Biographical Info
Sophie Muller is a British music video director who has worked on over 170 music videos since 1983. Sophie was born in London on January 31st 1962. She gained a Foundation Diploma in Art, a B.A. in Graphic Design and then a Masters in Film and TV. She started as 3rd assistant on 'Company of Wolves' , then went to work for International Film and Video and then Oil Factory, after a chance meeting John Stewart and Billy Poveda.
Sophie Muller's work
Sophie Muller has directed many many music videos over the years, for bands/artists ranging from Mika to Gary Barlow to The Cardigans. She received MTV Video Music Awards for 'Why' by Annie Lennox and 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt. She also won a Grammy for her work on Annie Lennox's 'Diva' video album and was nominated for her work on the Eurythmics 'Savage' video album. Sophie also directed the critically acclaimed 'Not Ready to Make Nice' by the Dixie Chicks. As well as directing them, Sophie Muller also edited Lily Allen's 'Smile', No Doubt's 'Don't Speak' and Nelly Furtado's'Turn off the light'.
Examples of Sophie Muller's work:
No Doubt - Sunday Morning (1996)
Blur - On Your Own (1997)
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor (2001)
More recently...
- Leona Lewis - Better in time (2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrNoDUblAtE - Beyonce - Deja Vu (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qABg_tKVYsA - Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygctbqBijFk - Lily Allen - Smile (2006)
...and many, many, many more
Similarities within her work
- Lots of performance
- Sometimes performance within the narrative of the video
- Often look relatively high budget - but this can obviously depend on who the star is
- Often more performance than narrative... rarely more narrative than performance
- Band/artist often acts within the narrative as well as in the performance
- Videos often don't present a voyeuristic view of women, although this varies depending on who the artist is
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