Family
daughter:Jessica Nesmith (born c. 1974; mother, Phyllis Nesmith)
mother:Bette Nesmith (invented Liquid Paper)
son:Christian Nesmith (born c. 1965; mother, Phyllis Nesmith)
son:Jason Nesmith (born c. 1968; formed band Nancy Boy with Donovan Leitch)
son:Jonathan Nesmith (born c. 1966; mother, Phyllis Nesmith)
wife:Kathryn Nesmith (married in 1976; divorced)
wife:Phyliss Nesmith (married in 1964; injured in a car accident c. 1967; divorced in March 1975; mother of two of Nesmith's children)
Companion(s)
Marite Wilde
, Companion
, ```..Nesmith had extramarital relationship with her c. 1967; gave birth to his son Jason in 1968
Grammy Video of the Year "Mike Nesmith in Animal Parts" 1981
1997 Was executive producer, writer and director as well as star of the contemporary reunion special "Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees" (ABC)
1988 Produced and had a cameo in the quirky music-themed comedy "Tapeheads", starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins
1987 Executive produced the drama feature "Square Dance"
1987 Had a cameo in the Whoopi Goldberg comedy vehicle "Burglar"
1985 Was executive producer, writer and host of "Michael Nesmith in Television Parts" (NBC), a TV series of music videos and comedy based on his experimental music video project "Television Parts"
1984 Produced the Alex Cox cult classic "Repo Man"
1983 His innovative music videos "Rio" and "Cruisin'" released as the home video "Rio and Cruisin"
1982 Was executive producer, screenwriter and music performer for the sci-fi Western "Timerider"
1977 Began producing music videos, predating MTV with the surrealistic short film for his song "Rio"
1970 Country-rock single "Joanne" hit the Top 40
1969 Hosted the NBC special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee"
1968 Starred in The Monkees psychedelic feature film "Head", scripted by Jack Nicholson
1968 Recorded first solo album, "Wichita Train Whistle Songs"
1968 His song "Different Drum" was a hit for The Stone Poneys (led by vocalist Linda Ronstadt)
1967 The Monkees buck their prefab beginnings, writing, producing and playing their own instruments for the bulk of the album "Headquarters" at Nesmith's urging
1966 - 1968 "The Monkees", a rock and roll sitcom, aired on NBC; the quartet becomes an instant pop phenomenon
1965 Answered a call in Variety looking for musicians who could act; cast on "The Monkees"
Raised in Texas
Was a member of the United States Air Force for two years
Moved to Memphis; was a sessions musician on Stax-Volt records
Relocated to Los Angeles
Formed the folk-rock duo Mike and John with John London
Formed The First National Band with London, John Ware and Red Rhodes
Developed "Popclips", the prototype for MTV; produced 56 half-hour episodes for the upstart network
Sponsored a residency at the AFI encouraging music and video artists to collaborate in the interest of creating music video innovations; established The Michael Nesmith Award, a grant to aid such ende
