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