Dave Meyers (director)
| David Meyers | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 22, 1980 Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Director, Photographer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Website | http://www.davemeyers.com |
David "Dave" Meyers (born April 22, 1980) is an American music video, commercial, and film director.
Early life
Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Dave Meyers developed his love for film while working for a local Landmark cinema at age 17. After graduating from Berkeley High School he attended Loyola Marymount University where he studied Film Production and Philosophy.
Career
After graduating from Loyola Marymount University, Meyers worked his way through the studio systems at Paramount and Fox before filming his first music video with rap crew The Whoridas.
Inspired by a chance meeting with director Gus Van Sant, Dave spent the next few years directing over 200 videos for the music industry’s most popular recording artists.His work brought dozens of nominations and 11 MTV Video Music Awards including the 2003 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year.
In 1999, Dave directed Eddie Griffin comedy Foolish, and in 2007 he directed the remake of The Hitcher which was produced by director Michael Bay.[1]
Meyers is a frequent collaborator to P!nk, and Missy Elliott.
Meyers, a vegan, has also directed videos for PETA starring P!nk and Alicia Silverstone.[2]
In 2014 Meyers expanded his photography, creating a fashion editorial and a short film about fashionistas titled Volatile Love.
Meyers wrote the screenplay for a semi-autobiographical film titled “Free Wooly” which he is working to independently produce.
Recent Work
- Adidas - "Superstar"
- Ciara - "Dance Like We're Making Love"
- Lexus - "Make Some Noise" Super Bowl 2015
Awards
| Music Videos | Award | Project | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | Best Music Video | Missy Elliot - "Lose Control" | 2005 |
| VMA Awards | Video of the Year | Katy Perry - "Firework" | 2011 |
| Missy Elliot - "Work It" | 2003 | ||
| Best Pop Video | Pink - "Stupid Girls" | 2006 | |
| No Doubt - "Hey Baby" | 2002 | ||
| Best Group Video | No Doubt - "Hey Baby" | 2002 | |
| Best Special Effects Video | Missy Elliot - "We Run This" | 2006 | |
| Best Hip-Hop Video | Missy Elliot - "Lose Control" | 2005 | |
| Missy Elliot - "Work It" | 2003 | ||
| Jennifer Lopez f/Ja Rule - "I’m Real Remix" | 2002 | ||
| Best Dance Video | Missy Elliot - "Lose Control" | 2005 | |
| Pink - "Get the Party Started" | 2002 | ||
| Best Female Video | Pink - "Get the Party Started" | 2002 | |
| MTV Awards Australia | Best Video of the Year | Pink - "So What" | 2009 |
| The Veronicas - "4 Ever" | 2006 | ||
| MTV Awards Japan | Best Video of the Year | Missy Elliot - "Pass That Dutch" | 2004 |
| MVP Awards | Direction of a Female Artist | Missy Elliot - "Pass That Dutch" | 2004 |
| Rap Video of the Year | Outkast - "Bombs Over Baghdad" | 2001 | |
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| Cannes Film Festival | Bronze Lion: Dance | "Apple iPod" | 2004 |
| Clio Awards | Gold Campaign: Rock, Hip-Hop, Dance | "Apple iPod" | 2004 |
| D&AD Awards | Wood Pencil: Cinematography for Film Advertising | "Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames" | 2012 |
| Andy Awards | Silver Distinction: Web Film / Viral | "Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames" | 2012 |
| The One Show | Interactive Merit Award | "Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames" | 2012 |
| Special Merit: Hip-Hop | "Apple iPod" | 2004 | |
| NY ADDYS | "Lowes: Don't Stop" | 2011 | |
Filmography
Commercials
- Citibank - "Bright Lights"
- Coors Light - "Snow Cave"
- Getty Foundation - "Ice Cube Celebrates the Eames"
- Brand USA - "Discover America"
- Foot Locker - "Snowman Basketball"
- Lowe's - "Don't Stop"
- Mexico Tourism - "Chiapas"
- New York Lottery - "Beach Party"
- National Domestic Violence Hotline - "It Rarely Stops"
- ITV - "Launch"
- Reebok - "Layers Off"
- ESPN - "NBA Playoffs"
Music videos
1997
- E-40 featuring B-Legit and Richie Rich - "Yay Deep"
- 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'"
- Kurupt - "It's A Set Up"
- The Whoridas - "Keep It Goin'"
- Young Bleed, Master P and Fiend - "Times So Hard"
- Luke - "Raise The Roof"
- The Notorious B.I.G. - "What's Beef"
1998
- E-40 - "Hope I Don't Go Back"
- Ginuwine featuring Timbaland - "Same Ol' G"
- Ice Cube - "War & Peace"
- Magic featuring C-Murder - "No Hope"
- MC Ren - "Ruthless For Life"
- Silkk the Shocker featuring Destiny's Child - "Just Be Straight with Me" (version 2)
1999
- Buckcherry - "For the Movies"
- Def Leppard - "Goodbye"
- Eve featuring Faith Evans - "Love Is Blind"
- K. Star featuring Wyclef Jean - "Look Out Tonight"
- Jay Z featuring Beanie Sigel - "Do It Again (Put Ya Hands Up)"
- Kid Rock - "Bawitdaba"
- Kid Rock - "Cowboy"
- LL Cool J - "Shut 'em Down"
- Sugar Ray - "Falls Apart"
- Powerman 5000 - "When Worlds Collide"
- Powerman 5000 - "Nobody's Real" (co-directed with Spider One)
- Lil Wayne - "Tha Block Is Hot"
- Juvenile - "Back That Thang Up"
2000
- Britney Spears - "Lucky"
- Creed - "With Arms Wide Open"
- Da Brat featuring Tyrese - "What'chu Like"
- DMX - "Party Up (Up in Here)"
- Eve featuring Jadakiss - "Got It All"
- Enrique Iglesias - "Be With You"
- Goodie Mob featuring TLC - "What It Ain't"
- Hanson - "If Only"
- Hanson - "This Time Around"
- Ja Rule featuring Christina Milian - "Between Me and You"
- 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 featuring Snoop Dogg - "Bow Wow (That's My Name)"
- Lil' Mo - "Ta Da"
- Mack 10 featuring T-Boz - "Tight To Def"
- Mýa - "Free"
- Nas featuring Ginuwine - "You Owe Me"
- NSYNC - "This I Promise You"
- The Offspring - "Original Prankster"
- Outkast - "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)"
- Pink - "There You Go"
- Pink - "Most Girls"
- 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 Ur Freak On"
- Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris & Trina - "One Minute Man"
- Missy Elliott featuring Ginuwine & Tweet - "Take Away"
- Jagged Edge featuring Nelly - "Where the Party At" (version 1)
- Macy Gray - "Sweet Baby"
- Janet Jackson - "All For You"
- Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - "Always on Time"
- Jay Z - "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
- Limp Bizkit - "Boiler"
- Jennifer Lopez - "I'm Real"
- Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule - "I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
- Memphis Bleek featuring Jay Z - "Do My..."
- Christina Milian - "AM to PM"
- Monica - "Just Another Girl"
- Nicole - "I'm Lookin'"
- No Doubt featuring Bounty Killer - "Hey Baby"
- The Offspring - "Defy You"
- Outkast - "So Fresh, So Clean"
- Pink - "Get the Party Started" (version 1)
- Run–D.M.C. - "Rock Show"
- Sisqó featuring LovHer - "Can I Live?"
- Sisqó - "Dance For Me"
- Slipknot - "Left Behind"
- Snoop Dogg featuring Tyrese - "Just a Baby Boy"
- Usher - "U Remind Me"
2002
- Aerosmith - "Girls of Summer"
- Amerie - "Talkin' to Me"
- Anastacia - "One Day In Your Life"
- B2K - "Gots ta Be"
- Beenie Man featuring Janet Jackson - "Feel It Boy"
- Birdman featuring Diddy - "Do That"
- Brandy - "What About Us?"
- Toni Braxton featuring Loon - "Hit the Freeway"
- Mariah Carey - "Through the Rain"
- Creed - "One Last Breath"
- Celine Dion - "A New Day Has Come"
- Celine Dion - "I'm Alive"
- Missy Elliott - "4 My People"
- Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris - "Gossip Folks"
- Missy Elliott - "Work It"
- Enrique Iglesias - "Escape"
- Mick Jagger - "Visions of Paradise"
- Lil' Bow Wow - "Take Ya Home"
- Jennifer Lopez featuring Nas - "I'm Gonna Be Alright (Track Masters Remix)"
- Papa Roach - "She Loves Me Not"
- Pink - "Don't Let Me Get Me"
- Shakira - "Objection / Te Aviso, Te Anuncio"
- Britney Spears featuring Pharrell - "Boys" (The Co-Ed Remix)
- TLC - "Girl Talk"
- Trina featuring Tweet - "No Panties"
2003
- Missy Elliott - "Back in the Day"
- Missy Elliott - "Pass That Dutch"
- Korn - "Did My Time"
- Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J - "All I Have"
- Ludacris - "Stand Up"
- Pink - "Feel Good Time"
- Stacie Orrico - "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life"
- Thalía featuring Fat Joe - "I Want You / Me Pones Sexy"
- JS - "Ice Cream"
2004
- Brandy featuring Kanye West - "Talk About Our Love"
- Kelly Clarkson - "Breakaway"
- Dilated Peoples featuring 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" (Unfinished)
2005
- Dave Matthews Band - "American Baby"
- Dave Matthews Band - "Dreamgirl"
- Rhymefest featuring Kanye West - "Brand New"
- Missy Elliott featuring Ciara - "Lose Control/On & On"
- Korn - "Twisted Transistor"
- The Veronicas - "4ever" (Australian 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 featuring Sean Paul - "Push It Baby"
- Rob Thomas - "Little Wonders"
2008
2009
- Pink - "Please Don't Leave Me"
- Pink - "Funhouse"
- Lil Wayne - "Prom Queen"[3]
- 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"[4]
- Pink - "Raise Your Glass"
2011
- Pink - "Fuckin' Perfect"
- David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj - "Where Them Girls At"
- Avril Lavigne - "Wish You Were Here"
2012
2015
- Tink - "Ratchet Commandments"
- Janelle Monáe featuring Jidenna - "Yoga"
- Ciara - "Dance Like We're Making Love" [6]
- Janet Jackson - "No Sleeep" [7]
- Pia Mia - "Touch"
- Missy Elliott featuring Pharrell Williams - "WTF (Where They From)"
2016
- Agnez Mo - "Boy Magnet"
- Bebe Rexha featuring Nicki Minaj - "No Broken Hearts"
Film
In 1999, Meyers directed a comedy drama starring Eddie Griffin and Master P, in collaboration with No Limit Records.
In 2007, Dave Meyers directed the Michael Bay produced horror film, distributed by Rogue (company).
Books
- Henry Keazor, Thorsten Wübbena: Video Thrills The Radio Star. Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen. Bielefeld 2005, p. 79ss., p. 218ss.
References
- ↑ Lemire, Christy (2007) "'Hitcher' remake does the original proud", Associated Press/Eugene Register-Guard, January 22, 2007, p. B5, retrieved 2011-07-11
- ↑ "Raise Your Glass to Pink and Director Dave Meyers", PETA, November 3, 2010, retrieved 2011-07-11
- ↑ Lil Wayne Rocks Out with Fall Out Boy. Rap-Up. Accessed February 20, 2009.
- ↑ "Firework"
- ↑ "Where Have You Been"
- ↑ "Dance Like We're Making Love"
- ↑ "No Sleeep"
External links
- Official website
- Dave Meyers at the Internet Movie Database
- David Meyers videography, Mvdbase.com
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