Alan Ferguson (born August 5, 1963)^[1] is an American music video director. He is the son of the late Winifred Hocker Ferguson and the late William Alfred Ferguson Sr.^[2] His father was a U.S. Army veteran and a postal worker.

Ferguson is sometimes credited under the pseudonym Sky Dalton.^[3][4] He won his first Grammy Award for Best Music Video, for Jon Batiste's "Freedom", at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022.^[5]

Selected music video credits

• The Academy Is... – "We've Got a Big Mess on Our Hands" (2007)
• The Isley Brothers featuring Angela Winbush – "Floatin' on Your Love" (1996)
• Armor for Sleep – "The Truth About Heaven" (2005)
• Ashlee Simpson – "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" (2007)
• Natasha Bedingfield – "Pocketful of Sunshine" (2008)
• Nelly Furtado – "Night Is Young" (2010)
• Beyoncé – "Dance for You" (2011)
• Beyoncé featuring J. Cole – "Party" (2011)
• Boys Like Girls – "The Great Escape" (2007)
• Camila Cabello - "Living Proof" (2019)
• Cobra Starship – "The Church of Hot Addiction" (2006)
• Chris Cornell – "Scream" (2008)
• Chris Cornell – "Part of Me" (2009)
• Chiddy Bang – "Ray Charles" (2012)
• Logic and Marshmello – "Everyday" (2018)
• Miranda Cosgrove – "Kissin U" (2010)
• Mobb Deep – "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" (1996)
• Fefe Dobson – "Stuttering" (2010)
• Fall Out Boy – "Dance, Dance" (2005)
• Fall Out Boy – "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me"" (2005)
• Fall Out Boy – "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (2007)
• Fall Out Boy – "The Take Over, the Breaks Over" (2007)
• Fall Out Boy – "Thnks fr th Mmrs" (2007)
• Fall Out Boy – "I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)" (2007)
• Fall Out Boy – "I Don't Care" (2008)
• Fall Out Boy – "America's Suitehearts" (2008)
• Fall Out Boy – "What a Catch, Donnie" (2008)
• Gym Class Heroes – "Papercuts" (2005)
• Gym Class Heroes – "Cupid's Chokehold" (2006)
• Gym Class Heroes – "Shoot Down the Stars" (2007)
• Gym Class Heroes – "Clothes Off!!" (2007)
• Jay-Z – "Feelin' It" (1997)
• Jay-Z – "Who You Wit" (1997)
• Jewel – "Good Day" (2006)
• John Legend featuring André 3000 – "Green Light" (2008)
• Jidenna featuring Roman GianArthur – "Classic Man" (2015)
• Jill Scott – "Back Together" (2015)
• Janelle Monáe – "Many Moons" (2008)
• Janelle Monáe featuring Erykah Badu – "Q.U.E.E.N." (2013)
• Janelle Monáe featuring Miguel – "PrimeTime" (2013)
• Janelle Monáe – "Electric Lady" (2014)
• Janelle Monáe – "Make Me Feel" (2018)
• Janelle Monáe – "Crazy, Classic, Life" (2018)
• Janelle Monáe – "Lipstick Lover" (2023)
• Panic! at the Disco – "That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)" (2008)
• Katy Perry – "Hot n Cold" (2008)
• Lizzo - "Good As Hell" (2019)
• Lizzo - "Truth Hurts" (2019)
• Rise Against – "Help Is on the Way" (2011)
• Rakim – "Guess Who's Back" (1997)
• Solo – "Heaven" (1995)^[3][4]
• Solo – "Touch Me" (1998)
• Solange Knowles - "Cranes in the Sky" (2016)
• Solange Knowles - "Don't Touch My Hair" (2016)
• Tiësto featuring Nelly Furtado – "Who Wants to Be Alone" (2010)
• Tiësto featuring Busta Rhymes – "C'mon (Catch 'Em by Surprise)" (2011)
• Train – "Drive By" (2012)
• Train – "Mermaid" (2013)
• We the Kings – "Check Yes Juliet" (2007)
• Wizkid featuring Drake – "Come Closer" (2017) (Alternative Music Video)
• 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase – "Only You (Bad Boy Remix)" (1996)
• Jon Batiste - "Freedom" (2021)

Personal life

Ferguson married his longtime girlfriend, Solange Knowles, whom he had been dating since 2008, on November 16, 2014.^[6][7] Ferguson is credited as co-director on Solange's "Cranes in the Sky" and "Don't Touch My Hair" videos.^[8][9]

In 2019, Knowles announced via Instagram post that she and Ferguson had "separated, and parted ways".^[10]

References

External links

• Alan Ferguson at IMDb