Dave Sirulnick (born May 26, 1964) is an American television producer.
Sirulnick grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey,[1] where he attended Teaneck High School[2] and became involved with booking musicians such as LL Cool J, Run DMC, and Salt-N-Pepa at The Rink, a roller rink in nearby Bergenfield. He later attended Rutgers University. After graduating, he was hired as a news producer at CNN, like his father who was also a television producer.[3]
In 1987, he joined MTV, saying they "wanted someone to grow their news department. It's what I wanted my whole life: TV, music and news".[4] He eventually became the executive vice president for Multiplatform Production, News and Music at MTV.[1] Sirulnick's responsibilities included oversight of MTV's signature show, Total Request Live.[5] Half of MTV's programming had been within his job functions.[6] He was the chief architect of the MTV Video Music Awards.[7] In March 2015, he and others were dismissed from their positions at MTV by Viacom, the parent corporation.[8]
As of January 2019[update], Sirulnick is a partner at RadicalMedia.[9]
Television and film credits
edit| Year | Television and Films | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Writer | Other Notes | ||
| 2012 | Caged | Yes | |||
| 2010 | MTV Video Music Awards | Yes | |||
| My Life as Liz | Yes | ||||
| Drake: Better Than Good Enough | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| When I Was 17 | Yes | TV series documentary | |||
| Summit On The Summit | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| Teen Cribs | Yes | ||||
| 2009 | Made | Yes | |||
| MTV Video Music Awards 2009 | Yes | ||||
| Get Schooled: You have the Right | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator | |
| It's On With Alexa Chung | Yes | ||||
| Steve-O: Demise and Rise | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| Be The Change Inaugural Ball | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Get Schooled | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator | |
| 2008 | FNMTV Premiers | Yes | |||
| MTV Goes Gold: New Year's Eve 2007 | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Total Final Live | Yes | ||||
| MTV Video Music Awards 2008 | Yes | ||||
| Jonas Brothers: Live & Mobile | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Kanye West Homecoming Special | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| 2007 | One Upon a Prom 2007 | Yes | TV movie | ||
| MTV Goes Gold: New Years Eve 2007 | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Engaged & Underaged | Yes | ||||
| Two-A-Days: Hoover High | Yes | ||||
| Tiara Girls | Yes | ||||
| 2005 | MTV Video Music Awards 2005 | Yes | |||
| 2004 | The Shady National Convention | Yes | TV Special | ||
| Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | Yes | ||||
| MTV Movie Awards 2004 | Yes | ||||
| This is my Band: D12 | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| I Want A Famous Face | Yes | ||||
| MTV Backstage at the Grammys | Yes | ||||
| 2003 | MC Battle II: The Takeover in Times Square | Yes | TV movie | ||
| All Eyes On: Britney Spears | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| MTV Movie Awards 2003 | Yes | ||||
| Snoop To The Extreme | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV News: The Social History of the Hair | Yes | TV documentary Short | |||
| MTV News: The Social History of the Piercing | Yes | TV documentary Short | |||
| MTV Icon: Metallica | Yes | TV Special | |||
| MTV Backstage at the Grammys | Yes | TV special | |||
| 2002 | MTV Video Music Awards | Yes | |||
| Diary Presents: WMA Superstars | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Movie Awards 2001 Pre-Show | Yes | ||||
| MTV News: The Social History of the Moshpit | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Fashionable Loud: Sports Illustrated Edition | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Be Heard: An MTV Global Discussion with Colin Powell | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Mardi Gras 2002 | Yes | ||||
| Stung | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Icon: Aerosmith | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| 2001 | The Life Of Aaliyah | Yes | |||
| MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| U2 on Tour: Leaving Nothing Behind | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| Camp Scott Lock-Up | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| MTV Movie Awards 2001 Pre-Show | Yes | TV Special | |||
| All Eyes On | Yes | ||||
| MTV Fashionable Loud: Spring Break, Cancun 2001 | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Icon: Janet Jackson | Yes | TV Special Documentary | |||
| Rage Against The Machine: The Battle of Mexico City | Yes | Video documentary | |||
| Super Bowl XXXV Half-time show | Yes | ||||
| TRL Super Bowl | Yes | TV movie | |||
| Frontline Television News | Himself | ||||
| 2000 | MTV Video Music Awards Opening Act | Yes | TV Special | ||
| Choose Or Lose 2000: Why Care? | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| MTV Movie Awards 2000 Pre-Show | Yes | TV Special | |||
| Wanna Be A VJ 3 | Yes | TV Special | |||
| MTV Fashionable Loud: Spring Break, Cancun 2000 | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV Backstage at the Grammys | Yes | TV Special | |||
| MTV Video Music Awards 2000 | Yes | ||||
| The Lowdown | Yes | ||||
| 1999 | MTV New Years Eve Live 1999 | Yes | |||
| Wanna Be A VJ Too | Yes | TV Special | |||
| MTV Uncensored | Yes | TV documentary | |||
| Alanis T.V. | Yes | TV Special | |||
| Mansion T.V. | Yes | TV Special | |||
| Dre TV | Yes | TV special | |||
| MTV Fashionable Loud: Miami | Yes | TV movie | |||
| MTV 2 Large: New Years Eve 2000 | Yes | TV Special | |||
| 1998 | MTV New Years Eve 1998 | Yes | TV documentary | ||
| Beastieography | Yes | TV special | |||
| True Life | Yes | 1998–2009 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b Kennedy, Randy. "The Shorter, Faster, Cruder, Tinier TV Show", The New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2006. Accessed June 28, 2007. "But Sirulnick comes by his knowledge of hip-hop as honestly as his knowledge of television. Raised in Teaneck, N.J., he became obsessed with rap in junior high school when some of its first hits were starting to emerge from Sugar Hill Records in nearby Englewood, New Jersey."
- ^ "Sharing a part in a student play", The Record, December 4, 1981. Accessed February 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Two actors are sharing the role of the stage manager in the Teaneck High School production of Our Town.... The cast of 48 includes Suzanne Doyle and David Sirulnick as Mr. and Mrs. Webb..."
- ^ Block, Valerie. “40 Under 40 - Dave Sirulnick.” Crain's New York Business, January 1, 2000, www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/dave-sirulnick.
- ^ Valarie Block, "Where Is Dave Sirulnick Now?", Crain's, October 12, 2012.
- ^ Interview: David Sirulnick. Frontline (US TV series). Accessed June 28, 2007.
- ^ Grigoriadis, Vanessa. "35 Under 35", New York, April 17, 2000. Accessed June 28, 2007. "14 Dave Sirulnick, producer. The 35-year-old executive VP of production at MTV is now in charge of half of the station's daily programming; without him, no Total Request Live."
- ^ Harley Brown, "Layoffs Hit MTV, VH1; Dave Sirulnick Among Exits", Billboard, March 10, 2015
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (March 11, 2015). "MTV News Veteran Dave Sirulnick to Depart In Wake of Viacom Restructuring". Variety. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (September 10, 2015). "MTV Alum Dave Sirulnick Joins RadicalMedia as Partner". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2019.