A music-video director is a film director that specializes in supervising the filming and editing of music videos to be used as promotional tools for popular music singles. The earliest music videos were directed by television and film directors; by the 1990s, music-video directing had become a specialized field. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Notable music-video directors

Main article: list of music video directors

This is a list of notable music video directors whose body of work has been considered exceptional. ...

External links

• The Music Video DataBase
• Music videos and clips