Considering the man uses "Rage" as his nickname, it shouldn't be a surprise to hear that Dale Resteghini is one driven and determined director. Over just a few years he has directed over 300 videos — starting out with low budget heavy metal videos and then expanding to nearly every genre. All the hard work is translating into a big 2007 — especially in the rap world — with the huge hit Mims "This Is Why I'm Hot," Yung Berg "Sexy Lady" and the just-released Soulja Boy "Crank Dat" video.
name: Dale "Rage" Resteghini
company: Raging Nation Films
job/title: director
first video: Hatebreed "Perseverance." So perfectly appropriate, right? That was in February 2003 for Universal, commissioned by Jeff Panzer.
strangest video: Strange is not a word I'd use to describe anything that has ever happened on any of my shoots. It’s usually more like "dangerous." It was like two or three years ago on the Fear Factory shoot for "Cyberwaste" in Perth, Australia. It's called The Edge Of The World, since it’s the most remote city on Earth. I had to fly 24 hours from NJ to L.A. to Sydney to Brisbane to Melbourne and then finally Perth. When I got there, the band took me to the location and lets just say I might as well have found a warehouse in Brooklyn! After enduring the worst flight in history I was not going to settle for "that." So I ended up driving around with a local self-proclaimed hooligan and we found an abandoned government owned power plant. Amazing! Thing is, we had no way of getting permits, so... well, so what! What followed was a scene out of Oceans 11 or something: Chopping through 3 sets of gates and replacing their locks with our own and then sneaking in over 400 fans on the beach in the middle of a 104 degree day with PA's rotating as police scouts. We had no money for lights, so we had to maximize the sunlight. After two hours of shooting the band from every possible angle and getting as many killer in your face metal shots, the Perth police force crashed in causing absolute chaos. My wife Kim and I grabbed our film and made a run for the escape route. I ended up fracturing my wrist and ripping the skin from my shin bone — causing a very bloody mess — and spent the next 24 hours on the run from the police who were hot on our trail before we bolted town with Korn, Static-X and Fear Factory. Oh, one element I almost forgot to mention: We paid a local helicopter pilot $200 so my DP and I could go up in his chopper to get an opening shot of the power plant exterior. I literally had to hold him by his belt while he was holding an Arri435! --> watch Fear Factory "Cyberwaste"
what's next: In the spirit of my favorite saying "Let the sleepers sleep and the haters hate" — which I came up with that on my first flick with Redman back in '97 — there's a lot going on!
Got some big news looming, which I can't talk about yet, but you'll hear about soon enough! Personally, my producing partner/wife/backbone Kim and I just got a home in NY. We've got a few acres of land and she's trying to stop me from building a mini sound stage!
One of my music video goals is to become the only member of the 100/100 club. With 250 rock and metal videos under my belt, I've definitely got that covered. 56 hip hop videos and counting. Just need 44 more and I'm in the 100/100 club! All this in just 4 and 1/2 years.
