Floria Sigismondi (born 1965 in Pescara, Italy) is a photographer and director. Apart from her art exhibitions she is best known for directing music videos for Christina Aguilera, Muse, Interpol, The White Stripes, David Bowie, Sigur Rós, Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Björk, Amon Tobin and Marilyn Manson. Her trademark dilating, jittery camerawork, noticeable as early as her video for Manson's "The Beautiful People", has been replicated by a great number of directors since. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Pescara is a city in central Italy, in the region of Abruzzo. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... A Music Video Director is someone who helps create the treatment and visual overtone of a music video Famous Music Video Directors Brett Ratner Herb Ritts Mariah Carey Hype Williams Joseph Kahn David LaChapelle Paul Hunter Categories: Music Videos ... Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience, a temporary presentation of art. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980, in Staten Island, New York but raised near Pittsburgh) is a singer and songwriter. ... Muse are a British rock band who blend many different genres of music together - combining classical, modern and even Latin themes into songs. ... Interpol is a New York City indie rock band, formed in 1998. ... The White Stripes are an American minimalist Garage Rock duo from Detroit, composed of Jack White on guitar, piano, lead vocals and songwriting, and Meg White on drums and vocals. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with melodic, classical and minimalist elements. ... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (Born February 11, 1962) is an eight-time Grammy winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter. ... The Cure are a successful English rock band, widely seen as one of the leading pioneers of the British alternative rock scene of the 1980s. ... Björk Guðmundsdóttir (IPA: ) (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer (formerly the lead singer of alternative rock band The Sugarcubes), with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including pop, trip hop, alternative rock... Amon Tobin performing live. ... This article is about the band Marilyn Manson. For its lead singer of the same name, see Marilyn Manson (person). ...

Her life

Her parents, Lina and Domenico Sigismodi, were opera singers. Her family, including her sister Antonella, moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when she was two. In her childhood she became obsessed by drawing and painting. Later, from 1987 she studied painting and illustration at the Ontario College of Art, today's Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD). When she took a photography course, she became obsessed once more, and graduated with a photography major. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Nickname: Steel City, Steeltown, The Hammer Area: 1,117. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ontario College of Art & Design showing the Sharp Centre for Design The Ontario College of Art & Design is Canadas largest and oldest university for art and design. ...

Floria Sigismondi started a career as a fashion photographer. She came to directing music videos when she was approached by the production company The Revolver Film Co., and directed music videos for a number of Canadian bands. Her very innovative, but also very disturbing video works, located in sceneries she once described as "entropic underworlds inhabited by tortured souls and omnipotent beings", attracted a number of very prominent musicians. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

With her photography and sculpture installations she had solo exhibitions in Hamilton and Toronto, New York, Brescia, Italy, Göteborg, Sweden and London. Her photographs also were included in numerous group exhibitions, together with those of photographers like Cindy Sherman and Joel-Peter Witkin. The German art press Die Gestalten Verlag has published two monographs of her photography, Redemption (1999) and Immune (2005). Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Nickname: Steel City, Steeltown, The Hammer Area: 1,117. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Brescia (BS) Mayor Paolo Corsini (since June 10, 2003) Elevation 150 m Area 90 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 192,165  - Density 2,087/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Bresciani Dialing code 030 Postal code 25100 Frazioni Fornaci, Sant... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Cover of Cindy Shermans The Complete Untitled Film Stills Cindy Sherman (born Glen Ridge, New Jersey January 19, 1954) is an American photographer and film director known for her conceptual self portraits. ... Joel-Peter Witkin Joel-Peter Witkin (born September 13, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American photographer. ...

In October 2004 she gave birth to a daughter, Tosca Vera Sigismondi-Berlin. The father is her husband Living Things frontman Lillian Berlin. Sigismondi resides in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. Her daughter is named after the Italian opera Tosca. Floria herself was named after the main character. Living Things are an American rock band based out of St. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Original poster Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardous drama, La Tosca. ...

Music videos (selection)

• 2006 "Broken Boy Soldier", The Raconteurs
• 2006 "Hurt", Christina Aguilera
• 2006 "Red Flag", Billy Talent
• 2006 "Supermassive Black Hole", Muse
• 2006 "Bombs Below (version 2)", Living Things
• 2005 "O' Sailor", Fiona Apple
• 2005 "Bom Bom Bom", Living Things
• 2005 "Blue Orchid", The White Stripes
• 2004 "The End of The World", The Cure
• 2004 "Talk Shows on Mute", Incubus
• 2004 "I Owe...", Living Things
• 2003 "Megalomaniac", Incubus
• 2003 "Fighter", Christina Aguilera
• 2003 "Bombs Below (version 1)", The Living Things
• 2003 "Anything", Martina Topley Bird
• 2003 "Obstacle 1", Interpol
• 2003 "Untitled 1 (Vaka)", Sigur Rós
• 2002 "John, 2/14", Shivaree
• 2002 "She Said (version 2)", Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
• 2002 "Black Amour", Barry Adamson
• 2001 "In My Secret Life", Leonard Cohen
• 2000 "4 Ton Mantis", Amon Tobin
• 2000 "I Have Seen It All" (interactive version), Björk
• 1999 "Get Up", Amel Larrieux
• 1998 "Can't Get Loose", Barry Adamson
• 1998 "Most High", Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
• 1998 "Sweet Surrender", Sarah McLachlan
• 1998 "Anything But Down", Sheryl Crow
• 1997 "(Can't You) Trip Like I Do", Filter & The Crystal Method
• 1997 "Makes Me Wanna Die", Tricky
• 1997 "Dead Man Walking", David Bowie
• 1997 "Black Eye", Fluffy
• 1996 "Little Wonder", David Bowie
• 1996 "Tourniquet", Marilyn Manson
• 1996 "Anna is a Speed Freak", Pure
• 1996 "Beautiful People", Marilyn Manson
• 1996 "Four Leaf Clover", Catherine
• 1995 "Blue", Harem Scarem
• 1994 "The Birdman (version 1)", Our Lady Peace
• 1993 "The River", The Tea Party
• 1993 "Save Me", The Tea Party
• 1993 "Certain Saint Of Light", The Tea Party

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Awards (selection)

• 2004 Juno Awards, Canada - Best Music Video, for "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)
• 2003 MTV European Awards - Best International Video Award, for Untitled (Sigur Rós)
• 2003 New York Underground Film Festival - Audio/Visual Award, for Untitled (Sigur Rós)
• 2003 Advertising and Design Awards, Toronto, Canada - Special Merit Award for Music Video, for "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera)
• 1999 German Kodak Photobook Award, for her book Redemption
• 1998 British Music Video Awards, U.K. - Nomination for Best Video: "Little Wonder" (David Bowie)
• 1997 MTV Music Video Awards, USA - Nomination for Best Rock Video: "Beautiful People" (Marilyn Manson)

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References

• Sigismondi, Floria (1999). Redemption. Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3-93-112618-8.
• Sigismondi, Floria (2005). Immune. Gestalten Verlag. ISBN 3-89-955069-2.

See also

• Neo-Gothic Art

An art style that dates back to the 1980s and earlier, practiced by Gothic artists and Fantasy artists. ...

External links

• Official site
• Floria Sigismondi at the Internet Movie Database
• CoolHunting.com Video Interview
• A Short Film directed by Floria also with a brief interview

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