Michael Haussman is an American director, writer, and artist, living in

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Career

Michael Haussman's music videos have won several awards, including six MTV Video Music Awards and a Museum of Modern Art Award. Past films include: ''Rhinoceros Hunting In Budapest'', starring

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, which premiered at the

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; '' Blind Horizon,'' starring Sam Shepard; ''The Unsinkable Henry Morgan'', which also premiered at

; and ''The Audition'', which premiered at the

Venice International Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. Michael Haussman's most recent art exhibition, ''Gravity'', premiered at Los Angeles Pacific Design Center. ''Gravity'' was presented at Berlin Art Week, courtesy of Iconoclast Galleries. It was featured in 2018 at

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, InOut Art Exhibition. As a painter, Haussman's solo art show Naturales, featuring large-scale

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and bull paintings (ink on paper), premiered at the Desoto gallery in Los Angeles and New York Scope Art Fair.

Awards

*Best Short Film, "The Audition",

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*Best Foreign Film, "The Audition", NYC Downtown Short Film Festival *Best Dance Video, "Do It Again" by

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at the MTV Video Music Award Japan *Best Electronic Video, "Do It Again" by

at the MVPA Awards *Best Music Video, " La Tortura" (

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and

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), MTV Latin America Video Music Awards (see La Tortura#Accolades) *Best Music Video by Female Artist, " Verás" (

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), MTV Latino Award *Best Music Video by Female Artist, " Take a Bow" by

, MTV Video Music Awards *Excellence in Music Video " Take a Bow" by

, AICP Awards

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*Best Short Film, "Abandoned 58", Berlin International Film Festival

Filmography

Films – Director

* ''Abandoned '58'' * ''Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest'' * ''The Last Serious Thing'' * '' Blind Horizon'' * ''The Unsinkable Henry Morgan'' * ''The Audition'' * ''

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Films – Writer

* ''Abandoned '58'' * ''Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest'' * ''The Last Serious Thing'' * ''The Audition''

Films – Producer

* ''The Last Serious Thing'' * ''Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills'' * ''The Audition''

Television series

* ''Do Not Disturb'' (post-production) – creator, writer, showrunner, director, producer

Art film

* ''Gravity''

Music videos

* " Love... Thy Will Be Done" ( Martika) * "Night Calls" (

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) * "

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(chapter 2)" (

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) * "Hazard (chapter 1)" (

) * "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" ( Chris Isaak) * " Not the Only One" (

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) * " Take a Bow" (

) * "

You'll See "You'll See" is a song by American singer Madonna from her ballads compilation, ''Something to Remember'' (1995). The album was released with the intention of toning down the image of Madonna, who was being heavily criticized at the time. She wr ...

"/"Verás" (

) * "

My Love Is for Real "My Love Is for Real" is a song by American singer and songwriter Paula Abdul with backing vocals from Israeli singer Ofra Haza. It was released on May 30, 1995, as the first single from Abdul's third studio album, '' Head over Heels'' (1995). ...

" (

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) * "Riding with the King" (

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) * "

Optimistique-moi "Optimistique-moi" (English: "Optimistic Me") is a 1999 song recorded by the France, French artist Mylène Farmer. The fourth single from her fifth studio album, ''Innamoramento'', it was released on 22 February 2000. Dealing with parental relati ...

" (

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) * " Jesus Walks" (

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) * "

Someday (I Will Understand) "Someday (I Will Understand)" is a song by American singer Britney Spears. It was written by Spears and produced by Guy Sigsworth. The song was released on August 18, 2005, by Jive Records as the sole single from Spears' first extended play, '' B ...

" (

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) * " La Tortura" (

featuring

) * "

You Know My Name "You Know My Name" is the theme song of the 2006 James Bond film '' Casino Royale'', performed by American musician Chris Cornell, who wrote and produced it jointly with David Arnold, the soundtrack's composer. The film producers chose Cornell bec ...

" ( Chris Cornell) * " SexyBack" (

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featuring Timbaland) * " Do It Again" (

) * " Qué Hiciste" (

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) * "

Singin' in the Rain ''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell and Cyd Charis ...

" (

Usher Usher may refer to: Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place: * Usher (occupation) ** Church usher ** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony ** Fiel ...

) ''(For CBS' "Movies Rock" TV special)'' * " Brave" (

) ''(Unreleased)'' * "

Same Old Love "Same Old Love" is a song recorded by American singer Selena Gomez, who included it on and released it from her second studio album ''Revival (Selena Gomez album), Revival'' (2015). The song was written by Charli XCX, Ross Golan, and its produ ...

" ( Selena Gomez) * " Your Song" ( Rita Ora)

Making the video TV series

: No Bull! The Making of "Take a Bow" * Chris Cornell – "

" *

– " Qué Hiciste" *

featuring Timbaland – " SexyBack" *

– "

" – Mini Behind The Scenes *

featuring

– " La Tortura"

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haussman, Michael Living people American filmmakers 1964 births American music video directors