Christopher Mills (director)

Christopher Mills is a Canadian director, editor, animator and cinematographer. He has directed music videos for bands such as Modest Mouse, Interpol, Broken Social Scene, Blue Rodeo, Metric, The Joy Formidable, Senses Fail and Breaking Benjamin. He has also worked on commercials, short films, documentaries, projections and art album covers. Mills' style and work is "Renowned for his unique mix of live action, 2D and 3D filmmaking techniques" according to the writer Anne T. Donahue. "Mills has taken otherwise simple concepts and helped make them magical, transforming each video from a standard visual counterpart to an entirely different form of expression". ^[1]

Mills has had his work featured in Rolling Stone magazine and on many websites among them Kanye West's blog or MTV.com. ^{[2] [3]} He played on Oprah , MTV, MTV2, VH1, Much Music, and other music video networks worldwide. Mills has given retrospectives in respected universities, global film festivals, and at Canada's National Art Gallery. ^[4] His work has been nominated for and has earned multiple awards, including MTV awards, MTV2 awards, Much Music Video Awards, Juno Awards, International Broadcasting Advertising awards. His video of Interpol's PDA was nominated for an MTV2 Awards in 2003 "Float On", for Modest Mouse, won the MTV "woody" award, was nominated for the MTV "breakthrough video" award, and was nominated for the MTV2 award. ^[5]

Mills has contributed to and collaborated with musicians and advertisers in a variety of media, ranging from simple drawings for Broken Social Scene's self-titled album (nominated for a "Best Album Art" Juno), to giant stage projections for The Tragically Hip's 2004 oft sold-out stadium tour (later co-winning the Juno for Best Music DVD), to a feature-length experimental documentary film for Canadian cultural icons Blue Rodeo, The Blue Road (2008 Juno winner, "Best Music DVD").

Videography

Music videos directed by Christopher Mills. ^[6]

Year	Song	Band
2014	For Those Who Stay	PS I love You
	Alienation	Morning Parade
	The Terror Pulse	KEN mode
	Forever And Ever	Royal Wood
2013	The Turn Around	Eight and A Half
	Secret Vasectomy	KEN mode
	Turn Off The Robot	Burning House
	Dance With Me	Ra Ra Riot
	Dead Walkie	DAVIDS Archived 2013-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
2012	The Great Exhale	Great Lake Swimmers
	Nothing Is Anything (without you)	Wintersleep
	Cholla	The Joy Formidable
	Toronto	PS I Love You
	This Must Be The Place	Belle Starr
	Calm Before The Storm	Imaginary Cities [7]
	Canadian Girls	Dean Brody
	Time	C. A. Smith
	Heavyweight	Our Lady Peace
	Count On Me	Cuff The Duke
2011	Taken Away	Nash
	Temporary Resident	Imaginary Cities
	Everyone Watched The Wedding	Jim Cuddy
	Blow Me Away	Breaking Benjamin
	A Heavy Abacus	The Joy Formidable
	Sad Robot Harmonies	Nash
	Not Getting Any Better	Inner Party System
	Whirring	The Joy Formidable
2010	Expecting To Fly	Metric
	Collect Call	Metric
	Tobias Grey	PostData
	We, Myself And I	Shad
	Dance Mother	Sweet Thing
	Angel Street	Lucie Idlout
	Blue Blood Blues	The Dead Weather
2009	Saviour	The Dears
	Disclaimer	The Dears
	Arizona Dust	Blue Rodeo
	Arlington	Ridley Bent
2008	Crooked Legs	The Acorn
	Shutterbuggin	Buck 65
	Dang	Buck 65
	The Flood Pt.1	The Acorn
2007	Monday, Monday, Monday	Tegan and Sara
	Far Cry	Rush
	The Mary Getaway	The Working Title
	Same In Any Language	I Nine
	Missed The Boat	Modest Mouse
2006	Now That I Miss Her	Elefant
	The Gate	Sam Roberts
	We Can Never Say Goodbye	The Open
2005	It's Not The Fall That Hurts	The Caesars
	Everything Is Alright (co-directed with Chris Grismer)	Motion City Soundtrack
	Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning	Senses Fail
	The Road Leads Where It's Led	Secret Machines
	Collide	Howie Day
2004	Vaccination Scar	The Tragically Hip
	Every Time It Rains	Charlotte Martin
	Simple Man	Shinedown
	Float On	Modest Mouse
2003	Perfect Time Of Day	Howie Day
	Stars And Sons	Broken Social Scene
	Shatterday	Vendetta Red
	World So Cold	Mudvayne
	Have A Little Faith	Mandy Moore
2002	PDA	Interpol
	Wonderful	Andy Stochansky
2000	Silently Screaming	Serial Joe
	Sad Nights	Blue Rodeo
	Below The Stars	King Cobb Steelie
1999	Rise With The Sun	The Punters
	Dancing With Myself	The Boomtang Boys
	In My Hands	Natalie MacMaster
	Umbrella	Mayor McCA
1998	Lemonade	Protein
1997	My Only Hope	Miller Stain Limit

References

1. Anne T. Donahue, "The Best New Music Video Directors Part Two", www.aux.tv, April 26, 2010
2. "Archived copy". MTV . Archived from the original on 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
3. Newman, Jason. "Indie Music Month Video Premiere: The Joy Formidable, 'Whirring'". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
4. "Ottawa International Animation Festival - Offline". www.animationfestival.ca.
5. "Archived copy". MTV . Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
6. "my grandfather made this". www.numberfourfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
7. "Winnipeg band Imaginary Cities releases brand new music video - CBC Manitoba". www.cbc.ca.

External links

• Christopher Mills at The Internet Music Video Database