---
name: "John Beug"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-beug"
fi1m_id: "john-beug"
imdb_id: "nm0079539"
tmdb_id: 985650
roles: ["Producer"]
died: "15 October 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T22:47:02.168974+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Beug

## Identity

John Beug

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-beug
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-beug
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079539
- **TMDB ID:** 985650
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/985650

Producer. Born in Chicago, United States. Died 15 October 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Died:** 15 October 2022
- **Active:** 1978–2010
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 56 (1), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/985650

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*When You're Strange*](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md) (55)

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## Biography

John Beug was an American film and television producer and music industry executive. Born in Chicago in 1947, he attended Northwestern University, where he worked as a talent booker, later booking acts for Chicago venues. He moved to Los Angeles to join producer Lou Adler’s Ode Records and contributed to the opening of the Roxy nightclub on the Sunset Strip and the production of *Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke* (1978).

Beug served as head of creative services at Warner Bros. Records from 1986, overseeing music videos and long-form releases. His producing credits include the documentary *When You’re Strange* (2009), about the Doors, for which he shared a Grammy Award; *Tom Petty: Runnin’ Down a Dream* (2007); and *Concert for George* (2002). He also produced episodes of *Great Performances* and won a Primetime Emmy for *Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival* (2007). Beug died on 15 October 2022 in Northern California.

*Sources: billboard.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *When You're Strange* (2010), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)
- *Up in Smoke* (1978), Fi1m 56, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-smoke.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall* (2022), Producer
- *Eric Clapton - Nothing But The Blues* (2022), Producer
- *Take Me to the River: New Orleans* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away* (2021), Producer
- *Chasing Trane* (2017), Producer
- *Eric Clapton - Live in San Diego* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Dukes of September - Live at Lincoln Center* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Take Me to the River* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Fastest* (2011), Co-Executive Producer
- *Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton Play the Blues - Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center* (2011), Executive Producer
- *When You're Strange* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/when-youre-strange.md)
- *Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood: Live from Madison Square Garden* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Dream Theater: Riding the Train of Thought* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Steely Dan: Two Against Nature* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Paul Simon: You're The One* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Eagles: Hell Freezes Over* (1994), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Up in Smoke* (1978), Associate Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-smoke.md)

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