Alek Keshishian
Alek Keshishian was born in Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon on July 30th, 1964 and is the Director. At the age of 59, Alek Keshishian biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alek Keshishian (born in Beirut, Lebanon) is an Armenian-American film and commercial director, writer, producer, and music video editor.
He is best known for his 1991 film Madonna: Truth or Dare, which was, at the time, the highest-grossing documentary of all time.
Early life
Alek and his sister Aleen were raised in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, with their Armenian parents Kevork and Cecile Keshishian. His parents were often seen on Chelsea Lately's 'Keeping Up with the Keshishians,' as a child. Alek's talent and passion for music, theatre, and dance were too strong, despite the fact that he was an excellent student of math and sciences and that his father wished Alek would follow in his footsteps in medicine. Both he and his sister performed with the NH Children's Theatre, American Children's Theatre, and the "I Like the United States of A." National Touring Company. He joined St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, where he graduated summa cum lauded. He became one of the program's leading dancers quickly. He co-produced the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' then 134-year Harvard tradition, becoming the first junior to do so ever before graduating from Harvard University. Jack Lemmon and Fred Gwynne appeared on the Hasty Pudding Show at Harvard University.
Career
Keshishian's career began as a music video producer, where he created clips for artists such as Bobby Brown, Elton John, and Vanessa Williams.
Madonna, who had seen a VHS home video of Keshishian's pop opera Wuthering Heights at Harvard, and Alek's unknown, had begged her to give her everything he ordered. Keshishian received a call from Madonna, who had requested him to direct the HBO special for her Blond Ambition World Tour when she was 26 years old. Keshishian returned to Japan four days later to film some backstage footage for the HBO special. Madonna let him direct a feature-length documentary film instead of a candid backstage video shot in Japan. Truth or Dare was the first grossing documentary of its time.
Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, and Patrick Dempsey appeared in the Warner Bros. feature film With Honors, Keshishian's next project was the Warner Bros. film With Honors, starring Joe Pesci, Brendan Fraser, and Patrick Dempsey. For the first two weeks of its release, it was the most popular film in the United States.
Keshishian turned his back on Hollywood and concentrated on photography and commercials instead, resulting in commissions for Coca-Cola, Peugeot, Volkswagen, Brut by Fabergé, Baileys, and Max Factor.
Keshishian left London in 2006 after directing and producing Love and Other Disasters, starring Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, and Catherine Tate, which was a festival hit and even opened the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
He directed commercials and special projects for Jennifer Aniston's two Smartwater campaigns while returning to the United States. Chelsea Handler's comedic shower shorts starred Sandra Bullock and fellow Harvard graduate Conan O'Brien.
Keshishian has been writing and delivering two projects for David Fincher, one for television called La Luna and the other a feature called Adult Services.