Samuel Bayer

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Samuel Bayer (born in 1962 in Syracuse, New York) is an American music video director. His most famous works to date are the ones with the bands Nirvana and Green Day. With Nirvana he directed the video for the legendary Smells Like Teen Spirit, and he directed all the videos from Green Day's 2004 album American Idiot.

A graduate of New York City’s School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts, he moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and became a popular director during the alternative rock era and was noted for producing aesthetically raw videos, often marked with scratches and burns on the film. Bayer claims that the reason he was chosen to direct "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was because his test reel was so bad.^[1]

Bayer is also an acclaimed commercial director, directing for companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota and Nike (a spot for which he won an AICP award for best direction in 1997).

In addition to directing videos, he directed Green Day's concert film, Bullet in a Bible.

In 2006, Bayer directed a series of commercials that launched a new advertising campaign for the United States Army which featured the slogan "Army Strong."

[edit] References

1. ^ Classic Albums, Nirvana - Nevermind (DVD)

[edit] Music video filmography

• "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana (1991)
• "Mama, I'm Coming Home" Ozzy Osbourne (1991)
• "Tones of Home" Blind Melon (1992)
• "No Rain" Blind Melon (1992)
• "Poison Heart" The Ramones (1992)
• "Come To My Window" Melissa Etheridge (1993)
• "You" Candlebox (1993)
• "Stick it out" Rush (1993)
• "Nothing to Believe In" Cracker (1994)
• "Zombie" The Cranberries (1994)
• "Ode to My Family" The Cranberries (1994)
• "Doll Parts" Hole (1994)
• "Gotta Get Away" The Offspring (1994)
• "Vow" Garbage (1995)
• "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
• "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" David Bowie (1995)
• "Strangers When We Meet" David Bowie (1995)
• "Ridiculous Thought" The Cranberries (1995)
• "I Can't Be With You" The Cranberries (1995)
• "Home" Sheryl Crow (1996)
• "Only Happy When It Rains" Garbage (1996)
• "Stupid Girl" Garbage (1996)
• "Until It Sleeps" Metallica (1996)
• "Honky's Ladder" The Afghan Whigs (1996)
• "My Favorite Mistake" Sheryl Crow (1998)
• "Coma White" Marilyn Manson (1999)
• "Identify" Natalie Imbruglia
• "Disposable Teens" Marilyn Manson (2000)
• "Stay Together for the Kids" blink-182 (2001)
• "Sunshine" Aerosmith (2001)
• "Hold On" Good Charlotte (2003)
• "American Idiot" Green Day (2004)
• "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day (2004)
• "Holiday" Green Day (2005)
• "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Green Day (2005)
• "Jesus of Suburbia" Green Day (2005)
• "Heart in a Cage" The Strokes (2006)
• "You Only Live Once" The Strokes (2006)
• "Welcome to the Black Parade" My Chemical Romance (2006)
• "Famous Last Words" My Chemical Romance (2006)
• "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" Good Charlotte (2007)
• "What Goes Around..." Justin Timberlake (2007)

[edit] External Links

• Bayer's promo work and biography at the site of the production company HSI Productions
• Bayer's work at the site of the SFX company Method Studio
• Biography and picture at geekstinkbreath.net