Jeff Dupre ;Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

Jeff Dupre is the series producer and director of SOUNDBREAKING: STORIES FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF RECORDED MUSIC, which was nominated for an Emmy as well as a Grammy Award.
 He produced and co-directed Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present, which premiered at Sundance in 2012.  The film won the Audience Award at the Berlin Film Festival, as well as an Emmy and a Peabody Award.  His film Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, was nominated for two Emmy Awards, and was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination.  

Soundbreaking' is an eight-part documentary exploring the history of music recording. The series profiles accomplished artists, producers and music innovators, and features original interviews and clips. Studios and pioneering technology are tracked through time, revealing the evolution of recording. Episodes discuss how recordings became visual when MTV popularised music videos and how each generation had its own medium to play tracks, from vinyl to CD. In the first episode the work of record producing greats George Martin, Phil Spector and Rick Rubin is spotlighted. And artists who also turned their hands to producing are discussed; individuals include Joni Mitchell and Prince.