2. Introduction
• Francis Lawrence born March 26, 1971, is an American music
video, film, and television director and producer.
• He has produced music videos for some of the biggest artists
and producers in the world.
• His CV included stars such as Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Lady
Gaga. Lawrence's videos are renowned for there crisp style
and elegance, however he also has the ability to think
completely outside the box, for example in Lady Gagas bad
romance video.
3. CV
• “Gone Till November” Wyclef Jean (1997)
• “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” Aerosmith (1998)
• “Fortunate” Maxwell (1999)
• “Girl’s Best Friend” Jay-Z (1999)
• “I’m A Slave 4 U” Britney Spears (2001)
• “Cry Me A River” Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland (2003)
• “Bad Romance” Lady Gaga (2009)
4. Videos
• Lawrence’s style is renowned for being crisp slick and sexually
oriantated. Videos like Justin Timberlake's ‘Cry me a river’
http://youtu.be/DksSPZTZES0 and Britney Spears ‘Im a slave
4 U’ http://youtu.be/Mzybwwf2HoQ
• However in contrast to this he has also directed quirky music
videos such as Lady Gagas ‘Bad Romance’
http://youtu.be/qrO4YZeyl0I , despite the quirky element that
comes from Lady Gagas influence, the element of crisp well
cut directing is still apparent.
• As well as this Lawrence also directed the iconic video for
Aerosmiths ‘I don’t want to miss a thing’. This song was made
in conjunction with the film Armageddon.
http://youtu.be/JkK8g6FMEXE
