Jeff Margolis, a prolific TV producer and director whose roster of credit stretching again to the Seventies contains almost each main awards present and dozens of dwell occasions, specials and selection reveals, died right this moment in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 78.
His dying was confirmed by the Display screen Actors Guild Awards Committee and the Administrators Guild of America. No reason behind dying was given.
“Jeff Margolis created a number of the most unforgettable moments in awards present historical past, and we’re grateful that the Display screen Actors Guild Awards was amongst them. For over 16 years, Jeff helped form the telecast right into a celebration worthy of the actors it honors. We’re profoundly grateful for his contributions and can miss him dearly,” the SAG Awards Committee stated in a press release.
“All the DGA group mourns the lack of Jeff Margolis, member since 1972,” the Administrators Guild of America stated in a press release. “Jeff obtained seven DGA Awards nominations, and gained two within the Music Selection Class. He additionally served as a member of the Guild’s Western Administrators Council.”
In line with the web site of his firm, Jeff Margolis Productions, Margolis directed 22 American Music Awards, eight Oscars, seven Display screen Actors Guild Awards, three Emmys, three Golden Globes Crimson Carpet Specials, three TV Land Award reveals, two Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies, two Academy of Nation Music Awards telecasts, and two NBC Christmas in Rockefeller Middle specials.
In 1979 he directed the groundbreaking comedy movie Richard Pryor Stay in Live performance, and he directed or produced selection reveals and specials for most of the greatest stars in leisure, together with Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Sammy Davis Jr., Ringo Starr, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones and Cher.
Margolis gained two Administrators Guild of America Awards for guiding the Oscars, obtained six Emmy Award nominations for guiding the 1991-1996 Oscars telecasts, gained Emmys for guiding the 1995 Oscars and for producing Sammy Davis Jr.’s sixtieth Anniversary Celebration.
Margolis based Jeff Margolis Productions in 1976, and produced the NBC musical selection sequence Fame, the VH1 audition sequence In Search of the Partridge Household, The September eleventh tribute live performance United We Stand, Motown 45, President Invoice Clinton’s fiftieth Birthday Celebration at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor, An Night with Bette, Cher, Meryl, Goldie, & Robin, and 6 years of Perry Como Christmas specials, to call only a sampling. Margolis served as producer and director for many of those tv occasions.
Jeff Margolis Productions produced The Miss America Pageant from 1993 to 2000, with Margolis serving as producer and director. From 1993 to 1998, Margolis produced and directed A Gala for the President at Ford’s Theater.
“The joys I get once I’m directing is indescribable,” Margolis notes on the corporate web site. “I can’t wait to get off the bed within the morning and go to work.”
Margolis’ memoir We’re Stay in 5: My Extraordinary Life in Tv was printed in 2020. A nephew of the late Let’s Make a Deal recreation present host Monty Corridor, Margolis is survived by his youngsters Adam, Erin and Samantha, and two grandchildren.
