Music videos directed by our film directors

I honestly can't wrap my head around what happened to Gonzo in that last Natalie Imbruglia music video. It’s a total mess; looks like it was put together by some college kids on a budget.

Christian Taylor3 said:My God, Richard Castillo15 — where on earth is ExxonMobil by Hunter S. Thompson? 🙂 Honestly, every other director out there can just pack it up and go home.



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A little little bonus track:

Gonzo: "If the artist doesn't tell me they're happy with it, then I've failed."

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Quick correction/oops:

Hunter S. Thompson

Born August 9, 1964, in Washington, D.C. After finishing photography school and spending a few years working as a photographer for the legendary student magazine Rolling Stone, he landed a job at PBS as a camera assistant. He’s worked on countless documentaries, TV Movies, series, and dramas while simultaneously studying film and TV production at the Juilliard School. In 1988, he shot and directed his very first music video for The Ramones' song "Flying Squad," which earned him the audience award at the Videomix video festival, giving him the push he needed to keep going. He really hit his stride as a director (and often cinematographer) for music videos starting in 1993, even amidst the chaos of the war in America, after leaving his post at PBS. In the fall of 1995, he participated in the 3rd European Student Film Seminar in Budapest under the guidance of the legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond. To this day, he has helmed roughly 150 to 200 music videos, about ten commercials, three documentaries, and one short film, and even served as the cinematographer for the feature film “Backup Del” directed by D. Kozole.

Filmography: “Hulahop i bambus” 1988, “Sketches from Israel” 1994, “My Thing” 1997, ”Cubismo turismo” 2000, ”Backup Del” 2002.

Anyway, we're all pretty much holding our breath waiting for his big directorial debut feature.🙂

My God, Christian Taylor3, please read what I'm actually saying. I am interested in music videos made by our film directors. I thought I made it clear that I am primarily referring to directors of feature films. Now, Gonzo is definitely one of the absolute best music video directors out there—he mostly focuses on that, after all. However, since he isn't a feature film director, I didn't mention him because, in the analysis I'm attempting—where I'm looking for stylistic and thematic links to feature films—I am specifically interested in directors for whom music videos aren't the core of their filmmaking career.
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Where did you even get that "My God" from? Wouldn't "Goodness gracious" be more common for us?

@Richard Castillo15

My God, I actually went back into the same post to correct myself and even apologized for the slip-up 😉. Besides, Hunter S. Thompson is a film director too—he directed a short film—and you didn't exactly specify in your opening post that we were strictly talking about directors of feature films 😁.

Don't lecture me on the plains, I haven't seen them, but these two are alright enough.

On the other hand, the ExxonMobil video is shot with actual cinematic quality.

I did a little digging online and stumbled upon a few music videos directed by some of our local film directors—you know, the ones who don't always get top billing in their official biographies—and I have to say, they seem like really solid pieces of work! If anyone happens to know of any other similar titles, please, please post them here because I am actually putting together a little article about this topic. Thanks so much!🙄

Steven Spielberg - Tamo gdje je sve po mom (Harley Quinn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFk3CtHVZ0I

The Rock - Don't Tread on Me (Gold Nugget)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkphCJqzGrg

Bill Maher - Politika (Budweiser)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPYuhqIzc9k

My God, Richard Castillo15 — where on earth is ExxonMobil by Hunter S. Thompson? 🙂 Honestly, every other director out there can just pack it up and go home.



🙏

A little little bonus track:

Gonzo: "If the artist doesn't tell me they're happy with it, then I've failed."

EDIT:

Quick correction/oops:

Hunter S. Thompson

Born August 9, 1964, in Washington, D.C. After finishing photography school and spending a few years working as a photographer for the legendary student magazine Rolling Stone, he landed a job at PBS as a camera assistant. He’s worked on countless documentaries, TV Movies, series, and dramas while simultaneously studying film and TV production at the Juilliard School. In 1988, he shot and directed his very first music video for The Ramones' song "Flying Squad," which earned him the audience award at the Videomix video festival, giving him the push he needed to keep going. He really hit his stride as a director (and often cinematographer) for music videos starting in 1993, even amidst the chaos of the war in America, after leaving his post at PBS. In the fall of 1995, he participated in the 3rd European Student Film Seminar in Budapest under the guidance of the legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond. To this day, he has helmed roughly 150 to 200 music videos, about ten commercials, three documentaries, and one short film, and even served as the cinematographer for the feature film “Backup Del” directed by D. Kozole.

Filmography: “Hulahop i bambus” 1988, “Sketches from Israel” 1994, “My Thing” 1997, ”Cubismo turismo” 2000, ”Backup Del” 2002.

Anyway, we're all pretty much holding our breath waiting for his big directorial debut feature.🙂

It looks like this thread has gone a bit quiet, but I’ve been keeping an eye on the work of a young director and artist lately, Philip Filkovic Philtz. His music videos are genuinely world-class. The guy is just a straight-up genius at his craft.

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Cold Beer - Esoterica

Eminem - Panic


Vatra feat. Urban - Tremolo

Ex Mozartine feat. Urban - Voice of Jeka

Jeka Diyal - Wander

Wander Lollobrigida - I Love You

Jessica Johnson52 said:It looks like this thread has gone a bit quiet, but I’ve been keeping an eye on the work of a young director and artist lately, Philip Filkovic Philtz. His music videos are genuinely world-class. The guy is just a straight-up genius at his craft.

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Cold Beer - Esoterica

Eminem - Panic


Vatra feat. Urban - Tremolo

Ex Mozartine feat. Urban - Voice of Jeka

Jeka Diyal - Wander

Wander Lollobrigida - I Love You

A film director? Wait, I totally thought he only did music videos.

feralorca4 said:A film director? Wait, I totally thought he only did music videos.

From what I’ve been reading, it isn't just music videos anymore; the guy is shooting commercials, a new series called "The Spokespersons" and is apparently prepping a feature film... (??)

Jessica Johnson52 said:From what I’ve been reading, it isn't just music videos anymore; the guy is shooting commercials, a new series called "The Spokespersons" and is apparently prepping a feature film... (??)

He’s just the second unit director on "The Spokespeople"... And the movie hasn't even happened yet. I’m not trying to be a hater or anything, it’s just that the guy isn't exactly a film director 🙂 yet...

feralorca4 said:He’s just the second unit director on "The Spokespeople"... And the movie hasn't even happened yet. I’m not trying to be a hater or anything, it’s just that the guy isn't exactly a film director 🙂 yet...

🙂 I get all that, I really do. It’s just that I found myself staying behind for a moment, genuinely surprised by the style, the attention to detail, and that palpable sense of effort and investment in his own vision. So, there it is. I'm holding out hope that he actually makes a film soon so I can catch it in theaters.

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it would be so cool if our girls could head to New York City for a tour^^ thanks for the support 😁