Sophie Muller
Sophie Muller | |
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Birth name | Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller |
Born | London,England | 31 January 1962
Occupation | Music videodirector |
Years active | 1982–present |
Relatives | Mae Muller(niece) |
Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller(born 31 January 1962) is a British music video director who has directed over 300 music videos.[1]She won aGrammy AwardforAnnie Lennox's 1992Divavideo album, and anMTV Video Music Awardfor Lennox's song "Why"from the same album. In 1993, she received aBRIT Awardfor "Stay"byShakespears Sister.She won another MTV Award in 1997 for "Don't Speak"byNo Doubt.Muller is a longtime collaborator ofSade,Annie Lennox,Gwen Stefani,Kylie Minogue,Sophie Ellis-Bextor,GarbageandShakespears Sister.
Muller has also photographed still campaigns and cover art for albums, and provided photographs and art direction for concert tours, concert films, and commercials.[1]
Background
[edit]Sophie Muller was born inLondon,but spent her early years on theIsle of Man.After leaving secondary education, she returned to London to attendCentral St Martins,gaining a Foundation Diploma in Art. She befriendedSadethere; the two later worked together.[1]
Following her graduation, Muller went to theRoyal College of Artto study for her Masters in Film and Television,[1]where she made "Interlude" and "In Excelsis Deo" (In Adoration of God). The latter won the J. Walter Thompson Prize for creativity.
Her trademark style of a singer or a band inside a dim room started with "I Need a Man"byEurythmics,shot in 1987.[1]
Career
[edit]Muller's first taste of professional film came working as a third assistant on the 1984 horror/thrillerCompany of Wolves.She then went on to work for International Film and Video, honoring her for her editing, producing, and directing skills.
Muller's goal was to become a successful director in her own right, and her big break came through a chance meeting with John Stewart (brother of Eurythmics'Dave Stewart) and Billy Poveda of Oil Factory, an established film production company.[1]
She has directed over three hundred music videos[1]and has been a longtime collaborator withSophie Ellis-Bextor,No Doubt,Shakespears Sister,Garbage,Blur,Annie LennoxandEurythmics.Her work with Annie Lennox won her a Grammy for theDivavideo album. She also picked up anMTV Video Music Awardfor Lennox's 1992 hit "Why",and was alsoGrammynominated for the Eurythmics' 1987Savagevideo album. In total, Muller has directed over twenty videos for Lennox and Eurythmics and has a longstanding collaboration with producers Rob Small (UK) and Grant Jue (US).
The video she directed for "Stay" byShakespears Sisterwas spoofed by many British comedians at the time, includingFrench & SaundersandMr. Blobby,and won theBRIT Awardand The Music Week Award for Best Video at both of the ceremonies' 1993 Awards.
She has directed fifteen videos forSophie Ellis-Bextor,including "Take Me Home","Murder on the Dancefloor","Catch You",two versions of"Music Gets the Best of Me"and"Love Is a Camera".
Muller directed nine videos forNo Doubtas well as nine solo videos forGwen Stefani.When No Doubt's "Don't Speak"won the award for Best Group Video at the 1997MTV Video Music Awards,Stefani thanked her extensively, saying "I'd like to say that Sophie Muller is a genius." Stefani has also stated,
Sophie Muller is one of my most talented friends. She can and will only do projects that she is inspired by. She is driven by creativity and the love for what she does and as a result she never compromises. I consider her a true artist. I was a fan of Sophie's work before I even imagined working with her. She has a very pronounced style and taste that drew me in. I think she has the gift of being able to bring out the artist's personality, emotion and style. After working with her for the first time on our "Don't Speak" video, we became close friends [...]. On the set her direction is humble and simple, but she knows what she wants and knows when she gets it. A woman in charge in the male-dominated world of filmmaking makes the whole experience that much more exciting. [...] She has a way of making every cut have a reason and meaning. The videos have a life of their own and become better each time you watch them. I am always in shock the first time I see them and then after a few more times I am actually amazed. She has taught me a lot and I feel very lucky to have worked with her.[2]
The artwork forThe Jesus and Mary Chain's 1994 album,Stoned & Dethroned,and the singles accompanying it, is composed entirely of stills from the video to the group's song "Sometimes Always",which was directed by Muller. She also directed the video for"Come On",which also appears on the album.
Muller states that her only ambition is to continue directing to her own high standards and to never grow bored. In 2004, she directed the socially aware video forSarah McLachlan's "World on Fire",[3]where all but $15 of the entire $150,000 video budget was donated to charities. Recently, she has directed videos forBrandon Flowers,Kings of Leon,Mae Muller,Mika,Tom Odell,Shakira,and the critically acclaimed video for theDixie Chicks,"Not Ready to Make Nice".
Videography
[edit]1980s
[edit]1982
- Eurythmics– "The Walk"(editing)
1987
- Eurythmics – "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
- Eurythmics – "I Need a Man"
1988
- Eurythmics – "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
- Eurythmics – "Brand New Day"
- Eurythmics – "Do You Want to Break Up?"
- Eurythmics – "Heaven"
- Eurythmics – "I Need You"
- Eurythmics – "Put the Blame on Me"
- Eurythmics – "Savage"
- Eurythmics – "Wide Eyed Girl"
- Sade– "Nothing Can Come Between Us"
- Sade – "Turn My Back on You"
- Sade – "Love Is Stronger Than Pride"
- Shakespears Sister– "Break My Heart"
- Shakespear's Sister – "Heroine"
- Annie LennoxfeaturingAl Green– "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"
1989
- Shakespears Sister – "You're History"
- Shakespears Sister – "Run Silent"
- Sarah Brightman– "Anything but Lonely"
- Pleasure – "Pain"
- Eurythmics– "Don't Ask Me Why"
1990s
[edit]1990
- Eurythmics– "Angel"
- Julia Fordham– "Lock and Key"
- Sinéad O'Connor– "The Emperor's New Clothes"
1991
- Nanci Griffith– "Late Night Grande Hotel"
- World Party– "Thank You World"
- Curve– "Coast Is Clear"
- Shakespears Sister – "Goodbye Cruel World"
1992
- Annie Lennox – "Why"
- Annie Lennox – "Precious"
- Annie Lennox – "Cold"
- Annie Lennox – "Money Can't Buy It"
- Annie Lennox – "Legend in My Living Room"
- Annie Lennox – "The Gift"
- Annie Lennox – "Primitive"
- Annie Lennox – "Keep Young and Beautiful"
- Annie Lennox – "Walking on Broken Glass"
- Annie Lennox – "Love Song for a Vampire"
- Annie Lennox – "Little Bird"
- Shakespears Sister – "Stay"
- Shakespears Sister – "I Don't Care"
- Shakespears Sister – "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
- Vegas – "Possessed"
- Sade – "No Ordinary Love"
- Curve – "Fait Accompli"
- Aaron Neville– "Somewhere, Somebody"
1993
1994
- Hole– "Miss World"
- The Jesus and Mary ChainFeaturingHope Sandoval– "Sometimes Always"
- The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Come On"
- Sparks– "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'"
1995
- Come– "Cimarron"
- Sophie B. Hawkins– "As I Lay Me Down"
- Sparks– "When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)"
- The Stone Roses– "Ten Storey Love Song"
- Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories– "Do You Sleep?"
- Jeff Buckley– "So Real"
- Weezer– "Say It Ain't So"
1996
- The Cure– "The 13th"
- Kè – "Strange World"
- Gary Barlow– "Forever Love"
- Shakespears Sister – "I Can Drive"
- Johnny Bravo – "Used To Be Cool"
- No Doubt– "Don't Speak"
- No Doubt– "Excuse Me Mr."
- No Doubt– "Sunday Morning"
- The Lightning Seeds– "What If..."
1997
- Blur– "Beetlebum"
- Blur– "Song 2"
- Blur– "On Your Own"
- Maxwell– "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever"
- Curve – "Chinese Burn"
- David ArnoldandDavid McAlmont– "Diamonds Are Forever"
- No Doubt– "Live in the Tragic Kingdom"
- No Doubt– "Oi to the World"
1998
- James Iha– "Be Strong Now"
- Maxwell – "Luxury: Cococure"
- Sparklehorse – "Pig"
- Sparklehorse– "Sick Of Goodbyes"
- Remy Zero– "Gramarye"
- Garbage– "When I Grow Up"(live version)
- Garbage – "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
- Rufus Wainwright– "April Fools"
1999
- Blur – "Tender"(Unreleased)
- Sinéad O'Connor – "Chiquitita"
- Natalie MerchantFeaturingN'dea Davenport– "Break Your Heart"
- Sparklehorse – "Pig"
- Manic Street Preachers– "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
- Garbage – "When I Grow Up" (U.S. version)
- Semisonic– "Secret Smile"
- The Cardigans– "Hanging Around"
- Sarah McLachlan– "Possession"(American version)
- Sarah McLachlan – "I Will Remember You"
- Emiliana Torrini– "To Be Free"
- Beth Orton– "Central Reservation"
- Sarah McLachlan – "Ice Cream"
- Supergrass– "Mary"
2000s
[edit]2000
- No Doubt– "Simple Kind of Life"
- Ute Lemper– "The Case Continues"
- Doves– "Catch the Sun"
- Bentley Rhythm Ace– "How'd I Do Dat?"
- Alisha's Attic– "Push It All Aside"
- Alisha's Attic – "Pretender Got My Heart"
- JJ72– "Oxygen"
- PJ Harvey– "Good Fortune"
- No Doubt– "Bathwater"
- Sade– "By Your Side"
- Coldplay– "Trouble"(U.K. Version)
- Jamelia– "Boy Next Door"[4]
2001
- Turin Brakes– "The Door"
- Sade – "King of Sorrow"
- Turin Brakes – "Underdog (Save Me)"
- PJ Harvey– "A Place Called Home"
- Nelly Furtado– "Turn off the Light"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Take Me Home"
- PJ Harvey– "This Is Love"
- Radiohead– "I Might Be Wrong"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Murder on the Dancefloor"
2002
- Amy Studt– "Just a Little Girl"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Move This Mountain"
- Sugababes– "Freak Like Me"
- Coldplay – "In My Place"
- The Beu Sisters– "I Was Only 17"
- Sparta– "Cut Your Ribbon"
- Pink– "Family Portrait"
- No Doubt(featuringLady Saw) – "Underneath It All"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me"Day Version
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me"Night Version
2003
- Amy Studt – "Misfit"
- Nickel Creek– "Speak"
- Dolly Parton– "I'm Gone"
- Dido– "Life for Rent"
- Pink – "Trouble"
- The Raveonettes– "That Great Love Sound"
- Katy Rose– "Overdrive"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "I Won't Change You"[co-produced]
- No Doubt– "Rock Steady Live"
2004
- Dixie Chicks– "Top of the World"
- The Killers– "Mr. Brightside"
- Sixpence None the Richer– "Don't Dream It's Over"
- Maroon 5– "This Love"
- Maroon 5 – "She Will Be Loved"[5]
- Nelly Furtado – "Try"
- Mindy Smith– "Come to Jesus"
- Sarah McLachlan – "World on Fire"
- Sarah McLachlan – "Stupid"
- The Strokes– "The End Has No End"
- Natasha Bedingfield– "These Words"(UK version)
- Vanessa Carlton– "White Houses"
- Loretta LynnFeaturingJack White– "Portland, Oregon"
2005
- KT Tunstall– "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
- Garbage– "Why Do You Love Me"
- Garbage – "Bleed Like Me"
- Garbage – "Sex Is Not the Enemy"
- Garbage – "Run Baby Run"
- Gwen Stefani– "Cool"
- Coldplay – "Fix You"
- Faith HillFeaturingTim McGraw– "Like We Never Loved at All"
- Gwen Stefani– "Luxurious"
2006
- Gwen Stefani– "Crash"
- ShakirafeaturingWyclef Jean– "Hips Don't Lie"
- Dixie Chicks – "Not Ready to Make Nice"
- She Wants Revenge– "These Things"
- Faith Hill – "Stealing Kisses"
- Lily Allen– "Smile"
- BeyoncéfeaturingJay-Z– "Deja Vu"
- Beyoncé – "Ring the Alarm"
- The Raconteurs– "Level"
- Gwen Stefani– "Harajuku Lovers Live"
- Gwen Stefani– "Wind It Up"
- Siobhán Donaghy– "Don't Give It Up"
2007
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Catch You"
- Mika– "Grace Kelly"(also the extended version)
- Gwen Stefani– "4 in the Morning"
- Mika – "Love Today"
- Rufus Wainwright– "Going to a Town"
- Garbage– "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Today the Sun's on Us"
- Maroon 5– "Won't Go Home Without You"
- Gwen Stefani– "Early Winter"
2008
- The Kills– "U.R.A. Fever"
- The Kills – "Cheap and Cheerful"
- The Kills – "Last Day of Magic"
- Leona Lewis– "Better in Time"
- Leona Lewis – "Footprints in the Sand"
- The Ting Tings– "That's Not My Name"
- Gavin Rossdale– "Love Remains The Same"
- Kings of Leon– "Sex on Fire"
- Cold War Kids– "Something Is Not Right with Me"
- Duffy– "Stepping Stone"
- Sarah McLachlan– "U Want Me 2"
- Duffy– "Rain on Your Parade"
- Kings of Leon– "Use Somebody"
2009
- Paloma Faith– "Stone Cold Sober"
- Beyoncé– "Broken-Hearted Girl"
- Shakira– "Did It Again"[6]/Lo Hecho Está Hecho
- No Doubt(as "Snowed Out" onGossip Girl) – "Stand and Deliver"
- Pink– "I Don't Believe You"
- Shakira– "Give It Up to Me"[7]
- Broken Bells– "The High Road"
2010s
[edit]2010
- Sade– "Soldier of Love"
- Sade– "Babyfather"
- Armin van Buurenvs.Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Not Giving Up on Love"
- Cheryl Cole– "Promise This"
- Cheryl Cole– "The Flood"
- Brandon Flowers– "Only The Young"
- Kings of Leon– "Radioactive"
2011
- The Kills– "Satellite"
- Ellie Goulding– "Lights"
- Noah and the Whale– "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
- Birdy– "Skinny Love"
- Sade– "Love Is Found"
2012
- Alicia Keys– "Girl on Fire"
- No Doubt– "Settle Down"
- Beyoncé– "I Was Here"
- No Doubt– "Push and Shove"
- LabrinthfeatEmeli Sandé– "Beneath Your Beautiful"
2013
- Rihanna– "Stay"
- Tom Odell– "Hold Me"
- GarbageandScreaming Females– "Because the Night"
- Lana Del Rey– "Young and Beautiful"(with Chris Sweeney)[8]
- Pinkfeat.Lily Rose Cooper– "True Love"
- Birdy– "Wings"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Wanderlust"(Album Trailer)
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Young Blood"[9]
- John MayerfeaturingKaty Perry– "Who You Love"
- Robin Thicke– "Feel Good"
- Katy B– "Crying for No Reason(with Ross McDowell)"
2014
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Runaway Daydreamer"
- Tim McGraw– "Lookin' for That Girl"[10]
- Birdy– "Words As Weapons"
- Katy B– "Still"
- Garbage– "Girls Talk"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Love Is a Camera"
- OneRepublic– "I Lived"(idea)
- OneRepublic– "Love Runs Out"
- Gwen Stefani– "Baby Don't Lie"
- Gwen Stefani– "Spark the Fire"
- Labrinth– "Jealous"
- Beck– "Heart Is a Drum"
- Sam Smith– "Like I Can"
2015
- Garbage– "The Chemicals"
- Selena Gomez– "Good for You"(Version 1)
- Selena Gomez featuringASAP Rocky– "Good for You" (Version 2)
- James Bay– "Let It Go (Behind the Scenes)"
- James Bay– "If You Ever Want to Be in Love"
- Misty Miller – "Happy"
- One Direction– "Perfect"
- Gwen Stefani– "Used to Love You"
2016
- Gwen Stefani– "Make Me Like You"
- The Kills– "Heart of a Dog"
- Gwen Stefani– "Misery"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor–Familiaalbum trailer
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Come With Us"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Crystallise"
- The Dead Weather– "Impossible Winner"
- Gwen Stefani"–"Kuu Kuu Harajuku"(Theme Song Music Video)
- Noah Cyrus– "Make Me (Cry)"
2017
- Wolf Alice– "Don't Delete the Kisses"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Wild Forever"
- London Grammar– "Big Picture"
- The Kills– "Whirling Eye"
- Tim McGrawandFaith Hill– "Speak to a Girl"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor– "Death of Love"
- Shock Machine – "Strange Waves"
- Shock Machine – "Unlimited Love"
- Morrissey– "Spent the Day in Bed"
- Bebe Rexhafeat.Florida Georgia Line– "Meant to Be"
2018
- Kylie Minogue– "Dancing"
- Julia Michaels– "Heaven"
- Kylie Minogue featuringGente de Zona– "Stop Me from Falling"(Remix)
- CLOVES– Bringing the House Down
- Pete Yorn&Scarlett Johansson– "Bad Dreams"
- Kylie Minogue – "Golden"
- Bebe Rexha – "I'm a Mess"
- Cheryl– "Love Made Me Do It"
- Lo Moon – "Real Life"
- Westside Cast – "Believe in Dreams"
- Leo Gallo – "Future Is In My Hands"
- Alexandra Kay – "You Think You Know Someone"
- Arika Gluck & Taz Zavala – "Beauty and the Struggle"
- Gwen Stefanifeat.Blake Shelton– "You Make It Feel Like Christmas"
2019
- MARINA– "Handmade Heaven(Original and Vertical Videos)"
- Dido– "Give You Up"
- Lil Pumpft.Lil Wayne– "Be Like Me"
- MARINA– "Orange Trees(Original and Vertical Videos)"
- Blake Shelton– "God's Country"
- Shakespears Sister– "All the Queen's Horses"
- Shakespears Sister – "When She Finds You"
- Jax Jonesfeat. Bebe Rexha – "Harder"
- Tiësto,Jonas Blue&Rita Ora– "Ritual"
- Easy Life – "Earth"
- Bebe Rexha – "Not 20 Anymore"
- Bebe Rexha – "You Can't Stop the Girl"
- Blake Shelton– "Hell Right"
- Selena Gomez– "Lose You to Love Me"
- Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now"
2020s
[edit]2020
- Selena Gomez – "Lose You to Love Me"(Alternative Video)
- Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now"(Alternative Video)
- Mae Muller – "So Annoying"
- Mae Muller – "I Don't Want Your Money"
- James Righton– "Start"
- Blake Shelton feat. Gwen Stefani – "Nobody But You"
- Kylie Minogue – "Say Something"
- Kylie Minogue – "Magic"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Crying at the Discotheque"
2021
- Birdy– "Surrender"
- Birdy – "Loneliness"
- Maroon 5feat.Megan Thee Stallion– "Beautiful Mistakes"
- Maroon 5 – "Lost"
- Gwen Stefani &Saweetie– "Slow Clap (Remix)"
- LILHUDDY– "America's Sweetheart"
- Selena Gomez &Camilo– "999"
- Kylie Minogue &Years & Years– "A Second to Midnight"
- Kylie Minogue &Jessie Ware– "Kiss of Life"
- ABBA– "Little Things"
2022
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor xWuh Oh– "Hypnotized"
- Kylie Minogue &Gloria Gaynor– "Can't Stop Writing Songs About You"
- Kylie Minogue – "Miss a Thing"
- Benson Boone – "Better Alone"
- Zella Day– "Mushroom Punch"
2023
- Kylie Minogue – "Padam Padam"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Lost in the Sunshine
- Jessie Ware &Róisín Murphy– "Freak Me Now"
- Kylie Minogue –Tension
- PinkPantheress– "Mosquito"
2024
Filmography
[edit]1987
[edit]1992
[edit]1994
[edit]- Jiggery Pockery
2007
[edit]- Sunny Day
- L ", a L.A.M.B., Fragrance by Gwen Stefani
2011
[edit]- L'Oreal Paris Infalliable Le Gloss Lipgloss by Gwen Stefani
2012
[edit]2021
[edit]2022
[edit]- Alexander McQueen–Lucia: The Jewelled Satchel,Storm Chasing,Mycelium&MettieNarrative
- Redazione –AMQ SS22
2023
[edit]- Kylie Minogue – "Disco Darling" fragrance
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgCaston, Emily (2020)."Interview: Sophie Muller".Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media(19): 211–218.doi:10.33178/alpha.19.hdl:10468/10302.
- ^"» Music Video Director Sophie Muller Music Video Wire –".Mvwire.com. 11 February 2002.Retrieved10 August2013.
- ^"Sarah McLachlan's Socially-Charged Video 'World On Fire' Raises $150,000 To Benefit 11 Charities Worldwide; Video Compiled and Directed by Sophie Muller Benefiting Charities include Carolina for Kibera, Comic Relief, CARE, Dorcas, Engineers Without Borders, Help The Aged, Film Aid, Warchild, Heifer International, ITDG, and Action Aid".PR Newswire.5 October 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 15 June 2011.
- ^Boy Next Door CD 1(CD Liner).Jamelia.Parlophone.2000.
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:CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^"She Will Be Loved | Maroon 5 | Music Video".MTV.Viacom Media Networks.Archived fromthe originalon 26 December 2008.Retrieved19 June2019.
- ^"Shakira Video Shoot Myspace Giveaway Sweepstakes Official Rules".Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.Retrieved31 July2014.
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:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Video: Shakira Reveals Her Favorite She Wolf Track, Says She Loves Taylor Swif".Rolling Stone. 10 November 2009.
- ^Pelly Jenn; Laura Snapes (10 May 2013)."Watch Lana Del Rey's Video for Gatsby Soundtrack Song" Young and Beautiful "".Pitchfork.Retrieved18 September2013.
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:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^"Sophie Ellis-Bextor premieres 'Young Blood' video".Pop Sirens. 25 November 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 10 August 2014.Retrieved31 July2014.
- ^"CMT: Videos: Tim McGraw: Lookin' for That Girl".Country Music Television.Archived fromthe originalon 16 March 2014.Retrieved15 March2014.
- ^"The Blessed Madonna & Kylie Minogue - Edge of Saturday Night (Official Video)".YouTube.23 August 2024.Retrieved31 August2024.
- ^"Maroon 5 to perform via American Express Unstaged".ABC news Radio.Retrieved1 September2021.
External links
[edit]- Sophie MulleratIMDb
- Sophie MulleronIMVDb
- Sophie Mulleratmvdbase.com
- Sophie MullerArchived16 July 2017 at theWayback Machineatdirector-file-two.comArchived13 June 2018 at theWayback Machine
- Sophie MulleratReprobates