Jim Halsey - Co-creator of the Billboard Song Contest

SHERMAN HALSEY
Director / Producer / Writer

Music Videos & Commercials

#1 Videos  Produced, Directed, & Written by Sherman Halsey

Films, Series, & Specials

 
NBC – Tim McGraw – “Reflected” 2006
Director – Producer
One Hour Prime Time Special

NBC - Tim McGraw - "Here and Now" 2005

Director - Producer
One Hour Prime Time Special.

NBC - Tim McGraw – “Sing Me Home” 2004
Director - Producer
 One Hour Prime Time Special.

"An Hour with Tim McGraw"
A Sixty Minute Musical Documentary Film
Producer/Director/Writer
Curb Records

Cinemax Sessions - "Country Music: A New Tradition"
Producer/Director
The Judds, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Rodney Crowell, Roseanne Cash, k.d. lang, Carl Perkins, John Hiatt, Bill Monroe

Travis Tritt  "It's All About to Change" 
RIAA Gold Award. – Documentary Film
Producer/Director/Writer

Launch of The Nashville Network
Produced Live Network Debut

The Oak Ridge Boys: “Live from Las Vegas” - (15 Episode Series)
Executive Producer / Producer / Creator
Weekly CBS Cable/TNN Prime Time Variety Series Taped Live at The Las Vegas Hilton

"Blues Fest"
Producer/Director
60-minute Music Special featuring BB King, Taj Mahal, and Gatemouth Brown.

"Country Goes to London"
Producer/Director
Hosted by Patrick Duffy and featuring Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson

The Blind Boys of Alabama "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Roy Clark "Live, in Concert"
Producer/Director 60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys Greatest Hits "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Platters "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys “Inconvenient Christmas” Christmas Special - Live In Concert
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Lou Rawls "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys “Let Freedom Sing” Live In Concert
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Tanya Tucker "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys “Songs From The Heart” Live In Concert
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Larnell Harris "Live In Concert"
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys “An American Journey” Live In Concert
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

The Oak Ridge Boys “Christmas Cookies” Live In Concert
Producer/Director
60 minute Music Special

Live Tour  Events

2003 - Tim McGraw  & the Dance Hall Doctors One Band Show Tour
Executive Producer - Big Screen

2002 - Tim McGraw  -Cowboy in Me Tour
Executive Producer - Big Screen

2000 - Tim McGraw  -Set This Circus Down Tour
Executive Producer - Big Screen

1999 - Tim McGraw - Spontaneous Combustion Tour
Executive Producer - Big Screen

Awards and Statistics

2006
CMT Music Awards
Male Video of the Year – Tim McGraw “My Little Girl”
From the Movie “Flicka” - Nomination

2005
CMT Music Awards
Most Inspirational Award – Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
Best Video Nomination – Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”

Academy of Country Music Awards
Best Video – Nomination Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”

2004

Directors Guild of America
Directorial Awards Television Nomination
Musical Variety Director
NBC - Tim McGraw – “Sing Me Home”  - Prime Time Television Special

CMA Country Music Awards
Best Video – Nomination Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”

CMT Flameworthy Awards
Hottest Video – Nomination  Tim McGraw “Real Good Man/The Ride”

2003

Academy of Country Music
Best Video of The Year - Nomination – Tim McGraw – “She’s My Kind of Rain”

CMT Flameworthy Award
Hottest Video of The Year Award – Tim McGraw  - She’s My Kind of Rain

CMT Flameworthy Award
Best Style Video Award – Tim McGraw  - She’s My Kind of Rain

#1 Most Requested Video - CMT’s Most Wanted Live.
Tim McGraw  “She’s My Kind of Rain” -

Academy of Country Music
 Nomination - Video of the Year
Tim McGraw  - “Cowboy in Me”

CMT Flameworthy Award 
Video of the Year Nomination - Tim McGraw –“ Cowboy in Me”
Hottest Video of the Year Award – Tim McGraw  - “Cowboy in Me”

Other Awards and Honors

Emmy Nomination
Country  Music a New Tradition" – Cinemax.

Brussels Film Festival
Diamond Award- First Place
Music Video - Best Direction
Dwight Yoakam "Honky Tonk Man"

New York International Film and Television Festival
Gold Medal - Best Direction
Dwight Yoakam "Honky Tonk Man"

Music Video Association
Best Country Video - Best Direction
Dwight Yoakam  "Honky Tonk Man"

CMT Top Ten of the Decade: 2000 - 1990

 #1 - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - “It’s Your Love”
 #3 - Tim McGraw   “Don’t Take The Girl”

Oak Ridge Boys “Live From Las Vegas”
TNN’s #1 weekly Prime-Time Series..
#1 Most Requested Video CMT’s Most Wanted Live - Tim McGraw  “Cowboy In Me” –
 #1 Most Requested Video CMT’s Most Wanted Live. - Tim McGraw  “Angle Boy”               
Billboard Music Awards: Country Video of the Year – Tim McGraw  “ Don’t Take the Girl”     
                                                       
1995 - 1996  
Director/ Producer: Five #1 Videos for Tim McGraw’s record breaking Hit Album "Not a Moment Too Soon" which remained #1 for 50 weeks

1994 –1995
7 Number One Videos.   

1987-88
MTV Award.
Best Music Video from a Film. Los Lobos "La Bamba".

1986
Cashbox  Magazine
Manager of the Year.

Corporate Bio

1981-1983
Vice Chairman and head of A&R for MCA/Churchill Records. 
Signed Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn and James Brown.

1983-1987
President Century City Artists
Artists Management and Publishing Company
Managed Dwight Yoakam, Chris Hillman, The Bellamy Brothers and Michael Martin Murphey.  Supervised WEA  Publishing Company.

1983-1991
Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman
The Jim Halsey Company. Talent Agency and Production Company. 

1991- Current   President of The Halsey Company
Production Company / DVD-Record Company / Artists Management Company