Music Video Director

Music Video Directors

Isaac Rentz

Isaac Rentz born in Japan is a well known music video and commecial director. He was signed to Draw Pictures for UK and US music video representation until 2010^. He is currently signed to More Media For Everyone.

Rentz's work has been featured in Pitchfork Media, Spin Magazine, Boards, and TV Guide. Rentz's body of work includes music videos for groups such as Cage The Elephant, Manchester Orchestrer, and Motion City Soundtrack, as well as promotional campaigns for Red Strip, Xbox and Nintendo.
His video for Pistol Youth's "In My Eyes" was included in the Los Angeles Film Festival's 2009 music video showcas His. Video for Manchester Orchestra's "Shake It Out" was included in Spin Magazine's list of the top videos of 2009. In 2011, Rentz directed a promotional music video for the feature film Take Me Home Tonight. The video featured actors Topher Grace, Anna Pharris and Demetri Martins reenacting iconic scenes from classic 80s films. Huffington Post described the video as, "like IMDB at a rave^".
On July 20, 2011, Rentz's Cage The Elephant video for Shake Me Down was nominated for a 2011 MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rock Video category. On May 21, 2013, Rentz's Tegan and Sara video for Closer was nominated for a 2013 Much Music Video Award.

Over many recent years he has worked with many well known artists and bands such as 5 Seconds Of Summer, Paramore, Cage the Elephants and many more.  

 Here is a music video which was direced by Isaac Rentz. This is the song me and my group will be imiating and creating our own music video to. Isaac Rentz and his music video has inspired me greatly.

Joseph Kahn

Director Joseph Kahn spent part of his childhood in Pusan, South Korea and Livorno, Italy until his family moved to Houston, Texas. He began his directing career in his teens, shooting music videos for local musicians. He eventually enrolled at NYU where after a year and a half into film school, he dropped out to direct.Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Katy Perry, The Chemical Brothers, Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, Blink 182, Eminem, Wu-Tang Clan, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Aerosmith, Faith Hill, Moby, Jamiroquai, Justin Timberlake, George Michael, Kelly Clarkson, Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, and many more. Kahn has collected multiple Music Video Production awards. He has won several MTV Music Video Award with nominations for Beat Video of the Year for Brandy and Monica "The Boy is Mine", Britney Spears "Toxic", Chris Brown "Forever", Pussycat Dolls "When I Grow Up", Eminem We Made You and Eminem "Love the Way You Lie." In 2002 he won his first Grammy for Eminems "Without Me" video which also won the MTV VMA's Best Videos of the Year as well as best directions. His video for Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas" won the MVPA 2009 Best Video of the Year. In 2015, Kahn directed MTV's choices for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Female Video, and Best Pop Collaboration, all by Taylor Swift.

Kahn's usage of Japanese pop culture in music videos first began with Janet Jacksons "Doesnt Really Matter" video. The video was also the most expensive video Kahn has directed and is among the most expensive of all time, costing over $2.5 million. In 2014 he was given The Icon Award by the UK Music Video Awards.

^{Joseph Kahn has made many of Taylor Swift videos including "Bad Blood", " Blank Space" and "Wildest Dream".}