Directors

 Spike Jonze (born Adam Speigel) is an American director, producer and actor. He works in music videos, commercials, film and television. Spike Jonze is most known for his music videos in which he worked with: Weezer, Beastie Boys and Bjork. He was born in Rockville, Maryland and was raised in Bethesda, Maryland. when Speigel was younger he hung out at the Bethesda community store where the former owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze". In 2006 Jonze was nominated by the directors guild of directors for the outstanding achievement in commercials in 2005. This included not only his work for music videos but in film and television. Jonze is seen as an instrumental figure in the commercial industry as he was the producer and co-creator of MTV's Jackass series. Spike Jonze has been nominated for and won a number of awards due to the recognition of a range of his successful work in the industry. These awards are not only for his work in music videos but a high number of them are from his directing work in films in which he is also highly recognised among the best directors. Jonze's main film success is Being John Malkovich which was his directing debut and in this he received a nomination for the best director and won an empire award for best debut as a director. In 2001 Jonze won the ALFS Award for 'director of the year' which was because of a combination of his film and music directing.

Michel Gondry is an academy award winning filmmaker. Gondry works as a commercial director, a music video director and a screenwriter. He is most known for his inventive visual style and his manipulation of mise en scene. The main artists which Gondry has worked with are Daft Punk, Foo Fighters and the Rolling Stones. Gondry was born in Versailles,France and was the Grandson of French inventor Constant Martin. His career as a filmmaker began when he was creating music videos for french band Qui, Qui, which he was also a part of as the drummer. Gondry's brother Olivier is also a television commercial director and he also directs a number of music videos from a selection of globally successful artists. The style of his videos attracted the attention of Bjork and she contacted him asking whether he would be interested in collaborating with her. Gondry has won a number of awards for both his involvement in the film and music industry. His main success in the film industry was for 'Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' which has been nominated for a number of awards and won a high number of these which included an Oscar as best director for the film.

Anthony Mandler is a commercial and music video director. Mandler has worked with a number of huge artists which has lead to him becoming one of today's leading music video directors in the world. The main notable collaborations of Mandler include Rhianna, Jay-Z and The Killers. Anthony Mandler's most successful music video which he directed was The Killers "When You Were Young". The song and music video was hugely successful as the video was nominated in the category of "best short form music video". Mandler has also directed a number of major commercials which has helped him to become a big name in modern day directing which has helped in his rise to success and his collaborations with major global artists. Mandler has also worked in magazine production and is now trying to attempt to move into the film industry and become a huge success. A number of popular directors have suggested that Mandler will be very successful in the film industry due to his success in the music video directing and his desire to succeed.