El-P knows what it takes to promote an album. As a hip-hop producer, artist, and co-founder of the record label Definitive Jux, El-P has experience in every step of the creation, release, and marketing of an album. For his latest release, Cancer For Cure, El reached out to director and… Read More

Back in 2006, Kevin Slack directed his first music video for The Gaslight Anthem. This wasn’t only his first music video for the band, but his first music video ever. As Kevin’s career grew, he continued directing music videos for Gaslight. “Here Comes My Man,” which stars Elisha Cuthbert (Old… Read More

Photo by Alyssa Shakur. Brooke Candy first caught our attention a few months ago when she appeared in the music video for “Genesis” by Grimes. At that point, she was a pink-haired, sword-wielding mystery to us, but that all changed last week. On Tuesday, Brooke’s video for “Das Me” hit the internet… Read More

Anyone who has seen our promotional video “FilmedInsert Takes LA” knows that director Dugan O’Neal is an amazing and hilarious actor (and also knows that the name of this website used to be FilmedInsert). Dugan has been featured in several music videos, including “Good Man” by Raphael Saadiq and “St.… Read More

The director of photography is often an unsung hero of the music videos process. While it can be argued that pretty much anyone who isn’t Rihanna is an unsung hero of the music video process, no position is so vital to the success of a music video, but so often… Read More

Director Saman Kesh is no stranger to telling multilayered stories in his music videos. His ability to incorporate complex narrative elements in his work, while maintaining the organic and open structure that make music videos so unique, makes for some of the best, most compelling videos out there right now. One… Read More

The Masses describe themselves as a “collaboration of directors and artists united by a passion for music and driven by unique and diverse cinematic visions.” So, it is no surprise that director Chris Coats, who started in The Masses Lab and is now on The Masses roster, would describe his… Read More

For the second installment on Video Chats, I traveled to New York to hang out with director and photographer Michael Lawrence. Michael was born in Buffalo, New York and currently lives in Brooklyn, but he spent nearly 2 years living in Indonesia, which is where most of his three music videos for Emil… Read More

Odds are, if you’re reading this blog, you’re familiar with our podcast Music Video Land, where once a week we interview cool music video industry people. After 57 episodes, we’ve realized that there are way more than 57 cool people involved with music videos. We’ve also realized that some of… Read More

I was lucky enough to be able to attend the amazing 2012 Vimeo Festival+Awards (more on that next week) last month in NYC. While I was there I had the chance to sit down with Blake Whitman, the VP of Creative Development at Vimeo, to talk about the festival, the community, and… Read More

Back when MTV played music videos regularly, the way a band was depicted in their music video could literally make or break their career (this guy knows what I’m talking about). Although no one discovers new music by watching MTV anymore, music videos are still a way for bands to present themselves… Read More