Music Video Director Research

Joji Koyama

London-based director, Joji Koyama is also known as "Woof Wan-Bau"; After his graduation in art, Koyama started to direct music videos; he has also shown his talent through short films, comics, animations, drawings and photographs, which ultimately displays the versatile artist that he is. Koyama won the prize for 2004's Best Music Video Public Choice Award, British Animation Awards, as well as 2005's Best Animated Film, Halloween Short Film Festival ICA London.
It can be observed in his work that skills are abundant as he masters different techniques such as stop motion, computer animation and live action. The surrealism and creativity are surely the main aspects of his works, he has once said in an interview: 

"My ethos is to be as playful as possible, to make something that is not just simple and glossy—with something a little bit more imaginative going on."

One of Koyama's work that can be linked to our music video, is the video to the song 'It was acceptable in the 80's' Its main style: vibrant colours and comic/playful visuals, are aspects that are also found in our music video. We researched various music videos, including Koyama's work, and the video below inspired us to produce something similar.

Evan Bernard

Evan Bernard is an american director of both commercials and music videos. He is known as he has directed videos for punk bands such as Green Day and Rancid, as well as other artists like The Beastie Boys, Moby, etc.
He is also famous for directing television ads for companies such as Toyota, Puma and Red Stripe.
Bernard's most recent work, is the music video to the song 'Double Vision' by 3OH!3, which gained positive reviews due to its creativity and originality.




Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton

Faris along with her partner, Jonathan Dayton, have directed award-winning music videos, such as "Californication" by the band Red Hot Chilli Peppers, "Freak on a Leash" by Korn, Smashing Pumpkin's "Tonight, Tonight". They have also made music videos and documentaries for artists such as Oasis, Weezer, Janet Jackson, Beastie Boys, R.E.M, etc. The couple has gone even further since they have directed many commercials for IKEA, GAP, Apple Computer, Mastercard, Puma, and many others.
The team has received critical acclaim due to their comedy-drama film, as it won them two Academy Awards.




Liz Friedlander

Friedlander is highly respected in the music industry and is considered one of the most admirable directors. She has directed over 80 music videos, and is known for working with artists such as U2, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette, R.E.M, Blink 182, Plus 44 and others.
She won the MTV's Viewer's Choice Award for Best Video of 2002 for her work with the artist, Michelle Branch. Friedlander formerly worked as a producer and editor, she has worked with The Red Hot Chili Peppers among others.
It can be seen in the music video "Adam's song" by Blink 182, a important concept that conveys the lyrics to the song. Stop motion technique is also used in this music video, and is surely one of the main aspects of this video that makes it eyecatching, and it was one of the techniques we considered to use at the beginning of our project.