Sophie Muller

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Sophie Melanie Muller (* 31 January 1962 in Marylebone , London , England ) is a British music video - director . She has directed over 160 music videos, working long-term with artists such as No Doubt , Garbage , Blur , Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics .

Life

Although born in London, she grew up on the Isle of Man on, then went to London again, visited the Central Saint Martins and studied after graduation there Film and Television at the Royal College of Art to master . Of the films "Interlude" and "In Excelsis Deo (In Adoration of God)" she made during her studies, "In Excelsis Deo" was awarded the "J Walter Thompson Prize for creativity".

First she worked on the horror film "Company of Wolves" (German: " The Time of the Wolves ") as a third assistant. The opportunity to direct the film came from her acquaintance with John Stewart and Billy Poveda from the Oil Factory - a film production company that was already established at the time. She started there with works like “I Need A Man” for the Eurythmics . She became one of the busiest employees at the Oil Factory . She currently works for both the American production company Oil Factory and the British company Factory Films .

Music videos (selection)

1982
1987
  • Eurythmics - Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)
  • Eurythmics - I Need a Man
1988
  • Eurythmics - Brand New Day
  • Eurythmics - Do You Want to Break Up?
  • Eurythmics - Heaven
  • Eurythmics - I Need You
  • Eurythmics - Put the Blame On Me
  • Eurythmics - Savage
  • Eurythmics - Wide Eyed Girl
  • Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us
  • Sade - Turn My Back On You
  • Eurythmics - I Need a Man
  • Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride
  • Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill In My Heart
  • Shakespear's Sister - Break My Heart
  • Annie Lennox featuring Al Green - Put a Little Love In Your Heart
1989
  • Shakespear's Sister - You're History
  • Shakespear's Sister - Run Silent
  • Eurythmics - Don't Ask Me Why
  • Eurythmics - Angel
1990
1991
1992
  • Curve - Fait Accompli
  • Shakespear's Sister - Stay
  • Aaron Neville - Somewhere, Someday
  • Annie Lennox - Why
  • Shakespear's Sister - Hello
  • Annie Lennox - Precious
  • Vegas - Possessed
  • Annie Lennox - Cold
  • Sade - No Ordinary Love
  • Annie Lennox - Walking On Broken Glass
  • Shakespear's Sister - I Don't Care
  • Annie Lennox - Little Bird
1993
  • Björk - Venus as a Boy
  • Annie Lennox - Love Song for a Vampire
  • Annie Lennox - Money Can't Buy It
1994
1995
1996
1997
  • Blur - Beetlebum
  • Blur - On Your Own
  • Blur - Song 2
  • Maxwell - Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
  • Curve - Chinese Burn
  • No Doubt - Hey You
  • No Doubt - Oi to the World
1998
1999
2000
2001
  • Turin Brakes - The Door
  • Sade - King of Sorrow
  • Turin Brakes - Underdog (Save Me)
  • No Doubt - Bathwater
  • PJ Harvey - A Place Called Home
  • Nelly Furtado - Turn Off the Light
  • Sophie Ellis Bextor - Take Me Home
  • PJ Harvey - This Is Love
  • Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong
  • Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor
2002
  • Amy Studt - Just a Little Girl
  • Sophie Ellis Bextor - Move This Mountain
  • Sugababes - Freak Like Me
  • Coldplay - In My Place
  • Amy Studt - Misfit
  • The Beau Sisters - I Was Only 17
  • Sparta - Cut Your Ribbon
  • P! Nk - Family Portrait
  • No Doubt featuring Lady Saw - Underneath It All
  • Sophie Ellis Bextor - Music Gets the Best of Me (Both Versions)
2003
2004
2005
  • KT Tunstall - Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
  • Garbage - Why Do You Love Me
  • Garbage - Bleed Like Me
  • Garbage - Sex Is Not the Enemy
  • Garbage - Run Baby Run
  • Gwen Stefani - Cool
  • Coldplay - Fix You
  • Faith Hill featuring Tim McGraw - Like We Never Loved at All
  • Gwen Stefani - Luxurious
2006
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2018
2019
  • Shakespears Sister - All The Queen's Horses

Awards

She won a Grammy Award for the Annie Lennox video "Diva" , an MTV Video Music Award for the music video for Annie Lennox "Why?" And was nominated for a Grammy for the Eurythmics video "Savage". She received the Brit Award for the video by the group Shakespears Sister entitled "Stay" .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WATCH IT: Birdy "Wings" (Sophie Muller, dir.). In: VideoStatic. Retrieved April 9, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Muller, Sophie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muller, Sophie Melanie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British music video director
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Marylebone , London , England