Doug Nichol

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

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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. [1] He has also directed campaigns for Levi's, Mercedes-Benz, Heineken, Virgin Mobile, Smirnoff, Toyota, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Peugeot, and American Express among others. [2] His commercial for Levi's, involving a hamster, received the largest number of complaints to the Independent Television Commission at the time. [3]

He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting's Ten Summoner's Tales [4] and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith [5] and NKOTB. [6] He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for Aerosmith’s "Pink". [7] His music video for "This Is Hardcore" by Pulp has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time. [8] [9] [10]

In 2016, he directed California Typewriter . [11]

Music videos

Commercials

References

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  5. "1999 Grammy Awards". NME . Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
  6. "Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos". Rock On The Net. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  7. "Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards". MTV. 1998-10-09. Archived from the original on March 12, 2001. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  8. ldetmer1271 (2011-07-26). "The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Pulp, 'This Is Hardcore' (1998)". Time . Retrieved 2024-10-19.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  10. "100 Greatest Music Videos". Nme.Com. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  11. "The Soul of an Old Machine". 24 August 2017.