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Music Video Directors 
JESSICA BARRACLOUGH
Jonas kerlund 
Jonas kerlund is a Swedish director and drummer. He is best known for 
directing music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short 
films. His video for Madonna's song "Ray of Light" won a Grammy Award for 
Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record seven awards at 1998 MTV Video 
Music Awards, including the Video of the Year. 
Some of his work includes: 
Beautiful for Christina Aguilera 
I Miss You for blink-182 
Paparazzi for Lady Gaga
Spike Jonze 
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose 
work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his 
feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation 
(2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with 
screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). 
Some of his work includes: 
Wonderboy for Tenacious D 
Praise You for Fatboy Slim 
Flashing Lights for Kanye West
Ray Kay 
Ray Kay is a Norwegian director and photographer who is currently based in Los 
Angeles. He is a music video and commercial director. 
Ray Kay mostly directs music videos and has worked with artists such as Cher, 
Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jessie J, Nelly Furtado, Beyonc辿 
Knowles, Destiny's Child, Enrique Iglesias, Adam Lambert, Cheryl Cole and 
Backstreet Boys. 
Some of his work includes: 
Poker Face for Lady Gaga 
Domino for Jessie J
Chris Cunningham 
Chris Cunningham is a British video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 
1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. 
Cunningham has primarily directed music videos for ambient music and 
electronica acts. He has also created art installations and directed short movies. 
In the 2000s, Cunningham began doing music production work. He has also 
designed album artwork for a variety of musicians. 
Some of his work includes: 
Come to Daddy for Aphex Twins
Jared Leto 
Jared Leto is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, director, producer, 
activist, philanthropist and businessman. Leto is the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist 
and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he 
formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his older brother Shannon Leto. 
Leto has also directed music videos, including the MTV Video Music Award 
winning "The Kill", "Kings and Queens", and "Up in the Air". 
Some of his work includes: 
The Kill for Thirty Seconds to Mars 
Closer to the Edge for Thirty Seconds to Mars

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  • 1. Music Video Directors JESSICA BARRACLOUGH
  • 2. Jonas kerlund Jonas kerlund is a Swedish director and drummer. He is best known for directing music videos, which are often mock forms of movie trailers and short films. His video for Madonna's song "Ray of Light" won a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form, and a record seven awards at 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video of the Year. Some of his work includes: Beautiful for Christina Aguilera I Miss You for blink-182 Paparazzi for Lady Gaga
  • 3. Spike Jonze Spike Jonze is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television. He started his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman, and then started movies with screenplays of his own with Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). Some of his work includes: Wonderboy for Tenacious D Praise You for Fatboy Slim Flashing Lights for Kanye West
  • 4. Ray Kay Ray Kay is a Norwegian director and photographer who is currently based in Los Angeles. He is a music video and commercial director. Ray Kay mostly directs music videos and has worked with artists such as Cher, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jessie J, Nelly Furtado, Beyonc辿 Knowles, Destiny's Child, Enrique Iglesias, Adam Lambert, Cheryl Cole and Backstreet Boys. Some of his work includes: Poker Face for Lady Gaga Domino for Jessie J
  • 5. Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham is a British video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. Cunningham has primarily directed music videos for ambient music and electronica acts. He has also created art installations and directed short movies. In the 2000s, Cunningham began doing music production work. He has also designed album artwork for a variety of musicians. Some of his work includes: Come to Daddy for Aphex Twins
  • 6. Jared Leto Jared Leto is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, director, producer, activist, philanthropist and businessman. Leto is the lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he formed in 1998 in Los Angeles, California, with his older brother Shannon Leto. Leto has also directed music videos, including the MTV Video Music Award winning "The Kill", "Kings and Queens", and "Up in the Air". Some of his work includes: The Kill for Thirty Seconds to Mars Closer to the Edge for Thirty Seconds to Mars