Sometimes music video directors can’t stay away. Even when they’re on vacation, when a good opportunity comes their way, they just can’t pass it up. Like Matt Alonzo for example: near the end of 2012, he thought he was done directing videos for the year, until DJ Ill Will hit… Read More

Last year, director Noel Paul and Bat For Lashes went three for three when it comes to making awesome music videos (over here at IMVDb, we call that a “hat trick”). Each video that Noel directed for Natasha Khan (Bat For Lashes) served as the perfect compliment to the three… Read More

One of the first things to cross our mind after watching director Nicolas Heller’s “Look Real High” by Adrian Lau was, “Man, that’s a lot of weed!” We also started to wonder whose job is it to get all of that weed, and where they got that awesome sword. Then… Read More

Our views on cinema seems to be changing, the once popular “shoot-em-up” style film seems a lot less entertaining after the recent events involving gun violence. With that said, there are still ways to find beauty within dark subject matter, like in the Carlos Lopez Estrada directed music video for… Read More

When searching for a music video director, most people wouldn’t think that LinkedIn is the best place to look. However, some really great music video directors, like Leah McKissock for example, apparently have LinkedIn accounts. We know this because that is how she was contacted to direct “Belong To You,” the… Read More

Director Luke Gilford knows about directing videos that feature supernatural situations in real life settings. Both his videos for “The Silicone Veil” by Susanne Sundfør and “& It Was U“ by How To Dress Well deal with these ideas. We talked to Luke about how “& It Was U“ was inspired… Read More

Deadpanning (also know as the opposite of camera mugging) is an overlooked form of performance art in music videos. At IMVDb, we enthusiastically recognize and promote the art of deadpan, so we were excited when in late 2012 and early 2013, directing duo Harrys released two videos for "So Many Details" and… Read More

In “80s Fitness” by Koan Sound, director Tim Hendrix introduces us to a colorful and twisted world full of violence, murder, and spandex (which apparently is more expensive than you’d think). We talked to Tim about living in an editing suite to finish this video, interrupting Saman Keshavarz, and jazzercise.… Read More

One thing we always enjoy hearing about here at IMVDb is music videos where the artist and the director have a really collaborative, hands-on process. If a music video involves an entire band and director taking a day to hot glue a tiny set together using cardboard and playing cards,… Read More

Hip-hop videos have come a long way since the days when all you got was cars, money, and butts. But, is hip-hop ready for two old white dudes eating popcorn in a sauna? That question is answered by director Spaghetto in her video for "Sauna" by Casey Veggies. We talked… Read More

The last time we talked to director Michael Lawrence, it was about his series of surreal and artistic videos for Emil & Friends, which were shot in Indonesia and are at times very autobiographical. Michael’s latest video, "I Turn On" by Slam Donahue, which features adults aggressively playing basketball with children, and later… Read More

When director Matthew Boman isn’t making crazy videos about the end of the world, he’s making crazy music videos with the likes of Brooke Candy, BLOK, and Riff Raff. His latest video, “PEPPERMiNT TiNT” by the aforementioned Riff Raff, could possibly be one of the greatest Christmas videos of the year, if… Read More

When you direct an awesome music video for Aesop Rock that features motorcycles, dancing, and ballerinas, there is bound to be a lot of stories to tell about production. Add in the fact that this one shoot actually resulted in two awesome music videos, and the stories grow even more.… Read More

Jason Baum spent most of the past year producing music videos for awesome directors like Hiro Murai, Isaiah Seret, and Saman Keshavarz. Some of that time, however, was also spent hanging out with Zee Avi, and coming up with the concept for her “Concrete Wall” music video, which Jason both… Read More

Photo by Zoe Rain Unless you’re from Seattle, you likely were introduced to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis this year through their awesome music videos for "Thrift Shop" and "Same Love." Despite the subject matter of these videos being completely different from one another, director Jon Jon Augstavo (in collaboration with Macklemore… Read More

When director Isaac Rentz started to assemble the cast for Tegan and Sara’s “Closer” music video, it was important to him that they feel like real people on camera. Pulling inspiration from TV shows like My So-Called Life, and even moments from Tegan and Sara’s life growing up, Isaac creates… Read More

Showing up drunk to your first meeting with an artist might not seem like the best way to start a working relationship. That is, unless you’re working with Elliphant, in which case she’ll just laugh at you and then things will ultimately end up great. As crazy as that sounds,… Read More

Whenever a music video comes out that features anyone from Odd Future, we pretty much assume that at one point or another, things on the set just broke down into chaos. We clearly have a poor perception of reality because according to Hiro Murai, director of Earl Sweatshirt’s “Chum,” it was (almost)… Read More

If my girlfriend was a pop star and I had to direct music videos for her, I would cover her in sweaters and blankets and film her from the neck up only. Luckily, director Ryan Andrews is nothing like me in this sense. When directing music videos for his girlfriend… Read More

When director Abraham Vilchez-Moran booked the “Good As You” video by Eternal Summers, he knew he had to find the perfect location. Mainly, because he had already told the band that he had it (to his credit, he probably also told them he had an awesome underwater camera guy, and… Read More

When director David Lewandowski heard they would be making a live action version of the 1988 Japanese animated film Akira, he was very excited. However, after hearing about the film getting canceled, David decided to create much of what he would have seen in that film for one of his… Read More

When casting for the “Benny Goodman” video for his band Saint Motel, director and front-man A/J Jackson needed to find a talented, charismatic 6-year-old with the dance moves of a young Michael Jackson. We've never tried this, but it sounds hard. We talked to A/J about how he found Baby Boogaloo… Read More

Bands have been using talk show performances as a way to broaden their audiences for decades. If we had a band (which we don’t, but still), no audience would be more coveted than that of The Whip Nicken Hour, the fictional talk show created by The General Assembly for A.C. Newman’s “I’m Not… Read More

Photo by Michael Jeffe. Director Claire Marie Vogel has a very unique perspective on the music video industry. While most music video directors have a relationship with record labels in one way or anther, Claire actually works directly for Warner Bros Records. We talked to Claire to find out how that… Read More

The experimental film Solipsist by director Andrew Thomas Huang creates a psychedelic world that features colorful characters in a vibrant atmosphere that seem to be physically connected to each other and the world around them. For his music video for Björk’s “Mutual Core,” he explores many of the same visual… Read More