Phil Harder

Phil Harder
Born	Philip Harder United States
Occupations	Cinematographer, music video director, commercial director

Philip Harder (born 1965) is an American music video director and commercial director represented by Bob Industries in Santa Monica, California. ^[1] Phil was also a director at Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart Commercials and Music Videos where he directed award-winning commercials for clients including The Gap. He also had a music video company Harder/Fuller Films, from 1985 to 2005. In the 1980s, Harder was in the band Breaking Circus, as well as a founding member of Big Trouble House, a rock trio active throughout the 1990s.

Harder was the cinematographer on the Japanese feature film Yoko, The Cherry Blossom shot in Tokyo.

Filmography

Music videos

1985

• The Jayhawks  – "King of Kings"

1986

• Rifle Sport  – "Burn 'Em Up"
• Sonic Youth  – "Stereo Sanctity"

1987

• Agitpop  – "Girl But Not a Friend"
• Big Black  – "Dead Billy"
• Big Black  – "Pigeon Kill"
• Big Black  – "Cables"
• Big Black  – "Big Money"
• Black Spot – "Bad Ass Hammer"
• The Didjits  – "Max Wedge"
• The Didjits  – "Axehandle"
• Naked Raygun  – "Vanilla Blue"

1988

• Agitpop  – "Stop Drop and Roll"
• Big Trouble House – "Afghanistan"
• Breaking Circus  – "Shockhammer 13"
• Breaking Circus  – "Evil Last Night"
• Breaking Circus  – "Three Cool Cats"
• The Magnolias  – "Pardon Me"
• Rapeman  – "Hated Chinee"
• Rapeman  – "Budd"
• Shane – "Ride, Ride, Ride"
• Soul Asylum  – "P-9"

1989

• The Afghan Whigs  – "Sister, Brother" (1989)
• Agitpop  – "Forget Me Not" – (1989)
• Chicken Scratch – "Undertoe"
• Poopshovel – "One Pass Away" (1989)
• Soul Asylum  – "Artificial Heart"

1990

• Another Carnival – "Rain on Me"
• Arson Garden – "Two Sisters"
• Babes in Toyland  – "He's My Thing"
• Big Chief – "Drive It Off"
• Big Trouble House – "Black River"
• Big Trouble House – "Union Feed Grain Mill"
• Chicken Scratch – "Tom Takes Toilets To Tinseltown"
• Joe Henry (with Don Cherry) – "John Hanging"
• Brenda Kahn  – "The Ballad of Ridge Street"
• Brenda Kahn  – "If Red Were Blue"
• Libido Boyz – "Godzilla"

1991

• The Afghan Whigs  – "Turn on the Water"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Conjure Me"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Miles Iz Ded"
• Another Carnival – "Still"
• Bone Club – "Apple"
• Drophammer – "Mind and Body"
• Firehose  – "Walking the Cow"
• Brenda Kahn  – "Eggs on Drugs"
• The Magnolias  – "When I'm Not"
• The Magnolias  – "Hello or Goodbye"
• Overwhelming Colorfast – "It's Tomorrow"

1992

• The Afghan Whigs  – "Come See About Me"
• Steven "Jesse" Bernstein  – "More Noise Please"
• Bone Club – "It's Not Alright"
• Chainsaw Kittens  – "Connie I've Found The Door"
• Billy Childish and The Blackhands – "Crying Blud"
• Fat Tuesday  – "High and Low"
• Joe Henry  – "King's Highway"
• Kise – "Slop My Donkey"
• Seaweed  – "Squint"
• Sick of It All  – "Just Look Around"
• The Wedding Present  – "No Christmas"
• The Wedding Present  – "Boing"
• The Wedding Present  – "Blue Eyes"
• The Wedding Present  – "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family"

1993

• The Afghan Whigs  – "Debonair"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Gentlemen"
• Babes in Toyland  – "He's My Thing"
• Bailter Space  – "X"
• Chainsaw Kittens  – "Angel on the Range"
• Firehose  – "Witness"
• Firehose  – "Formal Introduction"
• Stigmata A-Go-Go – "Like Bone"
• Velocity Girl  – "Audrey's Eyes"

1994

• The Afghan Whigs  – "My Curse"
• Low  – "Words"
• Mercy Rule -"Tell Tomorrow"
• Nova Mob  – "Old Empire"
• Stigmata A-Go-Go – "Riot Keeper"

1995

• Ash  – "Jack Names the Planets"
• Babes in Toyland  – "Sweet 69"
• Compulsion  – "Question Time for the Proles"
• Low  – "Shame"
• Son Volt  – "Drown"
• Venison  – "Cooking Dirt"

1996

• Compulsion  – "Juvenile Scene Detective"
• The Connells  – "Fifth Fret"
• Failure  – "Stuck On You"
• The Goops – "Vulgar Appetite"
• Low  – "Over the Ocean"
• Red House Painters  – "All Mixed Up"
• Versus  – "Yeah You"

1997

• Bettie Serveert  – "Rudder"
• Cornershop  – "Brimful of Asha"
• Tanya Donelly  – "The Bright Light"
• Hum  – "Comin' Home"
• Local H  – "Eddie Vedder"
• Local H  – "Fritz's Corner"
• Lisa Loeb  – "I Do"
• Bobby McFerrin  – "Circle Song 6"
• Shudder to Think  – "Red House"
• Souls  – "Cello"

1998

• Cornershop  – "Sleep on the Left Side"
• Esthero  – "Heaven Sent"
• Everclear  – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Gap Ad)
• Goodie Mob featuring Esthero - "The World I Know"
• Local H  – "All the Kids Are Right"
• Mary Lou Lord  – "Lights Are Changing"
• Johnny Mathis  – "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Gap Ad)
• Mocrac – "In My Pocket"
• Scrawl  – "Charles
• Rufus Wainwright  – "What Are You Doing New Years' Eve?" (Gap Ad)

1999

• Barenaked Ladies  – "Get in Line"
• The Cranberries  – "Just My Imagination"
• Dovetail Joint  – "Level on the Inside"
• Ben Lee  – "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
• Moist  – "Breathe"

2000

• Barenaked Ladies  – "Pinch Me"
• Foo Fighters  – "Next Year"
• Macy Gray  – "Why Didn't You Call Me" (Target Ad)
• Incubus  – "Stellar"
• Chantal Kreviazuk  – "Faraway"

2001

• Barenaked Ladies  – "Too Little Too Late"
• The Honeydogs  – "Sour Grapes"
• Incubus  – "Drive"
• Incubus  – "Wish You Were Here"
• Mansun  – "Fool"
• Matchbox Twenty  – "Mad Season"
• Pulp  – "The Trees"
• Remy Zero  – "Save Me"

2002

• Local H  – "Half Life"
• Mad at Gravity  – "Walk Away"
• Chitlin' Fooks featuring Carol Van Dyk – "The Battle"
• The Dollyrots  – "Tease Me, Pet Me" (Hewlett-Packard Ad)
• Low  – "Canada"
• Matchbox Twenty  – "Disease"

2003

• Barenaked Ladies  – "Another Postcard"
• Liz Phair  – "Why Can't I?"
• Shane – "End of the Line"

2004

• Barenaked Ladies  – "Testing 1,2,3"
• The Music  – "Breakin'"
• Liz Phair  – "Extraordinary"
• Prince  – "Cinnamon Girl"
• Skye Sweetnam  – "Tangled Up in Me"
• Yellowcard  – "Only One"

2005

• Aslyn  – "Be the Girl"
• Hilary Duff  – "Beat of My Heart"
• Low  – "Monkey"
• Liz Phair  – "Everything to Me"
• Stan Ridgway  – "Beloved Movie Star"
• Rob Thomas  – "Lonely No More" (Target Ad)

2006

• The Fratellis  – "Flathead" (iPod Animated Commercial)
• The Fratellis  – "Flathead" (iPod "Party" Commercial)
• Rob Thomas  – "Ever the Same"

2007

• Cary Brothers  – "Who You Are"
• Billy Talent  – "Surrender"

2008

• Low  – "Everybody's Song"
• The Owls – "Channel"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Algiers"

2009

• The Twilight Hours  – "Alone"
• Zak Sally  – "Why We Hide"
• Low  – "Breaker"

2010

• Barenaked Ladies  – "You Run Away"
• Bettie Serveert  – "Pharmacy of Love"
• Low  – "Cue The Strings"
• Low  – "Death of a Salesman - Acoustic"

2011

• CSS  featuring Ssion – "City Grrrl"
• Robert Plant  – "Silver Rider"
• Nada Surf  – "When I Was Young"
• Low  – "Especially Me"
• Typsy Panthre – "All Fall Down"

2012

• The Script  – "Six Degrees of Separation"
• Low  – "Murderer"
• Typsy Panthre – "Hitch-Hiker"

2013

• Billy Talent  – "Stand Up and Run"
• Low  – "Just Make It Stop"
• The Starfolk – "Into The Clouds"

2014

• The Afghan Whigs  – "Algiers"
• Trampled by Turtles  – "Are You Behind the Shining Star"
• Trampled by Turtles  – "Wild Animals"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Matamoros"
• The Afghan Whigs  – "Lost in the Woods"
• Kevin Hearn  – "Gallerina"

2015

• Matt Ellis  – "Thank You Los Angeles"
• Rob Thomas – "Trust You"
• Billy Talent  – "Chasing the Sun"

2017

• The Afghan Whigs – "Demon In Profile"

2020

• Greg Dulli – "Pantomima"

2023

• Barenaked Ladies – "One Night"

Films

Year	Film	Awards and nominations	Ref.
2008	Flying Lesson (collaboration with chameckilerner)	Won – Brooklyn Film Festival – Best Experimental Film Won - Dance On Camera Festival - Jury Award	[2] [3]
2010	Jackie & Judy (collaboration with chameckilerner)	Won - Berlin Pool Dance-Video Film Festival - PEARL Award	[4]
2013	Low Movie: How to Quit Smoking		[5]
2019	Tuscaloosa
2021	The Claw

References

1. "Bobcentral.com". Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
2. Winner Best Experimental Film Brooklyn Film Festival (2008) "Festival Lesson" [film short], Phil harder [director].
3. "chameckilerner in collaboration with Phil Harder - New York Live Arts". Newyorklivearts.org. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
4. Jackie & Judy - Dance Short (2010)
5. "Low: Movie - How to Quit Smoking". IMDb.com. April 12, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2024.

External links

• Official Website for Phil Harder
• Phil Harder at IMDb
• Phil Harder at Mvdbase.com
• Bob Industries official site
• Minnesota Monthly - Phil Harder
• City Pages - Phil Harder
• USA Today - Low Movie
• Brooklyn Based - Low Movie
• Video Static - Low "Just Make It Stop
• Indie-Eye - Afghan Whigs "Matamoros"
• Star Tribune - Trampled By Turtles "Wild Animals"
• Brooklyn Film Festival - Short "Flying Lesson"
• New York Live Arts - Short "Flying Lesson"
• Billboard - Prince "Cinnamon Girl"
• People - Prince "Cinnamon Girl"
• MTV - Incubus "Drive"
• The Guardian - Cornershop "Brimful of Asha"
• Star Tribune - Documentary "The Claw"