Drew Kirsch

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Drew Kirsch
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Occupation(s)Music video director, commercial director
Years active2013–present

Drew Kirsch is an American music video director. [1] [2] He is known for his work with Taylor Swift, Shakira, Imagine Dragons, J. Cole, Machine Gun Kelly, Charlie Puth and Louis the Child. [3] [4] [5] [6] He was nominated for the Best Direction at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards for Taylor Swift's "You Need to Calm Down". [7]

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Selected music videos

YearTitleArtistRolesNotes
2023"3D" Jungkook featuring Jack Harlow Director
"Red Flags" Mimi Webb Director [8]
"DAKOTA"Red LeatherDirector
2022"Sharks" Imagine Dragons Director
"Run" YG featuring Tyga, 21 Savage and Bia Director
"Left And Right" Charlie Puth featuring Jungkook Director
"Emo Girl" Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow Smith Director
"Scared Money"YG featuring J. Cole and Moneybagg Yo Director
2021"You Deserve It All" John Legend Director
2020"Baby" Madison Beer Director
"Girlfriend"Charlie PuthDirector
"Summertime" Orville Peck Director
"Me Gusta" Shakira and Anuel AA Director
"Heartbreak Weather" Niall Horan Director
"Sad Tonight" Lennon Stella Director
2019"Lover" Taylor Swift DirectorCo-directed with Taylor Swift [9]
"You Need to Calm Down"Taylor SwiftDirector
"Are You Bored Yet?" Wallows featuring Clairo Director
"Love Me Less" Max Schneider featuring Quinn XCII Director [10]
"BITCH" Lennon Stella Director
2018"Lick It" Valentino Khan Director
"Lost in My Mind" Rüfüs Du Sol Director
"66" Lil Yachty featuring Trippie Redd Director
"All the Kids Are Depressed" Jeremy Zucker Director
"Cool" Felix Jaehn featuring Marc E. Bassy and Gucci Mane Director
2016"The Fall" Bryce Vine Director

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 MTV Video Music Award Best Direction "You Need to Calm Down"Nominated [11]

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