Marcus Nispel is a film director, who was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1964. When he was 20 he went to America and founded his production company Portfolio Artists Network. He is fairly well known for his music videos, most-notably for Janet Jackson, Faith No More, Simply Red, Wild Orchid and No Doubt. To date he created over 1000 commercials and video clips for AT&T, Coca-Cola, Kodak, Levi's, Mercedes, Nike, Panasonic, Pepsi, UPS and so on. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... now. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Simply Red are a successful English pop band. ... Wild Orchid performing, c. ... No Doubt is an American pop/ska/rock band. ...

Twelve times he was nominated for the MTV Music Video Award and won four times, for example the European Music Award 1993 for George Michael's "Killer/Papa was a Rolling Stone". Nispel was awarded two Billboard awards and he received the MVPA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. George Michael (born 25th June 1963) is a British pop singer/songwriter of English and Greek descent who (as a solo artist and half of the duo WHAM!) has sold an estimated total of 80 million records. ...

He also directed the remake of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 2003. Michael Bay produced it with him. Tobe Hooper Tobe Hooper (born January 25, 1943) is an American television and film director best known for his work in the horror film genre. ... The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 film, a remake of the 1974 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. ... Michael Bay Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. ...

Nispel recently filmed Pathfinder (2006) and is currently directing Alice, an adaptation of American McGee's Alice. Pathfinder is a 2006 action-adventure remake involving a conflict between Vikings and Native Americans. ... Alice is a 2007 film adaption of the computer game American McGees Alice, currently under production by Universal Studios with director Marcus Nispel. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

External links

• Marcus Nispel at the Internet Movie Database
• Marcus Nispel at the Music Video Database
• Official website