Michel Gondry
Born in France in 1963
Started making music videos for a French rock band
Has made videos for –
- Bjork
- Daft Punk
- The White Stripes
- The Chemical Brothers
- Kylie
The style of Gondry’s music videos often relies on videography and camera tricks which play with frames of reference.
The first film he directed was “Human Nature” and since then he has directed 4 more films. He has also made adverts for products such as Adidas, Diet Coke and Fiat.
Spike Jonze
Born in America in 1969
He was nominated for a commercial award for adverts he directed such as “Hello Tomorrow” for Adidas, “Penguin” for Miller Beer, and “Pardon Our Dust” for The Gap.
He is a co-director for the TV show Jackass and Jackass: The Movie
In his early career he shot Skateboard videos
He has filmed music videos for Bjork and Beastie Boys.
Mark Romanek
Born in America in 1959
He has a degree in cinema and photography
Static was the first film he released in 1986 and led to his first music video
He has worked with many top-selling recording artists from different genres of popular music, and his videos have been given credit for making stars out of some.
He has directed videos for artists such as Coldplay, Michael and Janet Jackson
Some videos have caused controversy such as the video for Nine Inch Nails song “Closer”
Chris Cunningham
Born in England in 1970
He has close ties to Warp Records
A video he filmed for Bjork, All is full of love, won multiple awards
He has made music videos for Madonna and The Horrors
His film The Work of Director Chris Cunningham was released in November 2004
