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| Born | Samuel David Bayer February 17, 1965 Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
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Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1965) is an American visual artist, cinematographer, photographer, and commercial, music video and film director. Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1991.
Career
[edit]Bayer's work includes Nirvana's music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Blind Melon's "No Rain" video as well as award-winning commercials for brands like Chrysler, Nike, and Coca-Cola.[1]
In addition to Nirvana and Blind Melon, Bayer has shot and directed videos for Michael Jackson, the Rolling Stones, the Cranberries, Green Day, David Bowie, Iron Maiden, Garbage, the Strokes, Metallica, Ramones, the Smashing Pumpkins, Justin Timberlake and My Chemical Romance, among others. Bayer has won seven MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year in 2005 as well as Best Direction in 2005 and 2007.
In 1996, his Nike commercial, "If You Let Me Play", won an Association of Independent Commercial Producers Award for Best Direction. In 2011, his Super Bowl spot for Chrysler, "Born of Fire", received multiple awards, including an Emmy and a Cannes Gold Lion.[2]
New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes selected Bayer to direct their remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.[3] With a production budget of $35 million, the film held the number-one spot at the US box office in its first week in April 2010. The film starred Academy Award nominee Jackie Earle Haley and introduced Rooney Mara in her first major studio role.
Music videography
[edit]Commercials
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Filmography
[edit]- A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) (director)
Photography
[edit]On March 3, 2013, Bayer opened his first major solo exhibition at ACE Gallery Beverly Hills entitled, "Diptychs & Triptychs". Bayer presented a series of sixteen twelve-foot-tall, female nude triptychs as well as four ten-foot-tall diptych portraits. In an Interview magazine article, Bayer commented that "the initial effect of the portraits are overwhelming, and a bit spooky."
In 2014, at the Sean Penn & Friends Help Haiti Home Gala sponsored by Giorgio Armani, Bayer debuted a series of photographs that were portraits and documentary of life in the tent camps.
Bayer spoke about shooting celebrities in an Interview Magazine piece called "Samuel Bayer's American Image". In it, he mentions working with David Bowie, saying, "When I worked with Bowie [on “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson“], Interview magazine came down to the set and printed a bunch of stuff from the shoot. That was one of my favorite people. Working with Bowie was amazing. I wish they were all like that."
Awards
[edit]Music videos
[edit]- 1992 MTV Video Music Award – Best Alternative Video – Nirvana: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"[32]
- 1996 MTV Video Music Award – Best Rock Video – Metallica: "Until It Sleeps"
- 2005 MTV Video Music Award – Video of the Year – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 MTV Video Music Award – Best Direction in a Video – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 MTV Video Music Award – Best Cinematography – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice – Green Day: “American Idiot"
- 2005 Music Video Production Association Award – Best Rock Video of the Year – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 Music Video Production Association Award – Best Cinematography – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 Kodak – Salute to Music Video Cinematography – Green Day: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
- 2005 Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award – Excellence in Cinematography – Music Video[33]
- 2006 Music Video Production Association Award – Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2006 MuchMusic Video Award – Best International Video Group – Green Day: "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
- 2007 MuchMusic Video Award – Best International Video Group – My Chemical Romance: "Welcome to the Black Parade"
- 2007 MTV Video Music Award – Best Direction – Justin Timberlake: "What Goes Around... Comes Around"
- 2013 Camerimage — Lifetime Achievement in Music Videos [34]
Commercials
[edit]- 1996 AICP Show – Direction & Dialogue or Monologue – Nike: "If You Let Me Play"
- 1996 International Andy Awards – Nike: "If You Let Me Play"
- 1997 AICP Show – Cinematography, Direction and Production Design – Packard Bell: "Home"
- 1998 AICP Show – Production – Mountain Dew: "Thank Heaven"
- 1999 AICP Show – Production – Reebok: "Clones", Mountain Dew: "Parking"
- 2001 Clio Television & Cinema – Direction – Mountain Dew: "Showstopper"
- 2005 AICP Show – Production – Mountain Dew: "Iditarod"
- 2011 AICP Show – Editorial – Chrysler: "Born of Fire"
- 2011 Emmy Award – Outstanding Commercial – Chrysler: "Born of Fire"
- 2011 Cannes Gold Lion, Film Craft – Direction – Chrysler: "Born of Fire"
- 2011 International Andy Awards – TV: Spot Over 30s – Chrysler: "Born of Fire"
Film
[edit]- 2011 People's Choice Awards – Favorite Horror Movie – A Nightmare on Elm Street
References
[edit]- ^ "Samuel Bayer: From Nirvana to 'Nightmare on Elm Street'". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2010.
- ^ "Chrysler's 'Born of Fire' Wins Emmy for Best Commercial". Adweek.com. 13 September 2011.
- ^ "A director moves onto (Nightmare on) Elm Street | the Hollywood Reporter | Risky Business | Film Reviews, Movie News and Interviews". Archived from the original on 9 March 2010.
- ^ "Reviewing TV commercials". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Barnardo's: Faces - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Bud Light 2013 Super Bowl TV Commercial, 'Voodoo' Song by Stevie Wonder". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Bud Light 2013 Super Bowl TV Commercial, 'Lucky Chair' Featuring Stevie Wonder". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Chrysler's 'Born of Fire' Wins Emmy for Best Commercial". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "2015 Chrysler 300 TV Commercial, 'The Kings and Queens of America'". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Converse: From Robbins, Illinois - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Dodge - Wisdom - Ad Age". adage.com. February 2015. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Dodge Film Advert By The Richards Group: Wisdom | Ads of the World™". Adsoftheworld.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Domino's Pizza: Gotham Delivery - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "GE: Model Miners - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Kia Cadenza TV Commercial, 'Impossible to Ignore' Song by David Bowie". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Kia Cadenza TV Commercial, 'Luxury Features' Song by David Bowie". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Extended Black Panther Super Bowl Commercial Arrives Early". MovieWeb. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Bayer". samuelbayer.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ "Microsoft/Intel: Digital Joy - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Mountain Dew - "Showstopper"". AdForum. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Mountain Dew: "SHOW STOPPER" Film by BBDO New York". Coloribus.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Samuel Bayer Heads To Broadway For Mountain Dew". SHOOTonline. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Mountain Dew: Animated - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Mountain Dew DEWshine TV Commercial, 'Rebel Spirit'". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Nike: Long Time Coming - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Sony: Walk This Way - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Y&R Blends Sony 'Connect Music,' Products". Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Driving Technology: "Greatness" – Verizon & IndyCar". Vimeo. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Verizon + INDYCAR — Driving Technology". Jason Paul. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Driving Technology: "Perspective" – Verizon & IndyCar". Vimeo. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Volvo: Car Wash - Video - Creativity Online". Creativity Online. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Classic Albums, Nirvana - Nevermind (DVD)
- ^ Creeden, Kantor, Molly, Jessica (January 13, 2014). "Help Haiti Home Gala and Art of Elysium's Seventh Annual Heaven Gala". Motion.kodak.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Brown, Emma (March 14, 2013). "Samuel Bayer's American Image". Camerimage.pl. Retrieved 11 April 2023.