Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunnigham
Born: 15th October 1970
Lived: Lakenheath, Suffolk
Occupations: Film maker, video artist, photographer and producer
Years Active: 1996-present

Director Chris Cunningham's work in music video, commercial, and video art. Cunningham first made a name for himself in the early 90's major motion pictures, designing robots and creatures for Clive Barker and David Fincher.

While working with Kubrick, Cunningham directed his first music video, Autechre's Second Bad Vilbel. What followed was a series of videos with various alternative English rock bands where Cunningham learned the ropes of filmmaking.

In 1997 Chris Cunningham directed the ‘orgiastic mind-fuck’ known as ‘Come to Daddy’, a video which landed him squarely on the radar of every artist on the planet. Over the next two years Cunningham directed six videos and seven commercials, each with their own brand of genius.

Cunningham has had close ties to Warp Records since his first production for Autechre. Videos for Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" and "Windowlicker" are perhaps his best known. His video for Björk's "All Is Full of Love" won multiple awards, including an MTV music video award for Breakthrough Video and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. It was also the first ever music video to win a Gold Pencil at the D&AD Awards. It can still be seen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His video for Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" was nominated for the "Best Video" award at the Brit Awards 2000. He also directed Madonna's "Frozen" video.







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