This document provides information on three music video directors: Director X, Dave Meyers, and Anthony Mandler. Director X is a Canadian director known for his distinctive visual style that features letterbox bars opening and closing in unconventional ways. He has worked with artists like Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Rihanna. Dave Meyers is an American director who has over 200 music videos and 11 MTV Video Music Awards. He frequently collaborates with Pink and Missy Elliott. Anthony Mandler is an American director best known for directing 16 videos for Rihanna, beginning with "Unfaithful" in 2006. He also directs videos for Eminem, The Killers, and others using a mix

1. Research into directors

2. Director X
● Julien Christian Lutz (Director X) is a Canadian music director.
● Director X founded his own production company, Popp Rok, in Toronto.
● Lutz is known for his very high-budget, visually distinctive music videos.
● His trademark is tweaking the letterbox format. Instead of just using black bars on the top and bottom
of the frame to frame the image, many videos by X actually feature the bars opening vertically or
horizontally to reveal the video and closing vertically or horizontally at the end, like a letter box.
● He has worked with various artists including Kanye West, Jay Z, Rihanna and Justin Bieber
● Some of his music videos include:
○ Rihanna featuring Drake - "Work"
○ Miguel featuring Travis Scott - "Sky Walker"
○ Little Mix - "Touch"

3. Dave Meyers
● is an American music video, commercial, and film director.
● Dave spent years directing over 200 videos for the music industry’s most popular recording artists.
His work brought dozens of nominations and 11 MTV Video Music Awards including the 2003 MTV
Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year.
● Meyers is a frequent collaborator to Pink, and Missy Elliott.
● HIs recent music videos consist of:
○ Kendrick Lamar – "Humble"
○ Winner – "Really Really"
○ SZA – Drew Barrymore"
○ Bebe Rexha – "I Got You"
○ Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – "LOYALTY."

4. Anthony Mandler
● Anthony Mandler (born April 18, 1973) is an American film director, music video director, television
commercial director and photographer. As a music video director, his most notable and frequent
collaborator is Rihanna. The two have worked on sixteen music videos together throughout her
career, beginning with "Unfaithful" in 2006 and most recently "Diamonds" in 2012.
● He has also written and directed music videos for many other prominent artists including Eminem,
The Killers, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Drake, and Lana Del Rey.
● His videos tend to use a mix of both performance and narrative styles.