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Doug Nichol is an American filmmaker and commercials/music video director.

Biography

A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he started his career as a cinematographer working with David Bowie, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and U2 and was director of photography on Madonna's Truth or Dare documentary. He has also directed campaigns for Levi's, Mercedes-Benz, Heineken, Virgin Mobile, Smirnoff, Toyota, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Peugeot, and American Express among others. His commercial for Levi's, involving a hamster, received the largest number of complaints to the Independent Television Commission at the time.^[1]

He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales^[2] and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith^[3] and NKOTB.^[4] He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for Aerosmith’s "Pink".^[5] His music video for "This Is Hardcore" by Pulp has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.^[6]^[7]^[8]

In 2016, he directed California Typewriter.

Music videos

Texas, "When We Are Together"
Geri Halliwell, "Mi Chico Latino"
Kula Shaker, "Mystical Machine Gun"
Étienne Daho, "Ideal",
Pulp, "This Is Hardcore"
Étienne Daho, "Le Premier Jour"
Aerosmith, "Pink"
Shara Nelson, "Rough with the Smooth"
Lenny Kravitz, "Spinning Round Over You"
Jacques Dutronc & Étienne Daho, "Tous Les Gouts Sont Dans Ma Nature"
Renaud, "C’est Quand Qu’On Va Ou"
Des'ree, "I Ain't Movin'"
Sting, "Seven Days"
Sting, "Shape of My Heart"
Extreme, "Stop the World"
Del Amitri, "Be My Downfall"
Chris de Burgh, "Separate Tables"
Wet Wet Wet, "More than Love"
Étienne Daho, "Un Homme A La Mer"
Étienne Daho, "Rue Des Petits Hotels"
Étienne Daho, "Des Attractions Desastres"
Etienne Daho, "Double Zero et L’Infini"
Etienne Daho, "Interlude à la Desirade"
Tuck & Patti, "Dreams"
Florent Pagny, "Si Tu Veux M'Essayer"
Liane Foly, "Laisse Pleurer Les Nuages"
Les Valentins, "Les Pieds Dans La Lune"
Patricia Kaas, "Kennedy Rose"
Patricia Kaas, "Il Me Dit Que Je Suis Belle"
Toni Childs, "Many Rivers to Cross"
Del Amitri, "Kiss This Thing Goodbye"
Tiffany, "Here in My Heart"
Sons of Angels, "Cow Girls"
New Kids on the Block, "This One's for the Children"
New Kids on the Block, "Hangin' Tough"
New Kids on the Block, "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"
New Kids on the Block, "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
New Kids on the Block, "Please Don't Go Girl"
Easterhouse, "Come Out Fighting"
Cheryl Pepsii Riley, "Me, Myself and I"
Tuck & Patti, "Time After Time"
Johnny Clegg & Savuka, "Take My Heart Away"
Baxter Robertson, "No Simple Cure"
The Cars, "Strap Me In"
Little Steven, "No More Party's"
Pete Bardens, "In Dreams"
Ray Parker Jr., "Girls Are More Fun"
Patti LaBelle, "Stir It Up"
Nomo, "Red Lipstick"

Commercials

American Express - Music Lover, Club Girl
Babybel – The Printer
Baileys – Truth, Dare
Bass Ale - A Taste For More
Bertolli – Anthem
British Midland – Escape, Flight 1400
Cadillac - Interstate
Caress – LL Cool J
Chase Bank - Back and Forth
Chrysler - Make It Safer, Anthem, 300,
Davidoff - Cool Water Woman
Dunkin' Donuts - Rachel Ray, Mobile Office
Ebel - Architects of Time
First Direct - Barbershop
Ford - Henri
France Telecom – Couple, Hammock
Heineken – Heineken Squad
Hugo Boss – Hugo, It's Just A Fragrance
Kodak – Narvick, Temple, Mount Blanc
Kronenbourg – Barman, Player
Levi's – Hampster, Wives
LG - Lear Jet
Lloyds TSB – Boots, Paint, Lights, Note for Note
Mars - The Jogger
MasterCard - World Market
Mercedes-Benz - Change Lanes
Microsoft – Fox, Worm, Cow, Alien, Pamela
Molson Canadian - Under The Snow, Snowbank, Here's To You Canada
Orangina - Le Salaire de la Pulpe
Palm - Gallery Opening
Peugeot - Ambush, Jump, The Hunt
Prudential Golf, Rear Window
Renault – Alligators, Kangaroos, Cows
Rover - Crossroads
Samsung – Estella Warren
SBC - Makin’ It
Smirnoff - Autocue
Sony Ericsson – Snatch, Torn, Change The Record, Dentist, Church, Fans
Target – Aqua, Guitar Kid, Dove, Tide
Toyota – Spies, Cyborg, Slap, The Bicycle
UPS – Singer, Caring Pilot
Virgin Mobile – Frozen, Wyclef Jean, Kellis
Visa - Traffic Cop
Vodafone - Laugh

References

^ "BBC News | Entertainment | Rodent rage!". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
^ "Grammy Award Past Winners". 2017-04-30.
^ "1999 Grammy Awards". NME. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
^ "Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
^ "Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards". MTV. 1998-10-09. Archived from the original on March 12, 2001. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
^ ldetmer1271 (2011-07-26). "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Pulp, 'This Is Hardcore' (1998)". Time. Retrieved 2024-10-19.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
^ "100 Greatest Music Videos". Nme.Com. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

External links

Doug Nichol at IMDb
Partizan.com
Studiodaily.com
Mvdbase.com Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "BBC News | Entertainment | Rodent rage!". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-23.

[2] "Grammy Award Past Winners". 2017-04-30.

[3] "1999 Grammy Awards". NME. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.

[4] "Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

[5] "Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards". MTV. 1998-10-09. Archived from the original on March 12, 2001. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

[6] tmer1271 (2011-07-26). "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Pulp, 'This Is Hardcore' (1998)". Time. Retrieved 2024-10-19.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] "Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

[8] "100 Greatest Music Videos". Nme.Com. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-28.

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-A graduate of the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]], he started his career as a cinematographer working with [[David Bowie]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[U2]] and was director of photography on [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'' documentary. He has also directed campaigns for [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Heineken]], [[Virgin Mobile]], [[Smirnoff]], [[Toyota]], [[Microsoft]], [[Sony Mobile|Sony Ericsson]], [[Peugeot]], and [[American Express]] among others.
+A graduate of the [[USC School of Cinematic Arts]], he started his career as a cinematographer working with [[David Bowie]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[U2]] and was director of photography on [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'' documentary. He has also directed campaigns for [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Heineken]], [[Virgin Mobile]], [[Smirnoff]], [[Toyota]], [[Microsoft]], [[Sony Mobile|Sony Ericsson]], [[Peugeot]], and [[American Express]] among others. His commercial for [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]], involving a hamster, received the largest number of complaints to the [[Independent Television Commission]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Rodent rage!|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/183380.stm|access-date=2021-05-23|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
-He won a [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video]] for [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22sting%22|title=Grammy Award Past Winners}}</ref> and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with [[Aerosmith]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|title=1999 Grammy Awards|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|archivedate=2012-10-11|df=}}</ref> and [[New Kids on the Block|NKOTB]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/videos.htm |title=Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos |publisher=Rock On The Net |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>  He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for [[Aerosmith]]’s "[[Pink (song)|Pink]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml |title=Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV |date=1998-10-09 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>  His music video for "[[This Is Hardcore (song)|This Is Hardcore]]" by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/pulp-this-is-hardcore-1998/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm |title=Stylus Magazine’s Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article |publisher=Stylus Magazine |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/6 |title=100 Greatest Music Videos |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2014-07-23 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>
+He won a [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video]] for [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22sting%22|title=Grammy Award Past Winners|date=2017-04-30}}</ref> and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with [[Aerosmith]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|title=1999 Grammy Awards|website=[[NME]] |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|archivedate=2012-10-11}}</ref> and [[New Kids on the Block|NKOTB]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/videos.htm |title=Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos |publisher=Rock On The Net |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>  He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for [[Aerosmith]]’s "[[Pink (Aerosmith song)|Pink]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010312171437/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2001 |title=Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV |date=1998-10-09 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>  His music video for "[[This Is Hardcore (song)|This Is Hardcore]]" by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=ldetmer1271 |date=2011-07-26 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/pulp-this-is-hardcore-1998/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |title=The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Pulp, ‘This Is Hardcore’ (1998) |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm |title=Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article |publisher=Stylus Magazine |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28 |archive-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217033605/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/6 |title=100 Greatest Music Videos |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2014-07-23 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>
 In 2016, he directed ''[[California Typewriter]]''.
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-* [[Aerosmith]], "[[Pink (song)|Pink]]"
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 * [[Lenny Kravitz]], "Spinning Round Over You"
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 * [[Patricia Kaas]], "Il Me Dit Que Je Suis Belle"
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 * [[Toni Childs]], "[[Many Rivers to Cross]]"
 * [[Del Amitri]], "Kiss This Thing Goodbye"
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 * [[Heineken]] – Heineken Squad
-* [[Hugo Boss]] – Hugo, It’s Just A Fragrance
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 * [[Kodak]] – Narvick, Temple, Mount Blanc
 *[[Kronenbourg Brewery|Kronenbourg]] – Barman, Player
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 * [[Mercedes-Benz]] - Change Lanes
 * [[Microsoft]] – Fox, Worm, Cow, Alien, Pamela
-* [[Molson Canadian]] - Under The Snow, Snowbank, Here’s To You Canada
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 * [[Orangina]] - Le Salaire de la Pulpe
 * [[Palm, Inc.|Palm]] - Gallery Opening
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