Keith Schofield

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Keith Schofield is an American director of music video and television commercials based in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2]

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Schofield received the "Best Rock Video" award at the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, for his direction of Supergrass's "Bad Blood" video. [3] Schofield's works have been described by Anthem Magazine as "sensations that regale viewers with a joyous vitality" [4] and by Wired as incorporating "visual gags worthy of Chuck Jones." [5]

In addition to music videos, Schofield has directed commercials for Virgin Mobile and Jennie O. [6] The viral video Schofield directed for Diesel entitled "Diesel SFW XXX", comically altered archive porn footage, won a Silver at the 2009 British Television Advertising Awards and a Gold Lion at Cannes Lions 2009. [7] [8]

Music videos

YearArtistSong Title
2004 The Notwist "One with the Freaks"
2005 DJ Format (feat. Abdominal and D-Sisive)"3 Feet Deep"
One Block Radius "Loud and Clear"
Hard 'N Phirm "π"
2006 Death Cab for Cutie "Jealousy Rides With Me"
Wintergreen "When I Wake Up"
Goose "British Mode"
2007 Minus the Bear "Knights"
Wintergreen"Can't Sit Still"
2008 Supergrass "Bad Blood"
The Brighton Port Authority (feat. David Byrne & Dizzee Rascal)"Toe Jam"
Ladyhawke "Dusk Till Dawn"
The Ting Tings "Be the One"
CSS "Move"
2009 MIMS "Move (If You Wanna)"
Lenny Kravitz "Let Love Rule (Justice Remix)"
Charlotte Gainsbourg (feat. Beck)"Heaven Can Wait"
2010 David Guetta (feat. Kid Cudi)"Memories"
Chromeo "Don't Turn the Lights On"
2011 Cut Copy "Need You Now"
Duck Sauce "Big Bad Wolf"
2012 Electric Guest "This Head I Hold"
2013 Darwin Deez "You Can't Be My Girl"
2015 Joywave "Somebody New"
2016 Jacob Plant (feat. Stylo G)"Bike Engine"
2020 Duck Sauce "Mesmerize"

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