Danny B. Tull (born 27 February 1977) is an English director and film editor.

Early life

Danny Tull was born in

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, England, and attained a degree in music technology at

Rose Bruford College Rose Bruford College (formerly Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance) is a drama school in the south London suburb of Sidcup. The college has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various discipli ...

, London, which he attended from 1995 to 1997.

Career

He started editing video at Metropolis Video in London's

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in 1998 working on music videos, documentaries, television, commercial and non-commercial, with directors such as Jonas Akerlund, Chris Cunningham, Johan Renck and editing music videos for artists such as

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and

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. Tull has worked with photographer/directors such as Steven Klein,

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, Mert and Marcus, Terry Richardson and Clive Arrowsmith. In 2012 he worked with

to edit a short film with

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and Elle magazine called "Havana"; he edited and co-wrote the soundtrack for this. In 2005 he edited the feature film Ragtale and subsequently continued to edit feature length presentations. He has worked with pop singer Madonna for a number of years editing many of her music videos (" 4 Minutes", "

Give It 2 Me "Give It 2 Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter Madonna, featured on her 11th studio album ''Hard Candy''. It was released on June 24, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records as the second single from the album. The song was written by Madon ...

", " Celebration", "

Give Me All Your Luvin' "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is a song by American singer Madonna from her twelfth studio album, '' MDNA'' (2012). It features guest vocals by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj and English rapper M.I.A. The song was written and produced b ...

", "

Girl Gone Wild "Girl Gone Wild" is a song by American singer Madonna from her twelfth studio album, '' MDNA'' (2012). She co-wrote the song with Benny Benassi, his cousin Alle Benassi (known together as the Benassi Bros.), and songwriter Jenson Vaughan, whi ...

", "

Living for Love "Living for Love" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her thirteenth studio album, ''Rebel Heart'' (2015). It was written and produced by Madonna, Diplo and Ariel Rechtshaid, with additional writing from MoZella and Toby Gad. O ...

", " Ghosttown", "

Bitch I'm Madonna "Bitch I'm Madonna" is a song by American singer Madonna from her thirteenth studio album, ''Rebel Heart'' (2015), featuring guest vocals from rapper Nicki Minaj. The artists co-wrote the song with MoZella, Toby Gad, Ariel Rechtshaid, Diplo, an ...

") as well as working on her concert videos: ''

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'' (Editor), '' Sticky and Sweet Tour'' (Associate director/editor) and '' MDNA World Tour'' (Director/editor). He also worked on many of the back screen projections for the tours.

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was dubbed as the highest-grossing tour of 2012 by ''Billboard'', and became the tenth highest-grossing tour of all time. For Madonna, he also edited the documentary ''

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'' (2008), the feature film ''

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'' (2011; directed by Madonna) and in 2013, he edited her 17-minute film ''

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''. On 26 July 2012, Tull directed and edited ''Madonna Live at Paris Olympia'' show which was broadcast live on

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. In the summer of 2014, Tull worked with the agency

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and director Cristiana Miranda to edit the L'Oréal Elnett Satin hairspray commercial with

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. Produced by Passion Raw and Pos- production by Framestore. On his latest job, Danny flew to

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for the last two shows of ON THE RUN tour (

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and

Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one of ...

) to help vision mix the live show and then to join the team of editors that cut the 2:20 hrs HBO special in only five days. The first of its kind directed by

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and editing headed up by Christian Larson. The show was shot at Stade De France, with over 30 cameras per night.

Awards and nominations

In 2005 he edited the film ''Ragtale'', which won Best Editor in the Jackson Hole film festival and in 2007 he worked on ''Intervention'', which won the best feature in

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. In 2010 the ''I Am Because We Are'' documentary won a "

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Do Something award". His commercials work in 2012 on Perrier's "The Drop" with Johan Renck earned a nomination for a

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Lion award. He also worked on an earlier Gucci commercial in 2009, "Flora by Gucci", with Chris Cuningham which was awarded a Golden Lion at Cannes. In 2009, his work as an editor on

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's "

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" music video with Jonas Akerlund was nominated for Best Video at the

MTV Video Music Awards The MTV Video Music Awards (commonly abbreviated as the VMAs) is an award show presented by the cable channel MTV to honour the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category) ...

and ''The Confessions Tour'' in 2008 won a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

for Best Long Form Music Video.

External links

Official Website
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