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‘1971: THE YEAR THAT MIC CHANGED EVERYTHG’ EXEC PRODUCER JAM GAY-RE ON WHAT LED TO SUCH AN AMAZG YEAR MIC [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW]

JAMES GAY-REESE Although he has been volved the film bs for 20 years, Jam Gay-Re isn't jad. If anythg, he fds producg, which he has been dog sce 2002, vigoratg. * gay rees *

When Jam Gay-Re, along wh fellow executive producer Asif Kapadia, started to put together a doceri about the mic of 1971, they had to answer the basic qutn of what ma that year so pivotal. “We realized was a very tumultuo and very pivotal year the sense that the sixti had e to this kd of crashg end wh Kent State, Altamont, Charl Manson and The Beatl sptg up December 1970, ” Gay-Re explas to Gold Derby our Meet the Experts: Televisn Documentary panel (watch the exclive vio terview above).

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” by Marv Gaye, “Image” by John Lennon, “Taptry” by Carole Kg, “Who’s Next” by The Who, “Sticky Fgers” by The Rollg Ston, “Hunky Dory” by David Bowie and “Piec of a Man” by Gil Stt-Heron jt to name a few. Gay-Re is a equent producer for Kapadia cludg Kapadia’s 2015 film, “Amy, ” about Amy Wehoe which won the Osr for Bt Documentary Feature. One of the moments om hours of terviews nducted for the seri that stood out to Gay-Re was listeng to Chrissie Hyn of The Pretenrs rell the horrific tragedy that occurred at Kent State Universy 1970.

As for Gay-Re’s favore mic om that time, his personal favore is a b nventnal, but still a worthy choice.

’ by Marv Gaye. Jam Gay-Re, Asif Kapadia, Wners: Bt Documentary, Feature, AMY the prs room for The 88th Amy Awards Osrs 2016 - Prs Room, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angel, CA Febary 28, 2016. Although he has been volved the film bs for 20 years, Jam Gay-Re isn’t jad.

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“It’s kd of addictive, ” says Gay-Re, who took doc “Ex Through the Gift Shop” to Sundance 2010 ( later nabbed an Osr nom) and earlier this year brought “Senna” to the Park Cy ft, where won an dience award. After a year New York, Gay-Re joed Orb Prods. Directed by secretive street artist Banksy, “Ex Through the Gift Shop” marked Gay-Re’ first time producg a documentary.

GAY-RE: DRIVG FORCE BEHD HIGH-PROFILE DOCS

“It would have been so hard to engeer that, ” says Gay-Re.

Gay-Re is producg a narrative, “The Weddg Vio, ” directed by Nigel Cole (“Calendar Girls”) as well as another doc, tentatively tled “The Pappas Brothers” about Atralian skateboarrs who self stct. 10 PRODUCERS TO WATCH 2011Jason Michael Berman | Borrle Films | Tyler Davidson & Sophia L | Jam Gay-Re | Lawrence Inglee |.

OSR-WNER JAM GAY-RE: "OASIS BRILLIANT TO WORK PLETELY SANE"

Producer Jam Gay-Re, who recently picked up an Osr for Asif Kapadia-directed Amy, has spoken about his upg documentary on inic band Oasis. “[Liam and Noel Gallagher are] brilliant to work wh, both pletely sane and hysterilly funny, ” said Gay-Re, speakg today at the BASE [formerly BVA] Insight Fom London. Accs ntact , charts, active projects and more for Jam Gay-Re and 80, 000+ other executiv and producers.

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Want to ntact Jam Gay-Re directly? Jam Gay-Re has a job that’s easy to envy.

From 2010’s Bafta-wng Senna, to last year’s highly acclaimed Oasis documentary, Supersonic, by way of the Osr and Bafta-wng Amy, Gay-Re has a way of elevatg his subjects out of their field and to wir nscns. Gay-Re is hard to p down.

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It’s clear that Gay-Re felt that, too, as his easy flowg patter giv way to a sadns-tged rail agast the media.

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Gay-Re ps, momentarily ntemplatg the doubts and difficulti that he and his lleagu went through makg the film. Dpe the backlash, Gay-Re diplomatilly avoids gettg drawn further to the row.

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Unfazed by the negative feedback, Gay-Re speaks wh the unflchg nfince of someone ee of self-doubt or guilt.

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