The videos by Cassandra Lee Hamilton have been described in a variety of ways. Stereogum calls them “cute,” Cassandra herself calls them “demented pop,” and at least one Vimeo user calls them the work of a “DIY master.” In her video for “Break My Heart” by La Sera, Cassandra uses mainly in-camera effects to… Read More

In his music video for “Backlines” by Stars, Hank Friedmann takes the already difficult task of directing a music video and makes it roughly a billion times harder on himself. In addition to writing, editing, and directing this video, Hank also took on the task of building an antique mechanical… Read More

Recording a good cover of a song from the 80's or early 90's is almost a sure-fire win for a band. They get to introduce themselves to a wider audience, as well as to pay homage to an old school jam. If the artist is Marilyn Manson, the song might change significantly.… Read More

In the new video for "Girl" by Das Racist, Fahim Anwar plays Lance Cantstopolis, a denim rocking, grooving dancing badass with a crush on a pretty girl. The only thing stronger than his roundhouse kick, is his game. Despite all that he has going for him, we find that in the… Read More

We’ve all been bullied. No matter who you are, there was a time in your childhood when you encountered a shitty kid, and that shitty kid was mean to you. As an adult, your days of being bullied are likely over, but it’s hard not to wish you could go… Read More

One of the most technically complicated videos made at the 2012 OMG Everywhere summer camp finally came out today. This is the perfect opportunity for me to remind everyone that you can donate to OMG all year long, you don’t have to wait until next summer to support the cause. … Read More

“In a Big City” is the first single from the new Titus Andronicus album "Local Business." For the video, director Isaac Ravishankara creates a world where time appears to move around a beardless Patrick Stickles as he walks through New Jersey. We talked to Isaac to find out what inspired this concept, and how they… Read More

Last week, director and RSM founder Robby Starbuck published an article called "The Problem with Music Videos." In it, he talks about how artists these days will often take over a music video, which can discourage the director and lead to an inferior product. While he maintains that most of the artists he’s worked… Read More

Tom Banks is a prolific cinematographer who has worked with a variety of three-named directors, such as Carlos Lopez Estrada, Hannah Lux Davis, Chris Marrs Piliero, and Eli Gunn-Jones (he has also worked with several two-named directors). Tom has an awesome blog where he talks about a variety of cool things pertaining to his work, and this week, he… Read More

Back in May of this year, the Museum of Contemporary Arts Los Angeles hosted “Rebel,” an exhibit produced by by James Franco and inspired by the motorcycle culture that James Dean was a part of during the making of Rebel Without a Cause. It focused on a variety of cultural elements, including teenage… Read More

Danny Brown, who is no stranger to sweet music videos, dropped the sweet music video for “WitIt” today, directed by Bijoux Altamirano. This video is full of retro-clipart and animated GIFs, which is a characteristic of the art by Bijoux Altamirano, and is also full of strippers and ass, which is… Read More

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

Everyone loves Psy these days, right? He’s totally still relevant and at the height of his popularity. Still plenty of minutes left in his 15. And because of that, you guys all care so much when he shows up places, especally new music videos! And double bonus if it’s another… 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

We took a month off to give Hip-Hop YouTube comments a chance to work out some of their complexities. They were unable to, and so here we are again. In this month’s edition, we take some time to examine truth, swag, and Hot Pockets.    Comment found on Meek Mill… 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

Matt & Kim released their new music video for "Let's Go" today, but it's exclusive to Funny or Die. Currently, our standard video pages don't support Funny or Die embeds. A lot of IMVDb is a work in progress (as you know), and we aren't set up for everything yet. But, good news!… Read More

One thing we talk about often on this site is how advances in Internet and camera technology have opened up the world of music videos to everyone. There was once a time when being a professional music video director meant you worked with large budgets and your videos got played… 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

Early yesterday morning, Frank Ocean tweeted that music videos are not the future. This made us all cry for legitimately 45 minutes, as we collectively reacted to our beloved Frank Ocean saying such a thing. Personally, it took going through the classic 5 stages of grief for me to even… 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