Nathan "Karma" Cox

Nathan "Karma" Cox (born June 10, 1971) is mostly known for directing music videos.

Cox was always interested in films. Around elementary school he began making films using a friend's camera and Star Wars action figures.

After making many short movies throughout high school, he went to Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design for his artwork as a graffiti artist. Even though there were not any film classes available, Cox would turn in videos for every project assigned.

Other than directing, Cox has vast interest in graffiti, monsters, old horror movies, music, and has many tattoos displaying his interests. He is also good friends with Jonathan Davis, the lead singer of Korn, and the namesake of Jonathan's son. Other bands he has been associated with are Orgy and Coal Chamber. He is also a fan of the band Deadsy and in the "making of" featurette for Linkin Park's "In the End" video can be seen wearing a white chain as a necklace, and translating the masonic code found on one of the props. Further translation of said prop reveals the band(Deadsy)'s name as well as a few other phrases.

Though not as well known as some other music video directors, Cox has won a couple of awards, including an MTV Video Music Award. He intends to make feature films in the near future.

He has had trademark dreadlocks for a long time until he cut them all off.

Apparently, he has lately teamed up with director Zach Merck in a directing team called "Fort Awesome". They have directed videos so far for the bands Lacuna Coil and Bleeding Through.

Filmography

2008

* "Inside the Fire" - Disturbed
* "Runnin' Wild" - Airbourne

2007

* "Not All Who Wander Are Lost" - DevilDriver
* "The Running Free" - Coheed and Cambria

2006

* "Our Truth" - Lacuna Coil (co-directed with Zach Merck)
* "Kill to Believe" - Bleeding Through (also co-directed with Zach Merck)
* "Killing Loneliness" - HIM
* "Ne Ne Pok"
* "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" - Trivium
* "Enjoy the Silence" - Lacuna Coil (co-directed with Zach Merck)
* "Closer" - Lacuna Coil (co-directed with Zach Merck)

2005

* "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" - Chevelle
* "Little Sister" - Queens of the Stone Age
* "The Clincher" - Chevelle
* "Drive Away" - Gratitude
* "Personal Jesus" - Marilyn Manson
* "Liberate" - Disturbed
* "Alone (No More)" - Craving Theo
* "Right Here" - Staind
* "Stricken" - Disturbed

2004

* "Redefine" - SOiL
* "Looks Like They Were Right" - Lit
* "Guilty" - The Rasmus

2003

* "Good Times" - Finger Eleven
* "Something Beautiful" - Cauterize

2002

* "I Feel So" - Box Car Racer (co-directed with Tom DeLonge)
* "The Red" - Chevelle
* "Pitiful" - Blindside
* "Dem Girlz" - Oxide & Neutrino

2001

* "Angel's Son" - Various Artists (including members of KoЯn, Sevendust, Slipknot, System of a Down, Coal Chamber, Limp Bizkit, Sugar Ray, etc.)
* "Papercut" - Linkin Park (co-directed with Joe "Mr. Hahn" Hahn)
* "In the End" - Linkin Park (also co-directed with Mr. Hahn)
* "Crashing Around You" - Machine Head
* "Cold" - Static-X (co-directed with Mr. Hahn)
* "Moto Psycho" - Megadeth

2000

* "Ty Jonathan Down" - Videodrone featuring Jonathan Davis
* "Synthetic" - Spineshank

1999

* "Loco" - Coal Chamber
* "Sugar" - System of a Down

DVD's

* Music as a Weapon II - Disturbed, Unloco, Taproot and Chevelle
* "Deuce" - Korn

Awards

Cox has been nominated for 11 awards and won 1 award for his music video work.

Wins include:
*MTV Video Music Awards
*Best Rock Video - Linkin Park: “In the End” (winner)

Nominations include:
*MTV Video Music Awards
*Best Editing - Metallica: “I Disappear” (nominated)
*Best Group Video - Linkin Park: “In the End” (nominated)
*Video of The Year - Linkin Park: “In the End” (nominated)
*Best Editing - Foo Fighters: “Best of You” (nominated)

Music Video Producers Association Awards:
*Directorial Debut - Coal Chamber: “Loco" (nominated)
*Best Editing - Foo Fighters: “Best of You” (nominated)
*Best Editing - The Fray: “How to Save a Life” (nominated)

Billboard Music Video Awards:
*Best Hard Rock Video - System of a Down: “Sugar” (nominated)
*Best Hard Rock Video - Disturbed: “Stupify” (nominated)

Much Music Video Awards:
*Best Rock Video - Finger Eleven: "Good Times" (nominated)

External links

* [http://www.renedstory.homestead.com/karma.html Officially...Nathan "Karma" Cox]
* [http://www.varla.com/ Varla Magazine]
* [http://www.mvwire.com/dynamic/article_view.asp?AID=10304 Interviews with Nathan]
* [http://www.mvwire.com/bb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=000006 Q & A with Nathan]