Aggressive is a New York-based Latin Grammy Award-winning music video directing team of Alex Topaller and Daniel Shapiro. They have been described by Movie Creation Mag as "having a fascination with the wonderful, in the likes of the surrealist Rafał Olbiński" and "tenacious about pushing themselves and some overclocked hardware in order to create striking videos" by Video Static. To date, Aggressive has directed music videos for Michael Jackson, Stone Temple Pilots,

Juanes file:Juanes ZMF 2015 jm49108.jpg, Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany file:Juanes ZMF 2015 jm49211.jpg, Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born 9 August 19 ...

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...

, Bloc Party, The Click Five, Kerli,

Susan Justice Susan Cagle (born 1981) is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, known by her stage name Susan Justice. She is known best for her debut self-recorded album, ''The Subway Recordings''. Biography Cagle is the second-oldest of ten ...

, Black Label Society, Hoobastank, Killswitch Engage,

The Script The Script are an Irish rock band formed in 2001 in Dublin, consisting of lead vocalist and keyboardist Danny O'Donoghue, lead guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. The band moved to London after signing to Sony Label Group imprint ...

, Alexis Jordan and

Lil' Rob Roberto L. Flores (born September 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Lil Rob, is an American rapper, producer, and actor. Biography Flores was born in San Diego and raised in La Colonia de Eden Gardens, a Mexican American neighborhood in ...

. They have also directed commercials for brands such a
Acura
Toyota, Bloomberg,

Ralph Lauren Ralph Lauren, ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his co ...

, Anna Sui, Marc Ecko, Penfolds (RED),

Dun & Bradstreet The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation is an American company that provides commercial data, analytics, and insights for businesses. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the company offers a wide range of products and services for risk and financia ...

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

Subway Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to: Transportation * Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems * Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle * Subway (George Bush Interconti ...

, AT&T, Kyocera, Cablevision, Topps, Caché and more. Both coming up from VFX backgrounds, Topaller and Shapiro take a hands-on approach in all aspects of the process, from concept development, to shoot direction, all the way through

post-production Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography. Post-production includes all stages of production occurring after principal photography or recording individual program segments. The ...

Accolades

* 2008 Winner Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video (Juanes "Me Enamora") * 2008 Nominee "Video Of The Year" MTVLA Los Premios (Juanes "Me Enamora") * 2008 Winner Estonian Music Awards ( Kerli "Walking on Air") * 2016 Best Experimental BassAward
(1976)2019 Communication Arts Award of Excellence

Music videos

2015 * Tiësto featuring Jane Zhang – "Change Your World" 2014 * Cris Cab – "Loves Me Not" 2013 * Cris Cab featuring Pharrell – " Liar Liar" * Krewella – "

Live for the Night "Live for the Night" is a single by American electronic dance music band Krewella. The song was released on July 2, 2013 for digital download and streaming. It is the fourth single from their debut album '' Get Wet'', the first of which did not ...

" 2012 *

– "Eat Dirt" 2011 * Michael Jackson – "

Behind the Mask Behind the Mask may refer to: Film and television * ''Behind the Mask'' (1932 film), a film featuring Boris Karloff * ''Behind the Mask'' (1936 film) or ''The Man Behind the Mask'', a British mystery film by Michael Powell * ''Behind the Mas ...

" 2010 * Stone Temple Pilots – "

Cinnamon Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus ''Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, breakfa ...

" * Alexis Jordan – " Happiness" 2009 *

– " Breakeven" 2008 * Kerli – " Walking on Air" *

– "

Gotas de Agua Dulce "Gotas de Agua Dulce" (Eng.: ''Drops of Fresh Water'') is the title of the second single released by Juanes from his fourth studio album '' La Vida... Es Un Ratico''. Chart performance The track debuted in the United States ''Billboard'' Hot L ...

" *

– "

Me Enamora "Me Enamora" (English: ''It Makes Me Fall in Love'') is a song written and performed by Colombian singer and Songwriter, Juanes. The song is the first radio single of his fourth solo studio album '' La Vida... Es Un Ratico'' (2007) and it receive ...

" 2007 * The Click Five – " Jenny" * Killswitch Engage – " The Arms of Sorrow" *

– "

À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free) "A Tout le Monde" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth, featured on their 1994 studio album ''Youthanasia''. It was released as a single in February 1995 through Capitol Records. The song was later remade and reissued as "À Tout le ...

" 2006 * Bloc Party – "

I Still Remember "I Still Remember" is a song by English rock band Bloc Party. It was released as a single from their second studio album, ''A Weekend in the City''., being the first U.S. single and second UK single from the album. The single was released in Br ...

" * Black Label Society – " Concrete Jungle" * Hoobastank – "

Born to Lead "Born to Lead" is the third single from rock band Hoobastank's third studio album ''Every Man for Himself (album), Every Man for Himself''. It performed moderately well on the rock charts. The song and its music video were used as a skin for the ...

" 2005 * Lil Rob – "Summer Nights"

References

External links

whatisaggressive.com
{{authority control American music video directors Entertainment companies based in New York City Latin Grammy Award winners