- Bryan Barber
Bryan Barber ( born 1970 Fact|date=April 2007 ) is a
music video andmotion picture director. He has directed many music videos for popular artists.Personal
Barber graduated from Sacramento, CA Hiram Johnson High School in 1988 Fact|date=April 2007. He graduated from
Clark Atlanta University in 1996. [imdb|id=1309359|name=Bryan Barber]Career
Barber has gained stature within the music video industry for his ability to break out of the cliches that have dogged the music video business. Barber's videos convey a classic mood often taken from previous era hits. Barber's ability to be heard as a clear and distinct authorial voice lay in his gift for defining a unique visual style, a postmodern style that relied heavily on the use of classic film and TV clips [ [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=421786&mod=bio Bryan Barber - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times ] ] . For example, Barber referenced "Grease" in the
OutKast music video Roses and theBeatles ' Ed Sullivan appearance in the band's video forHey Ya! . In the process, Barber emerged as a highly unique talent and imparted a wholly original image to the hip-hop movement [ [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=421786&mod=bio Bryan Barber - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times ] ] .Barber made his feature film [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/movies/18sari.htmlei=5070&en=16711655bd4723f4&ex=1177732800&pagewanted=all debut] with "Idlewild", a 1930s musical set in the fictional Georgia town of Idlewild (inspired by the Michigan resort town that served as a safe vacation haven for middle-class blacks in the pre-Civil Rights era ). The filmed starred
Outkast , who produced "Idlewild (album) " an accompanying album.Videography
Some of the many videos Barber has directed are:
*"Roses" byOutKast
*"Hey Ya! " by OutKast
*"The Way You Move " by OutKast & Sleepy Brown
*"So Fresh, So Clean " by OutKast
*"International Players Anthem " by UGK & OutKast
*"Think Twice" byEve 6
*"Stunt 101" byG-Unit
*"Girl" byDestiny's Child
*"Wouldn't Get Far " by The Game featuringKanye West
*"Like You " byBow Wow featuringCiara
*"Ain't No Other Man " byChristina Aguilera
*"Tell Me 'bout It " byJoss Stone
*"Deliverance " byBubba Sparxxx
*"Braid My Hair " by Mario
*"My Life" by The Game featuringLil' Wayne References
External links
# [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/movies/18sari.html?ex=1177732800&en=16711655bd4723f4&ei=5070 NY Times Article on Barber's Accomplishments]
# [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/movies/25idle.html "Idlewild" Movie Review]
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