Biography
Lanette Phillips is an American film and music video producer. Phillips' feature credits include the documentary Buffalo Girls (2012), and the indie drama Love Is the Drug (2006). Both films were official selections of the Slamdance Film Festival. During her career in music, Phillips has worked with such marquee acts as Calvin Harris, Ed Sheeran Pharrell Williams, Ellie Goulding, U2, Aerosmith, Eminem, Usher, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Elton John, Muse and Gwen Stefani. A Southern California native, Phillips got her start as a music journalist and collaborated with author and manager of The Doors, Danny Sugerman, on two of his best-selling books. She then worked with drummer John Densmore on his autobiography, Riders on the Storm: My Life With Jim Morrison and the Doors, and teamed with Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction and 60s icon Timothy Leary on the innovative web magazine, Teeth. Phillips moved into music video production and worked closely with Propaganda Films co-founder Sigurjon Sighvatsson at Palomar Pictures, successfully starting and executive producing the company's music video division, featuring a roster of artists including the The Black Eyed Peas, Moby, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty, and Faith Hill. While at Palomar, Phillips fostered the careers of many prominent directors, including Marcos Siega and Joseph Kahn. Other artists Phillips has worked with include 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan, Juanes, D12, Enrique Iglesias, The Shins, Sonic Youth, Death Cab for Cutie, Butthole Surfers, Rage Against the Machine, Beck Queens of the Stone Age, Sara Bareilles, The Fray, Ingrid Michaelson, Jakob Dylan, Miranda Cosgrove, Victoria Justice, Interpol, Lenka. Her resume also includes stints as executive producer at Neal H. Moritz's Original Film and at A Band Apart, where she joined forces with Lawrence Bender to launch a directors' management division, representing feature directors Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky, John Landis, and Todd Solondz for music videos. She also served as supervising producer and curator on Stand Up On Demand for Comcast and the Stand Up to Cancer (2009) organization. In 2011, Phillips produced the short, Sabina, for the Clinton Foundation. It premiered at the Hollywood Bowl at Bill Clinton's 65th birthday and Decade of Difference Concert.
