Shep Gordon

Shep Gordon
Gordon at the Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon screening at the 2014 Miami International Film Festival

Shep E. Gordon (born in October, 1945) is an American talent manager, Hollywood film agent, and producer. Gordon is featured in a 2013 documentary, Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, which was directed by Mike Myers.

Gordon was born in 1945 in Jackson Heights, Queens. He has developed a close friendship with the 14th Dalai Lama and accompanied him to a visit at UB in 2006.

He obtained his B.A. in 1968 from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) in sociology. He then moved to Los Angeles, California.

He first gained connections in Hollywood by meeting Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Alice Cooper in 1968. He quickly became Cooper's agent. Much of Coopers stage act and the band's overall macabre persona was influenced directly by Gordon, who created many imaginative and wild events to get Cooper PR in the papers, including throwing a live chicken on stage. Gordon subsequently later represented many other celebrities such as Anne Murray, Blondie, Teddy Pendergrass, and Luther Vandross.

He had a near-death illness with intestinal problems in 2013, but recovered.

Gordon has worked on numerous film productions, typically as a producer. These include The Duellists and Kiss of the Spider Woman. He then created one of the first independent film production companies in the U.S., Alive Films.