Directors such as David Fincher have directed music videos as well as films. A few examples of music videos he has directed are Vogue by Madonna and Janie's got a gun by Areosmith along with poplar films Seven, Fight Club and The Social Network. He started off doing pop music videos (madonna) before he got into film. When he filmed Janie's got a Gun in 1994 he made it a mini-movie staged like a thriller and from this he went on to film Seven a year later. He has now had 2 academy award nominations both for best director. He has also won two grammy awards for best music video and 3 MTV awards for best direction.
Spike Jonze is mainly known for his direction of music videos however he has also directed a few films as well. He directed Buddy Holly for Weezer back in 1994 where he puts them in the sitcom Happy Days performing the song. His best video being Sabotage by the Beastie boys which won 4 MTV music video awards with Jonze winning best director. Sabotage uses a montage of typical 'cop' clips making it fast paced and entertaining which makes it compatible with the song.
Francis Lawrence has had a successful career filming music videos, working for people such as Beyonce, Green Day, Avril Lavigne and Lady Gaga. Lawrence was know for his original and imaginative music video scripts and visual directing style. From music videos he has gone on to direct films such as I am Legend and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
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