Marty Callner is a director. His primary work is with music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. Marty has directed work from such popular artists as Cher

Cher

Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

, The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...

 and Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

 and has work recorded back as far as 1977 and as recent as 2009. He has been nominated for 7 Emmys, 3 DGAs

Directors Guild of America Awards

The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D.W. Griffith....

, and 1 CableACE Award

CableACE Award

The CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming...

. His son is writer/actor Dax Callner.

Callner directed Bette Midler

Bette Midler

Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...

's HBO concert special Diva Las Vegas

Diva Las Vegas

The Divine Miss "M" takes center stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for this performance of raucous music and comedy show. Featuring Ms. Midler's signature mix of heavenly singing, bawdy comedy, and brazen costumes, Diva Las Vegas is proof that Midler has the right to refer to herself as 'The...

which first aired in 1997. Diva Las Vegas is now available on DVD.

Musicians

• Aerosmith
• Alice Cooper
• Belinda Carlisle
• Bette Midler
• KISS
• Bon Jovi
• Britney Spears
• Cher
• Pat Benatar
• Poison
• Stevie Nicks
• Fleetwood Mac
• The Rolling Stones
• Tori Amos
• Whitesnake
• Whitney Houston
• The Cranberries
• ZZ Top
• The Cult
• Liza Minnelli
• Twisted Sister
• Justin Timberlake

Comedians

• Pee Wee Herman
• Sam Kinison
  Sam Kinison
  Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect genre humor...
  
  
• George Carlin
  George Carlin
  George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums....
  
  
• Robin Williams
  Robin Williams
  Robin McLaurin Williams is an American actor and comedian. Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand-up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance...
  
  
• Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg
  Whoopi Goldberg is an American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, author and talk show host.Goldberg made her film debut in The Color Purple playing Celie, a mistreated black woman in the Deep South. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won...
  
  
• Dane Cook
  Dane Cook
  Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
  
  
• George Lopez
  George Lopez
  George Lopez is an American comedian, actor, and talk show host. He is mostly known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom George Lopez. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including the Mexican American culture...
  
  
• Jerry Seinfeld
  Jerry Seinfeld
  Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...
  
  
• Chris Rock
  Chris Rock
  Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...
  
  

Nominations

• Emmy Awards
  • 1991: Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special (Cher... at the Mirage)
  • 1997: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special (Diva Las Vegas
    Diva Las Vegas
    The Divine Miss "M" takes center stage at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for this performance of raucous music and comedy show. Featuring Ms. Midler's signature mix of heavenly singing, bawdy comedy, and brazen costumes, Diva Las Vegas is proof that Midler has the right to refer to herself as 'The...
    
    ), Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program (Diva Las Vegas)
  • 1998: Outstanding Directing for a Variety or Music Program (Garth Live from Central Park)
  • 1999: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special (Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time')
  • 2003: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special (Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
    Robin Williams: Live on Broadway
    Robin Williams: Live on Broadway or Robin Williams: Live 2002 was a live comedy show by Robin Williams staged on July 14, 2002, at the Broadway Theater in New York City. The show was broadcast live to HBO, and was his fourth show for HBO in his stand-up career. The show was filmed, and was...
    
    ), Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special (Rolling Stones: Forty Licks World Tour Live at Madison Square Garden)

• Directors Guild of America Awards
  Directors Guild of America Awards
  The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D.W. Griffith....
  
  
  • 1999: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety (Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time)
  • 2003: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety (Robin Williams: Live on Broadway)
  • 2004: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical/Variety (Rolling Stones: Forty Licks World Tour Live at Madison Square Garden)

• CableACE Awards
  • 1995: Music Special (Madonna: The Girlie Show - Live Down Under)