Biographie
After receiving a Bachelor's degree (B.A.) in Journalism from Rider University and a Master's degree (Ed.M) in Educational Media from Temple University, George joined the academic faculty at both Salem University in Massachusetts and the University of Vermont (UVM) where he taught at the graduate level.
George's career path took a dramatic turn following a backstage meeting with Texas superstar Johnny Winter at his concert in Burlington, Vermont. Shortly after this encounter, George was offered the position as the sound mixer for Johnny Winter's band, which eventually led to him becoming road manager for Edgar Winter's White Trash.
With his feet now firmly planted in the music industry, George became talent manager for artists including Aerosmith, Billy Squire and Joel Zoss (songwriter for Bonnie Raitt). George went on to produce music concerts and major events throughout New England including the Vermont Ski Show, The Green Mountain Summer Music Series and the Lake Placid Winter Olympics.
While producing concerts for Bob Marley and the Wailers, George developed an abiding friendship with Marley. Together they worked to achieve Bob's vision of taking his music to a broader audience. Marley believed that the message of his music held relevance for one and all, yet historically and consistently, Bob's music appeared only on the R&B charts. As National Promotional Manager, George took Bob Marley's song "Could You Be Loved" to #8 in the Billboard Top Ten Pop charts.
While filming promotional materials at the World Pro Ski Tour at Mammoth Lakes, California, George met the head of a Hollywood production company. Shortly thereafter, George accepted his offer to establish and head up his New York City offices. During his tenure at the company George produced TV pilots, specials and music videos for network and cable buyers including NBC, USA Network and MTV. George subsequently chose to establish his own production company and went on to create a series of award-winning film and TV shows including: Men At Work - Live In San Francisco...Or Was It Berkley (CBS), and The Doors: Dance On Fire (Uni/HBO). After an executive from Motown Productions heard George speak at a Billboard Magazine Conference, George was asked to create for Motown a TV series featuring the life stories of Motown's biggest stars. The result of this collaboration became the award-winning series Motown on Showtime.
Motown On Showtime, featuring films on Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations and Four Tops with hosts James Earl Jones, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson. The signature special in the Showtime series, "Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues..." featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Gene Kelly, Martin Scorsese, John Landis, Hermes Pan, Yoko Ono and Julian Lennon. Executive Producers Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy - Producer George Paige (Showtime/CBS).
George has produced dozens of prime-time network specials, television movies and feature films: Abbott & Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (NBC), The Brady Bunch Reunion (CBS), 50 Years of Funny Females, (ABC) Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (ABC), Woody Harrelson and The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary (NBC), Martin Short host with Little Richard in The Three Stooges Greatest Hits (ABC), The Making Of The Sport Magazine Swimsuit Edition with Brooke Burke, The Young Hollywood Awards, Movies - 'Twas The Night starring Bryan Cranston (Disney), A Karroll's Christmas starring Thomas Everett Scott (A&E), Pennsylvania Miners' Story (ABC), This Gun For Hire (USA/Universal), Feature Films - Farrelly Bros' The Three Stooges (Fox), Space Warriors starring Danny Glover, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas and Mira Sorvino (Walden Media) and The Independent starring Janeane Garofola and Jerry Stiller.
His producing credits also include: Disney Channel's seven season reboot of the iconic The New Mickey Mouse Club, launching careers of Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Kerri Russell, Christina Aguilera and Tiffani Theisen the animated films - The Nutty Professor starring Drake Bell and Jerry Lewis (Weinstein/TBS), The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Universal/PBS) starring Nick Cannon, with Wanda Sykes, Danny Glover, D.L. Hughley and Wayne Brady, plus numerous special programs for the Disney Channel including Mickey's 60th Birthday, the limited series Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age Of Comedy with Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Howie Mandel and Jerry Lewis: The Total Filmmaker with Dean Martin, Tony Curtis, John Landis and Janet Leigh and An Evening with Jerry Lewis (PBS).
In conjunction with Spyglass Media Group, George is developing a live-action feature film of the Jerry Lewis classic movie The Nutty Professor; The TV series Ophelia with ABC Signature based on the book The Color Of Beauty; Producer on the film/TV franchise Beastmaster based on the book by Andre Norton; Pre-production on S.T.A.R.S.-VR - a Virtual Reality Experience produced in association with the United States Space Force Association (SFA). Also, in development with the SFA is Space Horizons, an educational initiative with the University of San Diego to provide credit and certification to space professionals and 100 Years Of Spaceflight marking 2026 as the Centennial Anniversary of Robert H. Godard's first liquid fuel rocket launch and the live-action, dramatic TV series Delta 7.
