Wednesday 22 September 2010

Music Video Directors

Chris Applebaum:


Chris Applebaum is an American director who studied Film and then started to direct music videos for local bands on the rock scene. He was discovered  by MTV who offered the 19 year old  college student the opportunity to become part of their production team in New York City. At the age of 21, Chris became the youngest director to sign with Satellite Films. He produced over 100 videos and was nominated for MTV Video Awards. He has twenty one #1 videos helping artists such as; Kelly Osbourne, Hilary Duff, Rihanna and Britney Spears emerge onto the music scene.



Samuel Bayer:


Bayer is a graduate of New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987. He first launched his career by producing a music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". This video has consistently been regarded as one of the most influential music videos ever made. His video for Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" swept the MTV music video awards as he walked away with seven awards including Best Director, Best Cinematography and  Best Rock Video. In 2005, Bayer received the Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award for his work and cinematography in music videos and was honored in 2006 by the Music Video Producers Association with his second Lifetime Achievement Award.






Trudy Bellinger:


Trudy Bellinger is a British music video director. She has directed many music videos for artists such as Girls Aloud, Rachel Stevens, Pixie Lott and The Saturdays, all artists who are predominately of the pop genre. She has also directed TV adverts for Rimmel and Marks and Spencer. Most of the videos that Bellinger has produced are modern for contemporary artists targeting a young target audience, particularly young girls.


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