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, which won the 2010 MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. Piliero subsequently directed the music video for '' Howlin' for You'' by

—a parody in the form of an action movie trailer. Released in February 2011, it includes

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and

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) in a minor role of two henchmen referred to as ''"Las Teclas de Negro"''. The video was nominated for the 2011

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. An interview with Piliero during the filming of this video was released in March 2011 with some commentary about the filming, and short clips of the cast describing their characters. Piliero also wrote and directed many other music videos, including the 2010 video ''If You Let Me'' by

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's band ''JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys'' and the 2011 videos ''

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Partial list of music videos

Footnotes: *¹ There are two versions of " Tighten Up". Piliero's is the later, "official" video.

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