Sharon Oreck

Film music video and TV commercial producer Sharon Oreck was born in 1955 She graduated from Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes California in 1974 and was a Cinema Student at Los Angeles City College Sharon started working in lowbudget genre movies in the mid 70s From 1984 to 2000 Oreck was the owner and operator of O Pictures a company that made many music videos TV commercials short films and documentaries Among the artists Sharon produced music videos for are Madonna Sting Chris Isaak Michael Jackson Mick Jagger U2 the Bangles Janet Jackson Sheila E Metallica John Fogerty Peter Gabriel Ice T Tony Bennett Roseanne Cash and the Eurythmics Oreck was nominated for an Academy Award for the short Tales of Meeting and Parting She won two Women in Film Awards in 1989 and 1991 Moreover Sharon has won a handful of MTV Video Music Awards