Joel Gallen
In addition to the 2025 concert Fire Aid, which raised $100 million for wildfire relief in Los Angeles, Gallen has produced and directed charity telethons and concerts that have cumatively raised more than $540 million for victims of the September 11 attacks; Hurricane Katrina; the 2010 Haiti earthquake and cancer research. In 2025, he produced and directed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony—his 22nd—and executive produced the IHeartRadio Music Awards for the fifth time.
Gallen created the MTV Movie Awards and the comedic short films that became their signature. He also produced and directed stand-up shows and comedy specials for Comedy Central and HBO, directed Not Another Teen Movie, and executive produced the film Zoolander, which was based on a VH-1 Fashion Awards short film.
He has been nominated for 14 Emmy awards, from a 2001 nomination for Ellen DeGeneres' HBO special, The Beginning, to two 2023 nominations for Chris Rock's livestreamed Netflix special, Selective Outrage.
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