Christopher Mills (director)

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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]

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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]

YearSongBand
2014For Those Who Stay PS I love You
Alienation Morning Parade
The Terror Pulse KEN mode
Forever And Ever Royal Wood
2013The Turn AroundEight and A Half
Secret Vasectomy KEN mode
Turn Off The Robot Burning House
Dance With Me Ra Ra Riot
Dead Walkie DAVIDS
2012The 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
TimeC. A. Smith
Heavyweight Our Lady Peace
Count On MeCuff The Duke
2011Taken AwayNash
Temporary ResidentImaginary Cities
Everyone Watched The Wedding Jim Cuddy
Blow Me AwayBreaking Benjamin
A Heavy AbacusThe Joy Formidable
Sad Robot HarmoniesNash
Not Getting Any BetterInner Party System
WhirringThe Joy Formidable
2010Expecting To Fly Metric
Collect Call Metric
Tobias GreyPostData
We, Myself And I Shad
Dance MotherSweet Thing
Angel StreetLucie Idlout
Blue Blood BluesThe Dead Weather
2009SaviourThe Dears
DisclaimerThe Dears
Arizona Dust Blue Rodeo
ArlingtonRidley Bent
2008Crooked LegsThe Acorn
Shutterbuggin Buck 65
Dang Buck 65
The Flood Pt.1The Acorn
2007Monday, Monday, MondayTegan and Sara
Far Cry Rush
The Mary GetawayThe Working Title
Same In Any LanguageI Nine
Missed The BoatModest Mouse
2006Now That I Miss HerElefant
The GateSam Roberts
We Can Never Say GoodbyeThe Open
2005It's Not The Fall That HurtsThe Caesars
Everything Is Alright
(co-directed with Chris Grismer)
Motion City Soundtrack
Rum Is For Drinking, Not For BurningSenses Fail
The Road Leads Where It's Led Secret Machines
CollideHowie Day
2004Vaccination ScarThe Tragically Hip
Every Time It RainsCharlotte Martin
Simple ManShinedown
Float OnModest Mouse
2003Perfect Time Of DayHowie Day
Stars And Sons Broken Social Scene
ShatterdayVendetta Red
World So ColdMudvayne
Have A Little FaithMandy Moore
2002 PDA Interpol
WonderfulAndy Stochansky
2000Silently ScreamingSerial Joe
Sad NightsBlue Rodeo
Below The StarsKing Cobb Steelie
1999Rise With The SunThe Punters
Dancing With MyselfThe Boomtang Boys
In My HandsNatalie MacMaster
UmbrellaMayor McCA
1998LemonadeProtein
1997My Only HopeMiller Stain Limit

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