Cole Walliser is a Canadian filmmaker and music video director. He has directed videos for

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and Katy Perry.

Life and career

Cole Walliser was born in

Steveston, British Columbia Steveston, founded in the 1880s, is a neighbourhood of Richmond in Metro Vancouver. On the southwest tip of Lulu Island, the village is a historic port and salmon canning centre at the mouth of the South Arm of the Fraser River. The early 1900s st ...

and grew up in

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. He is an alumnus from the

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, with a B.A. in Psychology. Walliser began his interest in filming by making skateboarding videos at the age of 14. He also made a short film about the first day of high school which is still used by Hugh McRoberts High School, where he attended. He decided to pursue directing as a career and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 24. His work began with shooting professional dancer friends on a pro-bono basis. In 2008, one of Walliser's dancer friends, who was a choreographer for Miley Cyrus at the time, asked him to be involved in a dance music video, which led him to direct two dance crew episodes of the web series ''The Miley and Mandy Show'' ("M&M Cru with a U BATTLES Step Up 2" and "M&M Cru Final Dance Battle: Cyrus Blaine Seacrest Tatum"), challenging Jon Chu's and Adam Sevani's ACDC (aka Adam/Chu Dance Crew). These highly publicized music videos, touted as "the biggest online dance battle in YouTube history" featured a number of celebrity cameos and received worldwide media attention, including a feature on ''

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''. The online dance battle culminated in a performance at the 2008 Teen Choice Awards, which Walliser also directed. In 2009, Cole directed the opening video for

's Funhouse Tour. He also directed a 30-minute documentary ''Life On Tour with P!nk'', and four of her music videos ("

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", "

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", " Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)" and "Mean"), which played during the Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour. In 2010, Cole Walliser edited two episodes of the dance webseries, ''

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'' ("Fanboyz" and "The Tale of Trevor Drift"). Subsequently, Walliser collaborated with Katy Perry and directed the storyline that played throughout her

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. He was also entrusted to edit together footage of Perry's wedding to Russell Brand for her intimate performance at the

53rd Grammy Awards The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were broadcast on CBS with a rating of 26.6 million viewers. Barbra Streisand was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year two nights pri ...

in 2011. Walliser also frequently collaborates with

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and

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for their marketing initiatives. Walliser is also known for high-speed videos of celebrities posing on red carpets, captured by his "GlamBOT", which he posts on his social media accounts along with behind-the-scenes of the setups.
"This Robot Shoots Stunning Slow-Mo Portraits on Red Carpets" "PetaPixel" 28 February 2019

Filmography

Director

Editor

Short Films

References

External links

Cole Walliser's Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walliser, Cole 1981 births Canadian music video directors American people of Chinese descent Living people People from Richmond, British Columbia University of British Columbia alumni