Christopher Mills is a Canadian director, editor, animator and cinematographer. He has directed music videos for bands such as Modest Mouse, Interpol, Broken Social Scene, Blue Rodeo, Metric, The Joy Formidable, Senses Fail and Breaking Benjamin. He has also worked on commercials, short films, documentaries, projections and art album covers. Mills' style and work is "Renowned for his unique mix of live action, 2D and 3D filmmaking techniques" according to the writer Anne T. Donahue. "Mills has taken otherwise simple concepts and helped make them magical, transforming each video from a standard visual counterpart to an entirely different form of expression".[1]
Mills has had his work featured in Rolling Stone magazine and on many websites among them Kanye West's blog or MTV.com.[2][3] He played on Oprah, MTV, MTV2, VH1, Much Music, and other music video networks worldwide. Mills has given retrospectives in respected universities, global film festivals, and at Canada's National Art Gallery.[4] His work has been nominated for and has earned multiple awards, including MTV awards, MTV2 awards, Much Music Video Awards, Juno Awards, International Broadcasting Advertising awards. His video of Interpol's PDA was nominated for an MTV2 Awards in 2003 "Float On", for Modest Mouse, won the MTV "woody" award, was nominated for the MTV "breakthrough video" award, and was nominated for the MTV2 award.[5]
Mills has contributed to and collaborated with musicians and advertisers in a variety of media, ranging from simple drawings for Broken Social Scene's self-titled album (nominated for a "Best Album Art" Juno), to giant stage projections for The Tragically Hip's 2004 oft sold-out stadium tour (later co-winning the Juno for Best Music DVD), to a feature-length experimental documentary film for Canadian cultural icons Blue Rodeo, The Blue Road (2008 Juno winner, "Best Music DVD").
Videography
Music videos directed by Christopher Mills.[6]
| Year | Song | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | For Those Who Stay | PS I love You |
| Alienation | Morning Parade | |
| The Terror Pulse | KEN mode | |
| Forever And Ever | Royal Wood | |
| 2013 | The Turn Around | Eight and A Half |
| Secret Vasectomy | KEN mode | |
| Turn Off The Robot | Burning House | |
| Dance With Me | Ra Ra Riot | |
| Dead Walkie | DAVIDS | |
| 2012 | The Great Exhale | Great Lake Swimmers |
| Nothing Is Anything (without you) | Wintersleep | |
| Cholla | The Joy Formidable | |
| Toronto | PS I Love You | |
| This Must Be The Place | Belle Starr | |
| Calm Before The Storm | Imaginary Cities[7] | |
| Canadian Girls | Dean Brody | |
| Time | C. A. Smith | |
| Heavyweight | Our Lady Peace | |
| Count On Me | Cuff The Duke | |
| 2011 | Taken Away | Nash |
| Temporary Resident | Imaginary Cities | |
| Everyone Watched The Wedding | Jim Cuddy | |
| Blow Me Away | Breaking Benjamin | |
| A Heavy Abacus | The Joy Formidable | |
| Sad Robot Harmonies | Nash | |
| Not Getting Any Better | Inner Party System | |
| Whirring | The Joy Formidable | |
| 2010 | Expecting To Fly | Metric |
| Collect Call | Metric | |
| Tobias Grey | PostData | |
| We, Myself And I | Shad | |
| Dance Mother | Sweet Thing | |
| Angel Street | Lucie Idlout | |
| Blue Blood Blues | The Dead Weather | |
| 2009 | Saviour | The Dears |
| Disclaimer | The Dears | |
| Arizona Dust | Blue Rodeo | |
| Arlington | Ridley Bent | |
| 2008 | Crooked Legs | The Acorn |
| Shutterbuggin | Buck 65 | |
| Dang | Buck 65 | |
| The Flood Pt.1 | The Acorn | |
| 2007 | Monday, Monday, Monday | Tegan and Sara |
| Far Cry | Rush | |
| The Mary Getaway | The Working Title | |
| Same In Any Language | I Nine | |
| Missed The Boat | Modest Mouse | |
| 2006 | Now That I Miss Her | Elefant |
| The Gate | Sam Roberts | |
| We Can Never Say Goodbye | The Open | |
| 2005 | It's Not The Fall That Hurts | The Caesars |
| Everything Is Alright (co-directed with Chris Grismer) | Motion City Soundtrack | |
| Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning | Senses Fail | |
| The Road Leads Where It's Led | Secret Machines | |
| Collide | Howie Day | |
| 2004 | Vaccination Scar | The Tragically Hip |
| Every Time It Rains | Charlotte Martin | |
| Simple Man | Shinedown | |
| Float On | Modest Mouse | |
| 2003 | Perfect Time Of Day | Howie Day |
| Stars And Sons | Broken Social Scene | |
| Shatterday | Vendetta Red | |
| World So Cold | Mudvayne | |
| Have A Little Faith | Mandy Moore | |
| 2002 | PDA | Interpol |
| Wonderful | Andy Stochansky | |
| 2000 | Silently Screaming | Serial Joe |
| Sad Nights | Blue Rodeo | |
| Below The Stars | King Cobb Steelie | |
| 1999 | Rise With The Sun | The Punters |
| Dancing With Myself | The Boomtang Boys | |
| In My Hands | Natalie MacMaster | |
| Umbrella | Mayor McCA | |
| 1998 | Lemonade | Protein |
| 1997 | My Only Hope | Miller Stain Limit |
References
- ↑ Anne T. Donahue, "The Best New Music Video Directors Part Two", www.aux.tv, April 26, 2010
- ↑ "Archived copy". MTV. Archived from the original on 2004-08-26. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Newman, Jason. "Indie Music Month Video Premiere: The Joy Formidable, 'Whirring'". MTV News.
- ↑ "Ottawa International Animation Festival - Offline". www.animationfestival.ca.
- ↑ "Archived copy". MTV. Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "my grandfather made this". www.numberfourfilms.com.
- ↑ "Winnipeg band Imaginary Cities releases brand new music video - CBC Manitoba". www.cbc.ca.
External links
- Christopher Mills at The Internet Music Video Database