Mike Myers Set to Direct Supermensch Documentary

Talent Manager Shep GordonMike Myers is prepared to make his directorial debut with the A&E IndieFilms documentary Supermensch. The documentary while cover the life of talent manager Shep Gordon who Myers first encountered when he was attempting to use an Alice Cooper song in Wayne’s World. Their friendship didn’t start off on a high note as Gordon played hardball over the use of the song, however they worked their way through that conflict and have been friends for 22 years.
 
“I met Shep Gordon in 1991 on the set of Wayne’s World. I thought he was a perfect combination of Brian Epstein, Marshall McLuhan and Mr Magoo. I’ve been trying to get Shep to agree to let me make a movie about him for 10 years. Last year he finally he said yes. I loved him like a brother before we started making this film and now having sifted through his life and his legacy, I love him even more” stated Myers.
 
“We are excited by the passion Mike Myers has brought to this project,” added Bob DeBitetto, President of A+E Studios. “Shep Gordon is known throughout Hollywood as the nicest guy to know and the epitome of friendship in an industry devoid of genuine friends – but to hear Mike say it, he’s a Supermensch.”
 
The Details on Shep Gordon [Courtesy of A&E IndieFilms]:
 
Capitalist, protector, hedonist, pioneer, showman, shaman . . . SUPERMENSCH.
 
Shep Gordon is the consummate Hollywood insider. Though he isn’t a household name, Gordon has become a beacon in the industry, beloved by the countless stars he has encountered throughout his storied career. Shep is known for managing the careers of Alice Cooper as well as stints with Blondie, Luther Vandross and Raquel Welch, among others – a career that began with a chance encounter in 1968 with Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. He even found time to invent the “Celebrity Chef.” Though the chef as star is part of the culture now, it took Shep’s imagination, and his moral outrage at how the chefs were being treated, to monetize the culinary arts into the multi-billion dollar industry it is today. Personal friends with the Dalai Lama through his philanthropic endeavors with the Tibet Fund and the guardian of four children, Gordon’s unlikely story will be told by those who know him best, his pals, including Alice Cooper, Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Anne Murray, Willie Nelson, Emeril Lagasse and more.
 
Source: A&E IndieFilms
 

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