Doug Nichol

Doug Nichol is an American filmmaker and commercials/music video director.

He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting’s Ten Summoner's Tales^[1] and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith^[2] and NKOTB.^[3] He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for Aerosmith’s Pink (song).^[4] His epic music video for This is Hardcore by Pulp has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.^[5]

Nichol is also an internationally acclaimed commercials director having directed campaigns for Levi's, Mercedes-Benz, Heineken, Virgin Mobile, Smirnoff, Toyota, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Peugeot, and American Express among others.

A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he started his career as a cinematographer working with David Bowie, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and U2 and was director of photography on Madonna’s infamous Truth or Dare (documentary).

Filmography

Music videos

• Texas (band) “When We Are Together”
• Geri Halliwell “Mi Chico Latino”
• Kula Shaker “Mystical Machine Gun”
• Etienne Daho “Ideal”,
• Pulp (band) “This Is Hardcore”
• Etienne Daho “Le Premier Jour”
• Aerosmith “Pink”
• Shara Nelson “Rough With The Smooth”
• Lenny Kravitz “Spinning Round Over You”
• Jacques Dutronc & Etienne Daho “Tous Les Gouts Sont Dans Ma Nature”
• Renaud “C’est Quand Qu’On Va Ou”
• Desree “I Ain't Movin”
• Sting “Seven Days”
• Sting “Shape Of My Heart”
• Extreme (band) “Stop The World”
• Del Amitri “Be My Downfall”
• Chris De Burgh “Separate Tables”
• Wet Wet Wet “More Than Love”
• Etienne Daho “Un Homme A La Mer”
• Etienne Daho “Rue Des Petits Hotels”
• Etienne Daho “Des Attractions Desastres”
• Etienne Daho “Double Zero et L’Infini”
• Etienne Daho “Interlude à la Desirade”
• Tuck & Patti “Dreams”
• Florent Pagny “Si Tu Veux M'Essayer”
• Liane Foly “Laisse Pleurer Les Nuages”
• Les Valentins “Les Pieds Dans La Lune”
• Patricia Kaas “Kennedy Rose”
• Patricia Kaas “Il Me Dit Que Je Suis Belle”
• Shine “Walking On The Town”
• Toni Childs “Many Rivers To Cross”
• Del Amitri “Kiss This Thing Goodbye”
• Tiffany “Here In My Heart”
• Sons of Angels “Cow Girls”
• New Kids On The Block “This One's For The Children”
• New Kids On The Block “Hangin’ Tough”
• New Kids On The Block “I'll Be Loving You Forever”
• New Kids On The Block “The Right Stuff”
• New Kids On The Block “Please Don't Go Girl”
• Easterhouse “Come Out Fighting”
• Cheryl Pepsii Riley “Me, Myself And I”
• Tuck & Patti “Time After Time”
• Johnny Clegg & Savuka “Take My Heart Away”
• Baxter Robertson “No Simple Cure”
• The Cars “Strap Me In”
• Little Steven “No More Party's”
• Pete Bardens “In Dreams”
• Ray Parker Jr. “Girls Are More Fun’’
• Patti LaBelle “Stir It Up’’
• Nomo “Red Lipstick’’

Commercials

• American Express - Music Lover, Club Girl
• Babybel – The Printer
• Baileys – Truth, Dare
• Bass Ale - A Taste For More
• Bertolli – Anthem
• British Midland – Escape, Flight 1400
• Cadillac - Interstate
• Caress – LL Cool J
• Chase Bank - Back and Forth
• Chrysler - Make It Safer, Anthem, 300,
• Davidoff - Cool Water Woman
• Dunkin’ Donuts - Rachel Ray, Mobile Office
• Ebel - Architects of Time
• First Direct - Barbershop
• Ford - Henri
• France Telecom – Couple, Hammock
• Heineken – Heineken Squad
• Hugo Boss – Hugo, It’s Just A Fragrance
• Kodak – Narvick, Temple, Mount Blanc
• Kronenbourg – Barman, Player
• Levi's – Hampster, Wives
• LG - Lear Jet
• Lloyds TSB – Boots, Paint, Lights, Note for Note
• Mars - The Jogger
• Mastercard - World Market
• Mercedez-Benz - Change Lanes
• Microsoft – Fox, Worm, Cow, Alien, Pamela
• Molson Canadian - Under The Snow, Snowbank, Here’s To You Canada
• Orangina - Le Salaire de la Pulpe
• Palm - Gallery Opening
• Peugeot - Ambush, Jump, The Hunt
• Prudential Golf, Rear Window
• Renault – Alligators, Kangaroos, Cows
• Rover - Crossroads
• Samsung – Estella Warren
• SBC - Makin’ It
• Smirnoff - Autocue
• Sony Ericsson – Snatch, Torn, Change The Record, Dentist, Church, Fans
• Target – Aqua, Guitar Kid, Dove, Tide
• Toyota – Spies, Cyborg, Slap, The Bicycle
• UPS – Singer, Caring Pilot
• Virgin Mobile – Frozen, Wyclef Jean, Kellis
• Visa - Traffic Cop
• Vodafone - Laugh

References

1. ^ http://www2.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx
2. ^ http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9901/05/grammy.cnn/list2.html
3. ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/videos.htm
4. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml
5. ^ http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm

External links

• Doug Nichol at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.partizan.com/partizan/commercials/?doug_nichol
• http://www.studiodaily.com/hdstudio/editorschoice/Q&A-Doug-Nichol-on-Flight-and-Dreams_4412.html
• http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Nichol&first=Doug

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