Dave Meyers (regista)
regista statunitense
David "Dave" Meyers (Berkeley, 19 ottobre 1972) è un regista statunitense di videoclip, conosciuto per la sua creatività e originalità.
Biografia
Meyers si iscrisse giovanissimo alla Loyola Marymount University e si diplomò alla Berkeley High School in California, acquisendo così la laurea in Produzione Cinematografica e Filosofia. David entrò a far parte dello staff della Paramount Pictures e della Fox dopo aver prodotto un video musicale per i Whoridas.
Carriera
David ha diretto circa 200 video professionali per artisti come Jay-Z, Brandy, Hilary Duff, Dave Matthews Band, Ariana Grande e Offspring[1][2]. Meyers collabora anche spesso con Pink (cantante) e Missy Elliott, con cui ha vinto anche il Grammy Award come Best Short Form Music Video nel 2006.
Meyers ha rilasciato un'intervista dicendo:
(inglese)
«I think there is always about 80 percent of the music videos playing that are lousy.»
(italiano)
«Penso che circa l'80 percento dei video musicali in giro siano schifosi.»
«Penso che circa l'80 percento dei video musicali in giro siano schifosi.»
Il suo video per la traccia Work It ha vinto l'MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year nel 2003. David ha diretto la commedia del 1999 di Eddie Griffin, Foolish, e The Hitcher, remake del film The Hitcher - La lunga strada della paura.
Videografia
1997
- E-40 - Yay deep featuring B-Legit & Richie Rich
- Made Men - You could be the one
- Plexi - Forest ranger
- Twista - Get it wet
- Sons Of Funk - Pushin' inside you
- Master P - Ghetto D
- Master P - 6 in the mornin'
- Kurrupt - It's a set up
- The Whoridas - Keep it goin'''
- Young Bleed - Times so hard featuring Master P & Fiend
- Luke - Raise the roof
- The Notorious B.I.G. - What's beef
1998
- E-40 - Hope I don't go back
- Ginuwine - Same ol' G featuring Timbaland
- Ice Cube - War & peace
- Magic - No hope featuring C-Murder
- Silkk The Shocker - Just 'B' Straight featuring Destiny's Child - version 2
1999
- Def Leppard - Goodbye
- Eve - Love Is Blind featuring Faith Evans
- Jay-Z - Do it again (Put ya hands up) featuring Beanie Sigel
- Kid Rock - Bawithdaba
- Kid Rock - Cowboy
- LL Cool J - Shut 'em down
- Sugar Ray - Falls apart
- Powerman 5000 - When worlds collide
- Powerman 5000 - Nobody's real
- Lil' Wayne - Tha block is hot
- Juvenile - Back that thang up
2000
- Britney Spears - Lucky
- Creed - With arms wide open
- Da Brat - Wha'chu like? featuring Tyrese
- DMX - Party up
- Eve - Got it all featuring Jadakiss
- Enrique Iglesias - Be with you
- Goodie Mob - What it ain't featuring TLC
- Hanson - If Only
- Hanson - This Time Around
- Ja Rule - Between Me and You featuring Christina Milian
- Jay-Z - I just wanna love U (Give it 2 me)
- Kid Rock - American Bad Ass''
- Killing Heidi - Weir - USA version
- Lil' Bow Wow - Bounce with me
- Lil' Bow Wow - Bow Wow (That's my name) featuring Snoop Dogg
- Mack 10 - Tight to def featuring T-Boz
- Mýa - Free
- Nas - You owe me featuring Ginuwine
- 'N Sync - That I promise you
- The Offspring - Original prankster
- Outkast - B.O.B
- Pink - Most Girls
- Pink - There You Go
- Pink - You Make Me Sick
- Static-X - I'm with Stupid
- Xzibit - X
2001
- Aaliyah - More Than a Woman
- Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
- Creed - My Sacrifice
- Dave Matthews Band - I Did It
- Dave Matthews Band - The Space Between
- Dido - Thank You
- Missy Elliott - Get Your Freak On
- Missy Elliott - One Minute Man featuring Ludacris & Trina
- Missy Elliott - Take Away featuring Ginuwine & Tweet
- Jagged Edge - Where's the party featuring Nelly - version 1
- Macy Gray - Sweet Baby
- Janet Jackson - All for You
- Ja Rule - Always in Time featuring Ashanti
- Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
- Limp Bizkit - Boiler
- Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real
- Jennifer Lopez - I'm real (Murder Remix) featuring Ja Rule
- Christina Milian - Am to PM
- Monica - Just Another Girl
- Nicole - I'm lookin'
- No Doubt - Hey Baby featuring Bounty Killer
- The Offspring - Defy you
- Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean
- Pink - Get the Party Started - version 1
- Run DMC - Rock Show
- Sisqó - Can I live? featuring LoveHer
- Sisqó - Dance for Me
- SlipKnot - Left Behind
- Snoop Dogg - Just a Baby Boy featuring Tyrese
- Usher - U Remind Me
2002
- Aerosmith - Girls of Summer
- Amerie - Talkin' on Me
- Anastacia - One Day in Your Life
- B2K - Gots ta be
- Beenie Man - Feel it Boy featuring Janet Jackson
- Birdman - Do that featuring Diddy
- Brandy - What About Us?
- Toni Braxton - Hit the Freeway featuring Loon
- Mariah Carey - Through the Rain
- Creed - One last breath
- Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come
- Céline Dion - I'm Alive
- Missy Elliott - 4 My People featuring Tweet
- Missy Elliott - Gossip Folks featuring Ludacris
- Missy Elliott - Work it
- Enrique Iglesias - Escape
- Mick Jagger - Visions of Paradise
- Lil' Bow Wow - Take Ya Home
- Jennifer Lopez - I'm Gonna Be Alright featuring Nas
- Papa Roach - She loves me not
- Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me
- Shakira - Objection (Tango)
- Britney Spears - Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) featuring Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D
- TLC - Girl Talk
- Trina - No Panties featuring Tweet
2003
- Missy Elliott - Back in Da Day
- Missy Elliott - Pass That Dutch
- Korn - Did My Time
- Jennifer Lopez ft. LL Cool J - All I Have
- Ludacris - Stand Up
- Pink - Feel Good Time
- Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More to Life
- Thalía ft. Fat Joe - I Want You / Me Pones Sexy
- JS - Ice Cream
2004
- Brandy feat. Kanye West - Talk About Our Love
- Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
- Dilated Peoples feat. Kanye West and John Legend - This Way
- Hilary Duff - Come Clean
- Janet Jackson - Just a Little While (version 1)
- Janet Jackson - I Want You
- Ludacris - Splash Waterfalls
- Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
- N.E.R.D - She Wants To Move
- Britney Spears - Outrageous (mai finito e pubblicato a causa di un infortunio della Spears)
2005
- Dave Matthews Band - American Baby
- Dave Matthews Band - Dreamgirl
- Rhymefest feat. Kanye West - Brand New
- Missy Elliott feat. Ciara - Lose Control/On & On
- Korn - Twisted Transistor
- The Veronicas - 4ever (U.S. Version)
2006
- Missy Elliott - We Run This
- Pink - Stupid Girls
- Pink - U + Ur Hand
2007
- Natasha Bedingfield - I Wanna Have Your Babies
- Fergie featuring Ludacris - Glamorous
- Korn - Evolution
- Pretty Ricky ft. Sean Paul - Push It Baby
- Rob Thomas - Little Wonders
2008
- Missy Elliott - Ching-a-Ling/Shake Your Pom Poms
- Pink - So What
- T.I. - Whatever You Like
2009
- Pink - Please Don't Leave Me
- Pink - Funhouse
- Lil Wayne - Prom Queen
- Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds
- Britney Spears - Radar
2010
- Leona Lewis - I Got You
- Avril Lavigne - Alice
- Ludacris - How Low
- Justin Bieber - Somebody to love
- Katy Perry - Firework
- Pink - Raise Your Glass
2011
- Pink - Fuckin' Perfect
- David Guetta featuring Flo Rida e Nicki Minaj - Where Them Girls At
- Avril Lavigne - Wish You Were Here
2012
2014
- Vanessa White - Oh Boy
2015
- Janelle Monáe, Jidenna - Yoga
- Janet Jackson - No Sleeep
- Ciara - Dance Like We're Making Love
- Pia Mia - Touch
- Missy Elliott ft. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
2016
- Bebe Rexha ft. Nicki Minaj - No Broken Hearts
- Janet Jackson - Dammn Baby
- Pink - Just Like Fire
- CL - LIFTED
2017
- Bebe Rexha - I Got You
- Missy Elliott - I'm Better (feat. Lamb)
- Ariana Grande, John Legend - Beauty and the Beast
- Winner - Really Really
- Kendrick Lamar - Humble
- SZA (cantante) - Drew Barrymore
- Kendrick Lamar - LOYALTY. feat. Rihanna
- Katy Perry - Swish Swish ft. Nicki Minaj
- Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft
- Camila Cabello - Havana (feat. Young Thug)
- Kendrick Lamar - LOVE (feat. Zacari)
2018
- Justin Timberlake - Supplies
- Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey - The Middle
- Kendrick Lamar, SZA (cantante) - All the Stars
- Maroon 5 - Wait
- Ariana Grande - No Tears Left to Cry
- Ariana Grande – The Light Is Coming (feat.Nicki Minaj)
- Winner - EVERYDAY
- Ariana Grande - God Is a Woman
- Janet Jackson - Made for Now (feat. Daddy Yankee)
- Travis Scott - Stop Trying to Be God
- Camila Cabello - Consequences
- Travis Scott - Sicko Mode
- Imagine Dragons - Zero
2019
- Maren Morris - Girl
- Billie Eilish - Bad Guy
- Taylor Swift - Me! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco)
- Shawn Mendes e Camila Cabello - Señorita
- Ed Sheeran e Travis Scott - Antisocial
Note
Bibliografia
- Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 79ss., p. 218ss.
Collegamenti esterni
- (EN) Sito ufficiale, su davemeyers.com.
- (EN) Dave Meyers, su IMDb, IMDb.com.
- (EN) Dave Meyers, su AllMovie, All Media Network.
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