Film directors and music videos

What happens when a film director directs a music video?

Actually, many successful film directors started off directing music videos, e.g. Spike Jonze (director of Being John Malkovich and Where the Wild Things Are). But when an established film director has a go at directing a music video, you expect it to reflect their body of film work.

So when Tim Burton (director of films like Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Corpse Bride) directed the music video for ‘Bones’ by The Killers, you knew it was going to be a little dark and macabre.

Even though a lot of film directors do make music videos, I don’t think many of them leave their mark like Tim Burton.