Login
Login

Brent Shields

{{Short description|American television and film producer and director}}

Brent Shields (March 1, 1963) is an American television and film producer[https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-canterville-ghost-2-1200444396/ "Review: 'The Canterville Ghost'"]. Variety, January 21, 1996{{cite book|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrsqAQAAIAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Hollywood Reporter Incorporated|page=91}} and director. Many of his films have been made in conjunction with the Hallmark Hall of Fame,{{cite book|author=Jerry Roberts|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kW8j6sHvrewC&pg=PA545|date=5 June 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6378-1|pages=545–}} and most were made for television,{{cite book|author=Marsha Ann Tate|title=Canadian Television Programming Made for the United States Market: A History with Production and Broadcast Data|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbdkAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2745-1}} family-oriented[http://www.dove.org/review/6242-the-valley-of-light/ "The Valley of Light Network Premier: January 28, 2007"]. Dove Foundation. "feel good" stories.{{cite book|author=Alvin H. Marill|title=Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8XJ6UcCumYC&pg=PA21|date=11 October 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7659-0|pages=21–}} (various pages in this book describe his productions)

Early life

Brent Shields was born in Woodland Hills, CA. His family later moved to Huntington Beach, CA, where Shields graduated from Fountain Valley High School in '81. Shields earned his Bachelor's of Science degree, Telecommunications & Film, from San Diego State University in '87. Shields married Jayne Macomber in '88 and resides in Pasadena, CA. The couple has one daughter, Jill Shields. Shields has five siblings.

Career

In his role as producer of over 80 films, Brent has successfully adapted for television such classic works as William Faulkner's Old Man, Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native, Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost as well as contemporary works by such acclaimed writers as August Wilson, John Grisham, Pat Conroy, Anne Tyler, Richard Paul Evans, E.L. Konigsburg, and Norman McLean.

Shields has directed five Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, starting with his first film Durango in 1998. He subsequently directed Cupid & Cate, which starred Mary Louise Parker, Brush with Fate starring Glenn Close and Ellen Burstyn, the critically acclaimed The Magic of Ordinary Days starring Keri Russell and Skeet Ulrich, which aired in 2005 and became the season's highest-rated film on television. And he helmed the 2007 season's highest-rated television film The Valley of Light starring Chris Klein and Gretchen Mol. Shields has been a member of the Directors Guild of America since 1998.

Brent has worked with such noted artists as Kathy Bates, Cuba Gooding Jr., Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane, Jessica Lange, Laura Linney, Gary Sinise, Sissy Spacek, Jessica Tandy, Alfre Woodard, James Woods, Sam Elliott, Judy Davis, Vanessa Redgrave, Andy Garcia, William Hurt, Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Garner, Clive Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alicia Keys, Christopher Lloyd, Julia Stiles, Odette Annable, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Alexis Bledel.

Shields' first production, To Dance with the White Dog, was in 1993.

Shields' productions have been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. His credits include The Makeover (an update of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion), A Smile as Big as the Moon,[https://news.yahoo.com/photos/executive-producers-dan-paulson-left-brent-shields-accept-photo-052814357.html "Executive Producers Dan Paulson (left) and Brent Shields accept the Academy Honor award for 'A Smile as Big as The Moon' onstage at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences"]. Yahoo News.[https://www.movieguide.org/tv-movies/a-smile-as-big-as-the-moon.html "Movie Review A SMILE AS BIG AS THE MOON"]. Movie Guide. Firelight, Brush with Fate,{{cite book|title=Emmy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tK2AAAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences}}[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cuba-gooding-jr-firelight-abc-285398 "Cuba Gooding Jr. to Star in 'Firelight' TV Movie for ABC"]. Hollywood Reporter, 1/27/2012 by Philiana Ng Christmas with Holly, and Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith.Randy Sly. [http://www.catholic.org/news/ae/tv/story.php?id=43769 "Interview: 'Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith' is Food for the Soul"] Catholic Online.

In 2008 he was executive producer of the film Front of the Class, based on the true story of a person with Tourette syndrome.{{cite book|title=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69UqAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Hollywood Reporter Incorporated}}

Other credits:

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0793174}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shields, Brent}}

Category:1963 births

Category:Living people

Category:American television producers

Category:American film producers