Director

Michael Nesmith

Acting

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 1All crew credits: 12

TMDB ID: 82776

IMDb ID: nm0626452

Known for: Acting

Born: December 30, 1942

Died: December 10, 2021

Age: 78

Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2020

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.36

Wikidata: Q954997

Also known as

The Monkees • Mike Nesmith

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Writer (5)Executive Producer (2)Original Music Composer (1)Producer (1)

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Biography

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.