Karl Lee

Karl M. Lee is a recognized producer of television, film, and live events, with extensive experience in high definition. Lee has been honored with a CMT Award, and People's Choice award for producing Bon Jovi's "Who Says You Can't Go Home" music video. His work as producer on Bon Jovi's DVD "This Left Feels Right", shot in Hi-Def, won the Creative Excellence Award from the Digital Entertainment Group. During his 12 year career in entertainment, Lee has held numerous positions at MTV, ESPN, ABC, E! Entertainment Television, Don Mischer Productions and Merv Griffin Productions. While working with Don Mischer Productions, Lee was the Assistant Coordinator of Operations on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Lee has held several production positions serving as Stage Manager for the 1998 Grammys, Superbowl halftime shows for Superbowls in 1997-1999, specials for ESPN, including "X Games", 1997-1999, both summer and winter editions, for MTV he worked on such shows as the "1st Annual Sports & Music Festival" in 1998 (a program featuring alternative sports, set to a soundtrack of aggressive live music as the world's top athletes from skate, inline, moto-x and BMX square off). At E! Entertainment television he stage-managed the still-thriving shows "E! News Daily" and "Talk Soup". He served as a Production Manager and Production Coordinator on "Rock and Jock Softball", "The Cut" ( MTV version of Star Search), and "Sand Blast"- the last being a precursor to such highly successful series as the numerous Road Rules/Real World competitions (i.e. "The Inferno", "The Gauntlet", etc) that are still airing on the channel. While working at Merv Griffin Productions he produced the touring "Total Request Live" and "Viewer's Choice" merger shows announcing the launch of the pay-per-view company IN DEMAND. Lee's feature film experience includes working as a Producer and/or Assistant Director, Second Director on such films as "Body and Soul", "Down and Distance," "You Did What?", "The Road Home" (DVD title: "The Pitcher and the Pin-up"), which won 'Best Feature Film - Romance' and 'Best Cinematography' at the New York International Independent Film Festival, and "Bug Buster" starring Randy Quaid and Katherine Heigl of TV's "Grey's Anatomy". Most recently Lee has focused his expertise on producing projects for TBJ Entertainment, during which he won the aforementioned awards for his work with Bon Jovi on "Who Says You Can't Go Home" and "This Left Feels Right". Other work for Bon Jovi includes producing their concert in Times Square, "Live from the Nokia Theater", which was broadcast live simultaneously into 550 Regal Cinema theaters, viewed by 2.1 million people on AOL.com and on Direct TV also the "100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong" live concert broadcast on INHD (the high definition broadcast company of INDEMAND), from the Borgata in Atlantic City in 2004 and subsequently released as a box set in 2004. Lee also produced the band's 2003 "Bounce" Tour video segments. Lee's many domestic and international collaborations with TBJ Entertainment have found him wearing many hats, acting as not only the producer on various projects, but assistant directing, field producing and stage managing simultaneously. While still collaborating with TBJ, he produced the music video for the Goo Goo Doll's song "Sympathy" which was instantly placed into heavy rotation on VH-1, holding a coveted spot in the Weekly Top Ten for over eight weeks. Other concerts produced by Lee include: James Blunt's "Back to Bedlam", Beyonce's "B-Day", Rod Stewart's "Great American Songbook Collection", "The Ultra Music Festival" feat. Moby and the Chemical Bros, Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Revolution", Dave Matthews Band's current tour, Don Omar "King of Kings", Nada Surf's "Standing Room Only" special, Hawthorne Heights' "Standing Room Only" special. KISS' "Rock the Nation" DVD, Goo Goo Doll's "4th of July Live in Buffalo" DVD, Bon Jovi's "Live in HD" DVD as well as Little Stevies Underground Garage Halloween special for VH 1 classics featuring The Romantics' and Cheap Trick. Lee has also produced TV pilots including, Custom Ness, Full Throttle HD, Chopper Camp and Alex Thomas's comedy special "Straight Clownin'" feat. Dr. Dre, Jamie Foxx, Shaquille O'Neal, Will Smith, Tyra Banks.