Jeff Pollack

Jeffrey Ian Pollack (November 15, 1959 – December 23, 2013) was an American film director, screenwriter, television producer and writer.

Jeff was known as the co-creator, writer, and producer of the '90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

As a film director he directed the films Above the Rim (1994),Booty Call (1997) and Lost & Found (1999).

Pollack served as executive consultant on The Tyra Banks Show. He was a frequent collaborator with Benny Medina. He was an alum of University of Southern California film school.

Career

Following graduation from University of Southern California Film School in the early 1980s, Jeff Pollack traveled through Asia both as a tourist and documentarian. After three years on the road—and in the rice fields and jungle—Pollack returned to the U.S., dabbling in real estate development before devoting himself to an entertainment career.

Pollack co-created the NBC TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air with friend and business partner Benny Medina, who was the inspiration for the show's title character played by then-rapper Will Smith. He wrote, produced and directed for the show until its end. Pollack and Medina also launched and ran a management/production company together, Medina/Pollack Entertainment (later becoming Handprint), with clients that included Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey and Tyra Banks. Pollack produced two Billboard Music Awards ceremonies in 1992 and 1993, produced the TV documentary Jennifer Lopez in Concert, and worked with Banks on her talk show.

Jeff Pollack (music executive)

Jeff Pollack is an American music and media expert and Emmy-nominated producer. He is currently the CEO of Pollack Media Group, which is an international media + music consultancy that specializes in connecting content and distribution partners with consumers. Pollack Media has experience on every continent in television, music, live events, artist strategy, film, radio, print, and digital media.

As a program director, Pollack was instrumental in resuscitaing the long suffering WMMR, transforming "the troubled station into a rating winner and made a name for himself across the country." In an interview with WYSP, Howard Stern eulogized the glory days of Philadelphia's FM stations. During the interview, Stern named Pollack as one of the many legends of WMMR.

In 1981, Pollack went on to create his own company, which has grown to include clients as diverse as MTV, VH1, CMT, Shazam, Spotify, SFX Entertainment, Delta Air Lines and Smithsonian.

As a producer, Pollack has participated in some of the largest music and charity events of the past decade including U2/Green Day's Music Rising performance at the NFL's reopening game at the Superdome, Live 8, Live Aid, Live Earth, Movies Rock (Emmy-winner), the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, the 70th Anniversary of the Apollo, and many others.