Shep Gordon Biography

Shep Gordon is a talent manager, Hollywood film agency, and producer from the United States. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, filmed by Mike Myers in 2013, is a documentary about Gordon. Gordon was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, in 1945. He received his B.A. in sociology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1968. He pursued post-graduate studies at The New School for Social Research. He subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he worked as a probation officer. In 1968, he and his partner Joe Greenberg began managing Alice Cooper after being introduced to the band by drummer Neil Smith's sister Cindy Smith. Gordon went on to represent Anne Murray, Blondie, Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, Ben Vereen, Burton Cummings, The Calloways, Squeeze, Frankie Valli, Gary Wright, George Clinton, Gipsy Kings, Groucho Marx, Jean-Luc Ponty, Johnny Clegg, Kenny Loggins, King Sunny Ade, Lisa Fischer, Majek Fashek, Maurice White, Michelle Shocked, Mtume, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Pink Floyd, Pointer Sisters, Raquel Welch, Rick James, Sarah Miles, Stephanie Mills and Yvonne Elliman. He still manages Alice Cooper without a contract to this day. Gordon co-founded Cabo Wabo Tequila with Sammy Hagar (of Van Halen). He also collaborated with Willie Nelson on the creation of Old Whiskey River Bourbon. Gordon founded Alive Culinary Resources, the first talent agency to represent cooks, in 1972. In the words of Emeril Lagasse, "He created superstar cooks by himself." Celestino Drago, Charlie Trotter, Daniel Boulud, Dean Fearing, Emeril Lagasse, Jimmy Schmidt, Jonathan Waxman, Larry Forgione, Lydia Shire, Mark Miller, Mark Tarbell, Nobu Matsuhisa, Peter Merriman, Piero Salvaggio, Pino Luongo, Rovert Del Grande, Roger Verg, Roy Yamaguchi, Sam Choy, Wolfgang Puck, and Alan Wong were among his clients. He has worked with great chefs like Tribeca Grill, Carlosn Charlie, Spice Market, and Maui Tacos (sold to Blimpie). Gordon and Roy Yamaguchi previously owned the Hawaii Outback Steakhouse franchise and are now partners at Humble Market Kitchen at the Wailea Beach Resort. Gordon has spoken at a number of events, including SXSW, Summit at Sea, and 92Y. He presented the Culinary Institute of America's 2015 baccalaureate address. The Duellists, Gordon's debut picture as a producer, won the Cannes Film Festival in 1977. He later founded Alive Films, one of the earliest independent cinema production firms in the United States, producing and distributing films such as Koyaanisqatsi, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Stop Making Sense, Choose Me, and Whales of August. Gordon also worked on Wes Craven's Shocker and People Under The Stairs, as well as John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and Village of the Damned. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, directed by Mike Myers, was released theatrically by The Weinstein Company in 2013. Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Willie Nelson, and Sammy Hagar appeared in it. They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock 'n' Roll is Gordon's memoir. It was published by Anthony Bourdain's Harper Collins imprint on September 20, 2016, and debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List.

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