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A commercial director is an executive responsible for managing the commercial department within an organization, or a specific commercial project.
In filmmaking industry, a commercial director is a film director who specializes in the creation of commercials, often for television, but sometimes also on film and of music videos (given that music videos are recognized as a form of advertising for the song featured in the video[ citation needed ]).
Noted directors of commercials include: Ridley Scott, Adrian Lyne, Hugh Hudson, Jean-Paul Goude, Jonathan Glazer, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Joe Pytka, Tarsem Singh, Dougal Wilson and Tony Kaye, Norman Hafezi, Barry Myers.[ citation needed ] Music video directors who have gone on to feature film production include Michael Mann and Julien Temple. [1]
A video jockey is an announcer or host who introduces music videos and live performances on commercial music television channels such as MTV, VH1, MuchMusic and Channel V.
Michel Gondry is a French filmmaker and producer noted for his inventive visual style and distinctive manipulation of mise en scène. Along with Charlie Kaufman, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as one of the writers of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he also directed. His other films include the music documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2005), the surrealistic science fantasy comedy The Science of Sleep (2006), the comedy Be Kind Rewind (2008), the superhero comedy The Green Hornet (2011), the drama The We and the I (2012), and the romantic science fantasy tragedy Mood Indigo (2013).
Canal+, also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by Canal+. The channel was launched in November 1984, and broadcasts to Metropolitan France. It broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted, but some unencrypted content can be viewed free of charge.
Timothy Hutton is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for Ordinary People (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with roles in the drama Taps (1981), the spy film The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), and the horror film The Dark Half (1993), among others.
Paul Hunter is an American film director, screenwriter, and music video director. He has directed over 100 music videos, television advertisements and was nominated for an Emmy for Nike's Freestyle commercial. In 2004, the Washington Post called Hunter one of the "most seminal names among black hip-hop directors."
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are a duo of American directors and producers for films and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M. and the Smashing Pumpkins. Together they directed the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Ruby Sparks (2012), and Battle of the Sexes (2017). They also directed the Netflix comedy series Living with Yourself (2019) and episodes of the Hulu series Fleishman Is In Trouble (2022).
onedotzero is a contemporary digital arts organisation based in London that aims to promote new work in moving image and motion arts. The organisation conducts public events, artist and content development, publishing projects, education, production, creative direction, and related visual art consultancy services.
George Garnett Dunning was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is best known for producing and directing the 1968 film Yellow Submarine.
Neil Norman Burger is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary Interview with the Assassin (2002), the period drama The Illusionist (2006), Limitless (2011), and the sci-fi action film Divergent (2014).
Amrita Prakash is an Indian film actress. She began her acting career when she was four years old, and has acted in both Bollywood and Malayalam films. She has since, been seen in a myriad of Bollywood Films, TVCs and television reality and fiction shows.
Richard Cummings Jr. is an American actor and film director most recognized for his acting roles in the dramas thirtysomething and Northern Exposure. He is currently working as a film and television director.
Vijay Prakash is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music director from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi language films. He has also performed shows with Zakir Hussain. Prakash won the Karnataka Government's 'Best Playback Singer' award for the year 2016 for the song "Nammooralli Chaligaladalli" from the film Beautiful Manasugalu.
Jared Daperis is an Australian film director. He has received a Young Artist Award nomination and Berlin Commercial Award Nominations.
Joe Pytka is an American film, television, commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials.
A music video director is the head, overseer or facilitator of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration with the musical act.
David Zennie is an American director and producer best known for working with international artists including Imran Khan, Mohammad Assaf and Yo Yo Honey Singh. He splits his time between Los Angeles, California and Dubai, UAE.
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi filmmaker. In his career, he has directed nearly fifteen hundred (1500) television commercials. Amitabh has also directed a few television films to critical acclaim. He founded the production house 'half stop down', which mainly produces TVCs. Amitabh's directorial debut in theatrical feature film is Aynabaji which was released on 30 September 2016.
Indrajit Nattoji is an Indian film director, artist, and producer known for his works in Bollywood, television, and advertising. Nattoji started his career in documentary filmmaking and then moved from television to advertising to be a feature filmmaker. He continues to be an ad filmmaker and runs his own film production company, Blink Pictures. Nattoji has made his directional debut Aagey Se Right (2009) which was produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the banner of UTV Spotboy, a subsidiary of UTV Motion Pictures. Indrajit has also directed a feature film titled Aafat-E-Ishq starring Neha Sharma, Ila Arun, Deepak Dobriyal, and Namit Das which is produced by Zee Studios.
Nawsheen is a Bangladeshi television and film actress who has worked in many notable popular films such as prarthona, Mukhosh Manush. She has also worked as model, anchor and radio personality. She has played some notable plays, and also earned a reputation. She is working as model in different television commercials and print media since 2007. Among her notable films include prarthona, Mukhosh Manush, hello Amit, dudu mia shuachan pakhi. She has worked as radio jockey and producer in many Bangladeshi FM radio stations like
Taneem Rahman Angshu is a Bangladeshi filmmaker specialising in Bengali film and TV production. His first feature film Shopner Ghor (2018), earned critical acclaim, with Angshu winning Best Director (Bangladesh) for Shopner Ghor during the 18th Telecine Award in Kolkata, India. His second film, No Dorai (2019), was a major commercial success and won six awards at Bangladesh's 33rd National Film Award (2019), including Best Director and Best Film. ‘No Dorai’ also won FIPRESCI at 18th Dhaka International Film Festival. Angshu also won Best Music Video Award in Channel-I Music Awards for two consecutive years, 2016 and 2017.
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