Research - Music Directors

Music Directors

David Fincher:

David Fincher has won 2 Grammy’s within his career for best video with the likes of Jay Z and Justin Timberlake’s ‘Suit and Tie’ and the Rolling Stones ‘Love strong’. 

The other artists he has worked with are legendary within the industry and range from Michael Jackson to Sting and many more. Fincher works on a range of different genres of music with most being pop and rock. He’s considered a mainstream director as he has worked with many popular artists who are signed to large companies.

Ant Mandler:

Ant Mandler is a widespread director ranging from music videos to television commercial director. He has only been nominated for one music video award and this was for Madness – Muse at the camerimage festive in 2012. His experience of working with artists are well varied across the genres as this ranges from those from the rock genre such as the killers, a rapper in the form of Eminem and a pop artist like Rihanna. He would be considered a mainstream director as again he works with a varied amount of well-known artists who are involved with big record labels who also have their music videos broadcasted across a range of different platforms. 

Dave Meyers:

Dave Meyers began to direct since 1997 and still to this day is a well known director. In his directing career he has been nominated for several music awards and in 2003 won the MTV Music Awards for the Best Video of the Year with Missy Elliott's - Work It. Other artists he has had encounters with and won awards with range from the likes of Fergie and Jennifer Lopez to Pink. In 2008 he directed the first ever 3D music video, again for Missy Elliott and 'Ching-a-Ling'. He also worked with very popular artists again such as Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Britney Spears and Leona Lewis. Dave Meyers would be considered a mainstream music director as many of the artists he works for make it to the top of the charts.