Gary Shoefield

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Gary Shoefield is a television and film producer. He had a part in producing a famous hoax "alien autopsy" film with Ray Santilli, which was the subject of much debate following its appearance in 1995. The footage is the subject of a comedy feature film, Alien Autopsy, in which Shoefield is portrayed by Anthony McPartlin. Shoefield was also the executive producer of the feature film.

Shoefield has had success in publishing via his book company, Luke Books (named after his son). The company published many books based on TV shows including Doctor Who, Blake's Seven and Are You Being Served? ^{[citation needed]} He was responsible for the hit records Power Themes '90, an album of dance mixes of popular television theme tunes, and the single "Thunderbirds Are Go (The Pressure Mix)", released by Telstar Records. ^{[citation needed]}

Shoefield has worked for Arista Records, Disney, Warner Bros., PolyGram, EMI and ITV. ^{[citation needed]} More recently, he was Director of Programming for Granada Sky Broadcasting, where he ran the men's lifestyle television channel Men & Motors and was responsible for the programming output of satellite channel Granada Plus. ^{[citation needed]}