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'''Alex Coletti''' was an executive producer and director for [[MTV Networks]] and is now an independent producer. A Brooklyn native and graduate of [[Brooklyn College]], he produced MTV's [[MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series, was a five-time producer of the [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMA]]s and served as a producer for the [[Super Bowl XXXV]] Halftime show.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mtv-puts-a-new-twist-on-the-etrade-super-bowl-xxxv-halftime-show-with-film-short-featuring-chris-rock-adam-sandler--ben-stiller-71102647.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-06 |archive-date=2015-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206185233/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mtv-puts-a-new-twist-on-the-etrade-super-bowl-xxxv-halftime-show-with-film-short-featuring-chris-rock-adam-sandler--ben-stiller-71102647.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> These shows included many iconic moments such as the [[Britney Spears]]/[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] kiss, the 500 [[Eminem]]s, and Britney's carrying of a yellow python.
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'''Alex Coletti''' wasis an executive producer and director. for [[MTV Networks]] andHe is now an independent producer. Aa Brooklyn native and graduate of [[Brooklyn College]], heand formerly worked for [[MTV Networks]]. He now heads Alex Coletti Productions. Alex produced MTV's [[MTV Unplugged|Unplugged]] series, was a five-time producer of the [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMA]]s, and served as a producer for the [[Super Bowl XXXV halftime show|Super Bowl XXXV]] Halftimeand [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show|Super Bowl XXXVIII]] halftime shows.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV Puts a New Twist on the E*TRADE Super Bowl XXXV Halftime... -- re> NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mtv-puts-a-new-twist-on-the-etrade-super-bowl-xxxv-halftime-show-with-film-short-featuring-chris-rock-adam-sandler--ben-stiller-71102647.html |title=Archived copy |accessurl-datestatus=2015-02-06 |archive-date=2015-02-06dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206185233/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mtv-puts-a-new-twist-on-the-etrade-super-bowl-xxxv-halftime-show-with-film-short-featuring-chris-rock-adam-sandler--ben-stiller-71102647.html |urlarchive-statusdate=dead2015-02-06 |access-date=2015-02-06}}</ref> These shows included many iconic moments such as the [[Britney Spears]]/[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] kiss, the 500 [[Eminem]]s, and Britney's carrying of a yellow python.
 
== Work ==
He has been nominated for 3 [[Emmy Awards]] for his work with Unplugged.<ref name="info">{{cite web | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171381/awards | title= Alex Coleti - Awards | website=IMDb.com | accessdate = March 5, 2007 }}</ref>
Coletti was in charge of filming ''[[Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart]]'' at the [[Powerscourt Estate]] in Ireland in 2009 for PBS.<ref>{{Citation |title=Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart (2009) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606335/fullcredits |access-date=2023-06-14}}</ref> He was EP and Director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for HBO, from 2015 to 2019, and producer of the Audible series Words & Music (2020).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-17 |title=Alex Coletti |url=https://variety.com/exec/alex-coletti/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> He was director of the [[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|Tonight Show]] starring Jimmy Fallon for most of 2021, and executive producer of [[One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga]] for CBS/Paramount+.<ref>{{Citation |last=Coletti |first=Alex |title=One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga |date=2021-11-28 |type=Documentary, Music |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15429788/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |others=Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett |publisher=Alex Coletti Productions}}</ref>
 
Coletti has also directed many concert performances featuring, among others, [[Lady Gaga]], [[Kanye West]], [[Ed Sheeran]], and [[Coldplay]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}
Coletti has been named executive producer of the 2007 [[Brick Awards]], the first televised award show for people changing the world. In 2009 his production company, Alex Coletti Productions, was responsible for the Sundance Channel show "Spectacle: [[Elvis Costello]] With...", and several specials, including the "[[Radio City Music Hall|Radio City]] Christmas Spectacular Starring [[The Rockettes]]" and "The National Christmas Tree Lighting."
 
He has been nominated for 3 [[Emmy Awards]] for his work with Unplugged.<ref name="info">{{cite web |title=Alex urlColeti - Awards |url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171381/awards | titleaccessdate=March Alex5, Coleti - Awards2007 | website=IMDb.com | accessdate = March 5, 2007 }}</ref>
Coletti was also in charge of filming ''[[Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart]]'' at the [[Powerscourt Estate]] in Ireland in summer 2009. Alex Coletti Productions worked with Brennus Productions and Windmill Lane Post Production Studios in Ireland to film and edit the show for PBS and [[Celtic Woman]].
 
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