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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.

He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales[1] and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith[2] and NKOTB.[3] He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for Aerosmith’s Pink (song).[4] His music video for "This is Hardcore" by Pulp has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.[5][6][7]

In 2016 he directed California Typewriter.

Music videos

Commercials

References

  1. ^ "Grammy Award Past Winners".
  2. ^ "1999 Grammy Awards". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  4. ^ "Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards". MTV. 1998-10-09. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  5. ^ http://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/pulp-this-is-hardcore-1998/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  7. ^ "100 Greatest Music Videos". Nme.Com. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-28.