Floria Sigismondi doesn't really require an introduction, but here's a very quick one: She's one of the most renowned and influential directors in music videos thanks to an utterly distinctive visual style. She's directed clips for Marilyn Manson, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Muse, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, Interpol, Christina Aguilera and many others. She's also nominated, once again, for several MVPA Awards, including Director Of The Year, Video Of The Year (for Christina Aguilera "Hurt") and a couple genre categories.
name: Floria Sigismondi
company: The Revolver Film Co.
job/title: director
First Video: Rita Chiarelli. A sepia toned ghost story shot in a dilapidated farmhouse. I shot the owner who was in his nineties. [watch Rita Chiarelli "This Is My Life"]
Strangest Video: Harem Scarem "Blue." Based upon German expressionism, I created a fairy-tale world in black and white. It was shot on sound stock, which made the contrast super pushy. My mom, Lina, peers through a magnifying glass, enlarging her eyes to the size of her head. My dad plays a bearded hunchback and my sister plays the damsel in distress whose limbs fall apart after a bike accident with a skeleton and crow. [download the video from HaremScarem.net]
What's Next: I have been working and writing some feature film projects. I have released a second book of photography called Immune, published by die gestalten.
