Director

Dave Meyers

Los Angeles, USA

American music video, commercial and film director, Active Since 1993, with more than 200 music videos and 195 Director Credits listed on IMVDb, among the most credited music video directors working. Studied film production and philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, then worked his way through the studio systems at paramount and Fox. A chance meeting with Gus van Sant turned him away from features toward music video; his first MTV slot came in 1997 with the underground Oakland duo the whoridas. He once made forty-four videos in one year, and took a three-year sabbatical into film and advertising before returning to music. Awards: two grammy awards for best music video, Missy Elliott’s “Lose Control” and Kendrick Lamar’s “humble.”, Seventeen MTV Video Music Awards including video of the year in 2003, 2011, 2017 and 2018, plus top honours at Cannes Lions, the clios and the Art Directors Club. Videos: eleven for Missy Elliott; OutKast “B.O.B.” and “So Fresh, So Clean”; Kendrick Lamar “humble.”; Travis Scott “Sicko Mode”, “highest in the room” and “I Know”; Billie Eilish “bad guy”; Ariana Grande “No Tears Left To Cry”; Camila Cabello “Havana”; Katy Perry “Firework”; Shawn Mendes “Señorita”; Mary J. Blige “Family Affair”; Rihanna; Jay-Z; N.E.R.D.; Little Simz “Gorilla” and “Young”; Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa “Sweetest Pie”; Sabrina Carpenter “Taste”; Lisa “New Woman”; Jennifer Lopez; Snoop Dogg. Advertising and film: Apple’S iPOD Silhouettes Campaign, plus Nike, adidas, Amazon, Pepsi, Pinterest, Poppi, Toyota and Budweiser including Multiple Super Bowl Spots; the feature the Hitcher (2007); and all six episodes of the Netflix series Sneakerheads. Represented for commercials by RadicalMedia; music videos through Freenjoy Inc.