Monday, 7 October 2013

Iconic directors of music video

The three iconic music video directors I have chosen for this task are; Chris Cunningham, David Fincher and Derek Pike.

Chris Cunningham made his directorial debut in 1997 with the music video for "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin, which was instantly praised, banned, and raved about by many people in the business. He followed up by making the music video for "Windowlicker" by Aphex Twin and the famous "All is Full of Love" video by Bjork. Recently, he made his short-film debut, "Flex,". His incredible style alone makes him a director to watch out for in later years.





David Fincher started his career by working for ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-83. He then went on to direct TV commercials and music videos after signing on with N. Lee Lacy in Hollywood.  David Fincher has directed TV commercials for clients that include Nike, Coca-Cola, Budweiser, Heineken, Pepsi, Levi's, Converse, AT&T and Chanel. He has directed music videos for Madonna, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, George Michael and most recently, A Perfect Circle.




Derek Pike is originally a film-maker from New York, United States. However, he is also known as a  good music video producer. Most of his music video's are narrative based. At 21, he became one of the youngest directors to have a music video featured on MTV. The majority of artists Derek Pike has created music videos for are Rap artists such as; XV, Wiz Khalifa, Aloe Blacc, Consequence and Joell Ortiz 

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