 · 24 votes

  • TV7.3

    Behind the Music

    1997 · 17 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV6.5

    The Monkees

    1966 · 56 votes

  • TV8.1

    E! True Hollywood Story

    1996 · 81 votes

  • TV8.2

    Laurel Canyon

    2020 · 12 votes