Alex and Martin were a music video directing duo consisting of Alex Courtes and Martin Fougerol. They directed several

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s with artists such as

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and U2. They won a Grammy Award in 2005 in the

Best Short Form Music Video The Grammy Award for Best Music Video is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality short form music videos. Hon ...

category for directing the music video for "

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" by U2. They have disbanded, and both continue to direct alone. Courtes directed 2011 the French-Belgian horror-thriller '' The Incident''.

Music video filmography

* Cassius - "Cassius 99" (1999) * Morgan - "Miss Parker" (1999) *

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- "If I Ever Feel Better" (2001) *

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- "Radio Number 1" (2001) *

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- " Le vent nous portera" *

Bran Van 3000 Bran Van 3000 (also known as BV3) is a Canadian alternative rock and hip hop collective from Montreal, Quebec. Founded by James Di Salvio and E.P. Bergen, they collaborated on a number of songs with Stéphane Moraille, Sara Johnston, Steve "Liqui ...

- "Love Cliché" *Cassius with Jocelyn Brown - "I Am a Woman" (2002) *Cassius with Steve Edwards - " The Sound of Violence" (2002) *

Jane's Addiction Jane's Addiction is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985. The band consists of vocalist Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery. Jane's Addiction was one of the first bands fr ...

- " Just Because" (2003) * M - "Qui de nous deux" (2003) *

- "

Seven Nation Army "Seven Nation Army" is a song by American rock duo the White Stripes. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album, ''Elephant'' (2003). V2 Records released the song to American alternative radio on February 17, 2003, as the lead single ...

" (2003) * Stereophonics - " Moviestar" (2004) *

Étienne Daho Étienne Daho (; ; born 14 January 1956) is a French singer. He has released a number of synth-driven and rock- surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981. Career Daho was born in Oran, French Algeria. He sings in a low, whispery voice somew ...

and

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

- "If" (2004) * U2 - "

" (2004) *U2 - " City of Blinding Lights" (2005) * Kylie Minogue - "

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" (2005) *

Jamiroquai Jamiroquai () are an English funk and acid jazz band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in th ...

- " (Don't) Give Hate a Chance" (2005) *

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- " The Fallen" (2006) *

Wolfmother Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the line-up. The band has been through many personnel changes since ...

- "

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" (2006) *

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- " Play with Fire" (2006) *

Kasabian Kasabian ( ) are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and occasional vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karl ...

- " Shoot the Runner" (2006) * Calogero - "Le saut de l'ange" (2007)

Martin Fougerol

* B'z - "

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" (2007) *B'z - " Burn (Fumetsu no Face)" (2008) * Foo Fighters - " Let It Die" (2008) (unreleased) *B'z - " Ichibu to Zeunbu" (2009)

Alex Courtes

* Snow Patrol - " Take Back the City" (2008) *

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- " Good Days Bad Days" (2008) *U2 - " Get On Your Boots" (2009) *U2 - " Magnificent" (2009) *

Alice in Chains Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1987 by guitarist and vocalist Jerry Cantrell and drummer Sean Kinney, who later recruited bassist Mike Starr and lead vocalist Layne ...

- "

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" (2009) *

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

- "On'n'On" (2012) *

Sébastien Tellier Sébastien Tellier (; born 22 February 1975) is a French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with his song "Divine". He has also produced songs for Dita Von Teese and composed m ...

- "Cochon Ville" (2012) *

Willy Moon William George Sinclair (born 2 June 1989), better known by his stage name Willy Moon, is a New Zealand musician, singer, songwriter and producer. He is known for his 2012 single " Yeah Yeah" which appeared on the 2012 Apple iPod advert and peak ...

- " Yeah Yeah" (2012) *

Jackson and His Computerband Jackson Fourgeaud, known professionally as Jackson and His Computerband (earlier Jackson and His Computer Band), is a French IDM artist. He released his debut album '' Smash'' with Warp Records in 2005. History Jackson Fourgeaud began making ...

- "Dead Living Things" (2013) *

- "

bumblebeee "Bumblebeee" (stylised as "bumblebeee") is a song by English rock band Kasabian - the second single from their fifth studio album, '' 48:13''. The single was released on 3 August 2014 as the follow-up to 48:13's lead single, "eez-eh". It peaked at ...

" (2014) *Cassius featuring Cat Power and Pharrell Williams - "Go Up" (2017) *Justice - "Pleasure" (2017)

References

External links

Alex Courtes at the télécréateurs siteAlex Courtes at Division site
French music video directors Grammy Award winners {{France-film-director-stub