John Beug, longtime head of creative services at Warner Bros. Records and a Grammy and Emmy Award-winning film and television producer, died Oct. 15 in Northern California after a short illness. He was 75.
Beug was a trailblazer in marrying music and image. An early proponent of music videos, he produced A-ha’s groundbreaking “Take on Me” video, which led to then-Warner Records chairman Mo Ostin hiring Beug. He went on to oversee such iconic videos as Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer,” R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” Traveling Wilburys’ “Handle With Care” and Neil Young’s “This Note’s for…
