Jack Gulick

Jack Gulick (born May 8, 1958) is an American documentary film, music television, and event producer and director in New York City and Los Angeles. He is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Life

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Gulick was fascinated by television and documentary film from childhood. At age 16, he convinced his mother to allow him to attend a program called Interactive Learning Program (INTERALP) in Kenya, East Africa. Traveling with a group of 20 students and teachers, Gulick studied archeology with Richard Leaky and reptiles with Jonathon Leaky (both sons of Lewis Leaky) and wild life with John Hopcraft (who later ran the World Wide Wild Life Fund and Lake Nakuru National Park).

While a teenager, Gulick worked as a performer at Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey to contribute towards his college education. It was there that he decided that combining the venues of live entertainment; film and television would be his guiding career aspiration.

Education

After graduating from Princeton High School he continued his education in colleges in Kenya, England and France, and finally completed his studies in New York City at New York University.

Gulick was educated at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Television. He also attended the United States International University (USIU) in San Diego, CA. USIU gave Gulick the opportunity to study in Kenya, London and France. While at the university, he served as vice president of the student council and as a correspondent for the USIU newspaper.

Early Career in Television News

After graduating college he worked for the United Nations, as an associate producer and director of the weekly television series, "World Chronicle," which aired on PBS international TV networks and documentaries films and news coverage.

In the mid 1980s he segued into the world of pop entertainment, acting as production stage manager at New York's renowned Palladium, created and managed by famous nightclub magnates Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell.

Film Production

After leaving The Palladium in 1987, Gulick pursued a freelance production career. As a freelance Producer and film consultant, he did stints with Propaganda Films, O Pictures, MGMM, Squeak Pictures, The End, Red Car and other production companies.

In 1998 Gulick worked on Dancemaker, the story of choreographer Paul Taylor, as line producer for director Matthew Diamond and producer by Jerry Kupfer. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the documentary category.

In 2000 He line produced the IMAX film All Access: Backstage Live released worldwide to IMAX theaters. In 2004, Gulick produced the feature film Lighting in a Bottle with Alex Gibney (“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” and “Taxi to The Dark Side”) and Margaret Bodde. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and executive produced By Martin Scorcese (Taxi Driver, Goodfellas). The film won the Black Reel Award for Best Film in a MusicAL or Comedy in 2005.

In 2006 Gulick Executive Produced the documentary film “Bastards of the Party" for Fuqua Films and HBO.

Television Production

Gulick has worked with many widely-known pop recording artists. He worked on such projects such as Metallica's multi-platinum AYear and a Half in the Life of Metallica and Mariah Carey’s first concert Here Is Mariah Carey which aired on NBC in 1993 and 2006. In 1994 Gulick joined Automatic Productions and produced the Grammy-nominated Bruce Springsteen documentary Blood Brothers. He left Automatic Productions in 1998 and returned to freelance production, where he line-produced the Oscar-nominated Paul Taylor Dance Company documentary, Dancemaker, projects such as Shania Twain’s Live, Sting in the IMAX film All Access and others followed.

In June 2003, Gulick joined forces with Coming Home Media and produced numerous live concerts DVDs such as the Matchbox Twenty's Show, Boz Scaggs’ Greatest Hits Live and Dave Matthews Band Central Park Concert. His most recent work includes 2004’s Godsmack Changes DVD, 2005’s Duran Duran Live From London and Audioslave’s Live From Cuba. Live From Cuba marked the first time a U.S. rock band has legally been filmed under that Communist regime.

In 2007 Gulick Directed the documentary If All Goes Wrong about Billy Corgan's and partner Jimmy Chamberlain's reuniting of the Smashing Pumpkins at artist residencies at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC and the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA. The Smashing Pumpkins documentary won Best DVD Audio in 2009 from the Cinema Audio Society.

Gulick served as network operations coordinator for Lifetime Cable Television Network from July 1997 to June 1998. Additionally he has produced the American Fashion Awards (aka The CFDA Awards) in 1999 and 2001 for the New York-based Council of Fashion Directors of America (CFDA).

In 2006 Gulick Executive Produced the documentary film Bastards of the Party for Fuqua Films and HBO.

Project Awards and Recognitions

• Grammy Nomination, Bruce Springsteen's Documentary, Blood Brothers, 1999, as producer
• Black Reel Award winner for Best Film in a Musical or Comedy, Lightening in a Bottle, 2005, as producer
• Academy Award nomination, Best Documentary category, Dancemaker, 1998, as line producer
• Cinema Audio Society winner, for Best DVD Audio for Documentary, Smashing Pumpkins - If All Goes Wrong, 2009 as Director, Producer