Elliot Mintz
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Elliot Mintz is American
media consultant and publicist whose clients have included the John Lennon
Estate, Bob Dylan
, Paris Hilton
, Chris Brown, Yoko Ono
, Christie Brinkley
, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Diana Ross
, Don Johnson
, Melanie Griffith
and others.
(Pacifica Foundation, sister stations in Berkeley, KPFA and KPFB) in Los Angeles
, California
, Looking In and Looking Out.
In 1971 he hosted a Kaiser Broadcast syndicated television show that integrated musical guests with film clips shot in and around Southern California. In 1973, Mintz was the entertainment correspondent for Eyewitness News on KABC
television in Los Angeles.
Beginning in 1988, he hosted a weekly syndicated radio series, The Lost Lennon Tapes
, heard globally each week for almost four years. The hundreds of hours of broadcasts contained previously unreleased tracks, rehearsals, composing tapes, interviews and home recordings of John Lennon
, whom Mintz met in 1971.
Mintz has appeared in two feature documentaries about Lennon and Yoko Ono and written an essay about his relationship with them published in 2005 by Harper Collins in a book entitled "Memories of John Lennon".
Hotel and Casino, Bijan
Fragrance, and Penthouse Magazine. He also consults with record companies as well as motion picture studios. He provides free media advice for charities and causes he supports as well.
Mintz is referenced in more than 50 books, hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and appears frequently on national television speaking on behalf of his well known clients. Although he handles all aspects of entertainment and business publicity services including branding, media makeovers, on camera interview preparation, website creation, and national promotions, he is best known for being a spokesman for high profile public figures. He has been referred to in the press as a 'spin doctor' or 'crisis manager'.
Mintz also makes television appearances to discuss such matters as the 'power and pitfalls of celebrity', the paparazzi, the new media and what he refers to as 'the myths of fame and publicity'.
Prior to his career as a media consultant, Elliot Mintz spent ten years as a radio and television talk show host. He interviewed hundreds of guests on radio stations KMLA, KPFK, KLAC, KMET, KPPC, KLOS and KABC in Los Angeles as well as syndicated radio programs for 'Inner-View' and 'Earth News Radio'.
What is also significant is that Mintz has not only been a buffer, for his clients, but has undertaken the job of hiring various investigators to insulate and intercede, with clandestine operations, situations which could embarrass his clientele.
His role in "black ops" is known but to a few, however, it does represent a somewhat dark side to Mintz's somewhat benign persona.
United States
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media consultant and publicist whose clients have included the John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
Estate, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...
, Chris Brown, Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
, Christie Brinkley
Christie Brinkley
Christie Brinkley is an American model and actress best known for her three consecutive appearances on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in the late 1970s and early 1980s, for her long-running contract with CoverGirl, the longest ever of any model in history, and for her marriage...
, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
, Don Johnson
Don Johnson
Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor known for his work in television and film. He played the lead role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice, which led him to huge success. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges...
, Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
and others.
Early life and career
In the late 1960s, Elliot Mintz had two shows on KPFKKPFK
KPFK is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves the Greater Los Angeles Area, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet...
(Pacifica Foundation, sister stations in Berkeley, KPFA and KPFB) in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, Looking In and Looking Out.
In 1971 he hosted a Kaiser Broadcast syndicated television show that integrated musical guests with film clips shot in and around Southern California. In 1973, Mintz was the entertainment correspondent for Eyewitness News on KABC
KABC-TV
KABC-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, licensed to Los Angeles, California. KABC-TV's studios are located in Glendale, California...
television in Los Angeles.
Beginning in 1988, he hosted a weekly syndicated radio series, The Lost Lennon Tapes
The Lost Lennon Tapes
The Lost Lennon Tapes was a music documentary series presented by Elliot Mintz, comprising a three-hour premiere episode and 218 one hour episodes, broadcast on Westwood One Radio Network between 24 January 1988 and March 29, 1992....
, heard globally each week for almost four years. The hundreds of hours of broadcasts contained previously unreleased tracks, rehearsals, composing tapes, interviews and home recordings of John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, whom Mintz met in 1971.
Mintz has appeared in two feature documentaries about Lennon and Yoko Ono and written an essay about his relationship with them published in 2005 by Harper Collins in a book entitled "Memories of John Lennon".
Corporate clientele
In addition to entertainers, Mintz represents CEOs and corporations including Westwood One Radio, Planet HollywoodPlanet Hollywood
Planet Hollywood, a restaurant inspired by the popular portrayal of Hollywood, was launched in New York on October 22, 1991, with the backing of Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.-History:...
Hotel and Casino, Bijan
Bijan
Bijan is a Persian given name meaning "Hero", and can also be an Indian given name. People named Bijan include:*Bijan, a character in the Persian epic Shahnameh, in the story of Bijan and Manijeh*Bizhan Emkanian, actor*Bijan Jalali, poet...
Fragrance, and Penthouse Magazine. He also consults with record companies as well as motion picture studios. He provides free media advice for charities and causes he supports as well.
Mintz is referenced in more than 50 books, hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles and appears frequently on national television speaking on behalf of his well known clients. Although he handles all aspects of entertainment and business publicity services including branding, media makeovers, on camera interview preparation, website creation, and national promotions, he is best known for being a spokesman for high profile public figures. He has been referred to in the press as a 'spin doctor' or 'crisis manager'.
Mintz also makes television appearances to discuss such matters as the 'power and pitfalls of celebrity', the paparazzi, the new media and what he refers to as 'the myths of fame and publicity'.
Prior to his career as a media consultant, Elliot Mintz spent ten years as a radio and television talk show host. He interviewed hundreds of guests on radio stations KMLA, KPFK, KLAC, KMET, KPPC, KLOS and KABC in Los Angeles as well as syndicated radio programs for 'Inner-View' and 'Earth News Radio'.
What is also significant is that Mintz has not only been a buffer, for his clients, but has undertaken the job of hiring various investigators to insulate and intercede, with clandestine operations, situations which could embarrass his clientele.
His role in "black ops" is known but to a few, however, it does represent a somewhat dark side to Mintz's somewhat benign persona.
