Jonathan Glazer – TV Advert and Film Director
My daughter just bought the Radiohead DVD – “7 Television Commercials“. There’s some stunning work here in these music videos from the late 1990s (not actually television commercials). Each music video is worth watching again and again. Maybe its because its because of Radiohead’s enigmatic lyrics and performance. Maybe its the visual and plot concepts behind the films. Or maybe just the effects.
Two of the films stand out – Street Spirit and Karma Police, directed by Jonathan Glazer. The Radiohead video clips are available online at:
MusicMuch.com Video.
Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, also featured in the UNKLE music video (DJ Shadow) directed by Glazer, “Rabbit in your headlight”. See it online in 50 mb mpeg
Jonathan Glazer is most known in adland for his Guinness ads, “Swimblack” (1998) and “Surfer” (1999). The composite image below features Jonathan Glazer along with a still from the Guinness Surfer Advert.
Glazer stunned the world with his effect driven Levis Jeans “Odyssey” (2000) and “Kung Fu” (1997) – Surfer and Odyssey can be found in quicktime at Framestore CFC – Surfer and Odyssey Kung Fu Levis is downloadable here.
Jonathan Glazer was commissioned to make two Stella Artois beer ads – Last Orders (1998) and Devil’s Island (2003) and can be found in shockwave form at the site of
Stella Artois
Glazer’s Nike Ad, Parklife, featuring British football and the band Blur, can be found online at Soccerclips.net
Since all these ads Glazer has stepped out with two feature films: Sexy Beast and Birth.
Postscript 2005
Many of Jonathan Glazer’s TV ads and music videos can be viewed on DVD, the Director’s Series Vol. 5 – Work of Jonathan Glazer
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