Sophie Muller

Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (Londra, 31 gennaio 1962) è una regista britannica di videoclip.

Biografia

Attiva dal 1982, è famosa per aver diretto i video di artisti come No Doubt, Shakira, Gwen Stefani, Eurythmics, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Garbage, The Killers, Annie Lennox, Blur, Sade e altri.

Nata a Londra, si è formata al Royal College of Art. Nel 1984 è stata assistente regista del film In compagnia dei lupi e, tra il 2022 e il 2023, regista di seconda unità per la serie M - Il figlio del secolo.

Videografia

Anni 80

1982

Eurythmics – "The Walk" (editing)

1987

Eurythmics – "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
Eurythmics – "I Need a Man"

1988

Eurythmics – "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
Eurythmics – "Brand New Day"
Eurythmics – "Do You Want to Break Up?"
Eurythmics – "Heaven"
Eurythmics – "I Need You"
Eurythmics – "Put the Blame on Me"
Eurythmics – "Savage"
Eurythmics – "Wide Eyed Girl"
Sade – "Nothing Can Come Between Us"
Sade – "Turn My Back on You"
Sade – "Love Is Stronger Than Pride"
Shakespears Sister – "Break My Heart"
Shakespear's Sister – "Heroine"
Annie Lennox featuring Al Green – "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"

1989

Shakespears Sister – "You're History"
Shakespears Sister – "Run Silent"
Sarah Brightman – "Anything but Lonely"
Eurythmics – "Don't Ask Me Why"

Anni 90 s

1990

Eurythmics – "Angel"
Julia Fordham – "Lock and Key"
Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes"

1991

Nanci Griffith – "Late Night Grande Hotel"
World Party – "Thank You World"
Curve – "Coast Is Clear"
Shakespears Sister – "Goodbye Cruel World"

1992

Annie Lennox – "Why"
Annie Lennox – "Precious"
Annie Lennox – "Cold"
Annie Lennox – "Money Can't Buy It"
Annie Lennox – "Legend in My Living Room"
Annie Lennox – "The Gift"
Annie Lennox – "Primitive"
Annie Lennox – "Keep Young and Beautiful"
Annie Lennox – "Walking on Broken Glass"
Annie Lennox – "Love Song for a Vampire"
Annie Lennox – "Little Bird"
Shakespears Sister – "Stay"
Shakespears Sister – "I Don't Care"
Shakespears Sister – "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
Vegas – "Possessed"
Sade – "No Ordinary Love"
Curve – "Fait Accompli"
Aaron Neville – "Somewhere, Somebody"

1993

Björk – "Venus as a Boy"

1994

Hole – "Miss World"
The Jesus and Mary Chain Featuring Hope Sandoval – "Sometimes Always"
The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Come On"
Sparks – "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'"

1995

Come – "Cimarron"
Sophie B. Hawkins – "As I Lay Me Down"
Sparks – "When I Kiss You"
The Stone Roses – "Ten Storey Love Song"
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – "Do You Sleep?"
Jeff Buckley – "So Real"
Weezer – "Say It Ain't So"

1996

The Cure – "The 13th"
Kè – "Strange World"
Gary Barlow – "Forever Love"
Shakespears Sister – "I Can Drive"
Johnny Bravo – "Used To Be Cool"
No Doubt – "Don't Speak"
No Doubt – "Excuse Me Mr."
No Doubt – "Sunday Morning"
The Lightning Seeds – "What If..."

1997

Blur – "Beetlebum"
Blur – "Song 2"
Blur – "On Your Own"
Maxwell – "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever"
Curve – "Chinese Burn"
No Doubt – "Live in the Tragic Kingdom"
No Doubt – "Oi to the World"

1998

James Iha – "Be Strong Now"
Maxwell – "Luxury: Cococure"
Sparklehorse – "Pig"
Sparklehorse – "Sick Of Goodbyes"
Remy Zero – "Gramarye"
Garbage – "When I Grow Up" (live version)
Garbage – "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
Rufus Wainwright – "April Fools"

1999

Blur – "Tender" (Unreleased)
Sinéad O'Connor – "Chiquitita"
Natalie Merchant Featuring N'Dea Davenport – "Break Your Heart"
Sparklehorse – "Pig"
Manic Street Preachers – "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
Garbage – "When I Grow Up" (U.S. version)
Semisonic – "Secret Smile"
The Cardigans – "Hanging Around"
Sarah McLachlan – "Possession" (American version)
Sarah McLachlan – "I Will Remember You"
Emiliana Torrini – "To Be Free"
Beth Orton – "Central Reservation"
Sarah McLachlan – "Ice Cream"
Supergrass – "Mary"

Anni 2000s

2000

No Doubt – "Simple Kind of Life"
Ute Lemper – "The Case Continues"
Doves – "Catch the Sun"
Bentley Rhythm Ace – "How'd I Do Dat?"
Alisha's Attic – "Push It All Aside"
Alisha's Attic – "Pretender Got My Heart"
JJ72 – "Oxygen"
PJ Harvey – "Good Fortune"
No Doubt – "Bathwater"
Sade – "By Your Side"
Coldplay – "Trouble" (U.K. Version)
Jamelia – "Boy Next Door"^[1]

2001

Turin Brakes – "The Door"
Sade – "King of Sorrow"
Turin Brakes – "Underdog (Save Me)"
PJ Harvey – "A Place Called Home"
Nelly Furtado – "Turn Off the Light"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Take Me Home"
PJ Harvey – "This Is Love"
Radiohead – "I Might Be Wrong"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Murder on the Dancefloor"

2002

Amy Studt – "Just a Little Girl"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Move This Mountain"
Sugababes – "Freak like Me"
Coldplay – "In My Place"
The Beu Sisters – "I Was Only 17"
Sparta – "Cut Your Ribbon"
Pink – "Family Portrait"
No Doubt (featuring Lady Saw) – "Underneath It All"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me" Day Version
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me" Night Version

2003

Amy Studt – "Misfit"
Nickel Creek – "Speak"
Dolly Parton – "I'm Gone"
Dido – "Life for Rent"
Pink – "Trouble"
The Raveonettes – "That Great Love Sound"
Katy Rose – "Overdrive"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "I Won't Change You"
No Doubt – "Rock Steady Live"

2004

Dixie Chicks – "Top of the World"
The Killers – "Mr. Brightside"
Sixpence None the Richer – "Don't Dream It's Over"
Maroon 5 – "This Love"
Maroon 5 – "She Will Be Loved"^[2]
Nelly Furtado – "Try"
Mindy Smith – "Come to Jesus"
Sarah McLachlan – "World on Fire"
Sarah McLachlan – "Stupid"
The Strokes – "The End Has No End"
Natasha Bedingfield – "These Words" (UK version)
Vanessa Carlton – "White Houses"
Loretta Lynn Featuring Jack White – "Portland, Oregon"

2005

KT Tunstall – "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
Garbage – "Why Do You Love Me"
Garbage – "Bleed Like Me"
Garbage – "Sex Is Not the Enemy"
Garbage – "Run Baby Run"
Gwen Stefani – "Cool"
Coldplay – "Fix You"
Faith Hill Featuring Tim McGraw – "Like We Never Loved at All"
Gwen Stefani – "Luxurious"

2006

Gwen Stefani – "Crash"
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean – "Hips Don't Lie"
Dixie Chicks – "Not Ready to Make Nice"
She Wants Revenge – "These Things"
Faith Hill – "Stealing Kisses"
Lily Allen – "Smile"
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z – "Deja Vu"
Beyoncé – "Ring the Alarm"
The Raconteurs – "Level"
Gwen Stefani – "Harajuku Lovers Live"
Gwen Stefani – "Wind It Up"
Siobhán Donaghy – "Don't Give It Up"

2007

Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Catch You"
Mika – "Grace Kelly" (also the extended version)
Gwen Stefani – "4 in the Morning"
Mika – "Love Today"
Rufus Wainwright – "Going to a Town"
Garbage – "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Today the Sun's on Us"
Maroon 5 – "Won't Go Home Without You"
Gwen Stefani – "Early Winter"

2008

The Kills – "U.R.A. Fever"
The Kills – "Cheap and Cheerful"
The Kills – "Last Day of Magic"
Leona Lewis – "Better in Time"
Leona Lewis – "Footprints in the Sand"
The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name"
Gavin Rossdale – "Love Remains The Same"
Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire"
Cold War Kids – "Something Is Not Right with Me"
Duffy – "Stepping Stone"
Sarah McLachlan – "U Want Me 2"
Duffy – "Rain on Your Parade"
Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody"

2009

Paloma Faith – "Stone Cold Sober"
Beyoncé – "Broken-Hearted Girl"
Shakira – "Did It Again"^[3] / Lo Hecho Está Hecho
No Doubt (as "Snowed Out" on Gossip Girl) – "Stand and Deliver"
Pink – "I Don't Believe You"
Shakira – "Give It Up to Me"^[4]
Broken Bells – "The High Road"

2010s

2010

Sade – "Soldier of Love"
Sade – "Babyfather"
Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Not Giving Up on Love"
Cheryl Cole – "Promise This"
Cheryl Cole – "The Flood"
Brandon Flowers – "Only The Young"
Kings of Leon – "Radioactive"

2011

The Kills – "Satellite"
Ellie Goulding – "Lights"
Noah and the Whale – "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
Birdy – "Skinny Love"
Sade – "Love Is Found"

2012

Alicia Keys – "Girl on Fire"
No Doubt – "Settle Down"
Beyoncé – "I Was Here"
No Doubt – "Push and Shove"
Labrinth feat Emeli Sandé – "Beneath Your Beautiful"

2013

Rihanna – "Stay"
Tom Odell – "Hold Me"
Garbage and Screaming Females – "Because the Night"
Lana Del Rey – "Young and Beautiful"^[5]
Pink feat. Lily Rose Cooper – "True Love"
Birdy – "Wings"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Wanderlust" (Álbum trailer)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Young Blood"^[6]
John Mayer featuring Katy Perry – "Who You Love"
Robin Thicke – "Feel Good"
Katy B – "Crying for No Reason"

2014

Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Runaway Daydreamer"
Tim McGraw – "Lookin' for That Girl"^[7]
Birdy – "Words As Weapons"
Katy B – "Still"
Garbage – "Girls Talk"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Love Is a Camera"
OneRepublic – "I Lived" (idea)
OneRepublic – "Love Runs Out"
Gwen Stefani – "Baby Don't Lie"
Gwen Stefani – "Spark the Fire"
Labrinth – "Jealous"
Beck – "Heart Is a Drum"
Sam Smith – "Like I Can"

2015

Garbage – "The Chemicals"
Selena Gomez – "Good for You" (Version 1)
Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky – "Good for You" (Version 2)
Misty Miller – "Happy"
One Direction – "Perfect"
Gwen Stefani – "Used to Love You"

2016

Gwen Stefani – "Make Me like You"
The Kills – "Heart of a Dog"
Gwen Stefani – "Misery"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Familia album trailer
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Come With Us"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Crystallise"
The Dead Weather – "Impossible Winner"
Gwen Stefani" – "Kuu Kuu Harajuku" (Theme Song Music Video)·
Noah Cyrus – "Make Me (Cry)"

2017

Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Wild Forever"
London Grammar – "Big Picture"
The Kills – "Whirling Eye"
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – "Speak to a Girl"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Death of Love"
Shock Machine – "Strange Waves"
Shock Machine – "Unlimited Love"
Morrissey – "Spent the Day in Bed"
Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line – "Meant to Be"

2018

Kylie Minogue – "Dancing"
Julia Michaels – "Heaven"
Echosmith – "Over My Head"
Kylie Minogue featuring Gente de Zona – "Stop Me from Falling" (Remix)
Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – "Bad Dreams"
Kylie Minogue – "Golden"
Bebe Rexha – "I'm a Mess"
Cheryl – "Love Made Me Do It"
Lo Moon – "Real Life"
Westside Cast – "Believe in Dreams"
Leo Gallo – "Future Is In My Hands"
Alexandra Kay – "You Think You Know Someone"
Arika Gluck & Taz Zavala – "Beauty and the Struggle"
Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton – "You Make It Feel Like Christmas"

2019

Marina and the Diamonds – "Handmade Heaven"
Dido – "Give You Up"
Lil Pump ft. Lil Wayne – "Be Like Me"
Marina and the Diamonds – "Orange Trees (Original and Vertical Videos)"
Blake Shelton – "God's Country"
Shakespears Sister – "All the Queen's Horses"
Shakespears Sister – "When She Finds You"
Jax Jones feat. Bebe Rexha - "Harder"
Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – "Ritual"
Easy Life – "Earth"
Bebe Rexha – Not 20 Anymore
Bebe Rexha – "You Can't Stop the Girl"
Blake Shelton – "Hell Right"
Selena Gomez – "Lose You to Love Me"
Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now"

2020s

2020

Selena Gomez – "Lose You to Love Me" (Alternative Video)
Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now" (Alternative Video)
Blake Shelton feat. Gwen Stefani – "Nobody But You"
Kylie Minogue – "Say Something"
Kylie Minogue – "Magic"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Crying at the Discotheque"

2021

Birdy – "Surrender"
Birdy – "Loneliness"
Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion – "Beautiful Mistakes"
Maroon 5 – "Lost"
Gwen Stefani & Saweetie – "Slow Clap (Remix)"
LILHUDDY - "America's Sweetheart"
Selena Gomez & Camilo - "999"
Kylie Minogue & Years & Years - "A Second to Midnight"
Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware - "Kiss of Life"
ABBA - "Little Things"

Riconoscimenti

Grammy Awards 1992 – "miglior video album" (Diva di Annie Lennox)
MTV Video Music Awards 1992 – "miglior video di un'artista femminile" (Why di Annie Lennox)
MTV Video Music Awards 1997 – "miglior video di un gruppo" (Don't Speak dei No Doubt)

Note

^ Note di copertina di Boy Next Door CD 1, Jamelia , Parlophone, 2000.
^ She Will Be Loved | Maroon 5 | Music Video, in MTV, Viacom Media Networks. URL consultato il 19 giugno 2019 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 aprile 2015).
^ Shakira Video Shoot Myspace Giveaway Sweepstakes Official Rules, su web.epicrecords.com. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 febbraio 2012).
^ Video: Shakira Reveals Her Favorite She Wolf Track, Says She Loves Taylor Swif, su rollingstone.com, Rolling Stone, 10 novembre 2009.
^ Pelly Jenn; Laura Snapes, Watch Lana Del Rey's Video for Gatsby Soundtrack Song "Young and Beautiful", su pitchfork.com, Pitchfork, 10 maggio 2013. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2013.
^ Sophie Ellis-Bextor premieres 'Young Blood' video, su popsirens.com, Pop Sirens, 25 novembre 2013. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 10 agosto 2014).
^ CMT : Videos : Tim McGraw : Lookin' for That Girl, su cmt.com, Country Music Television. URL consultato il 15 marzo 2014.

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) Sophie Muller (I), su IMDb, IMDb.com.

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[1] Note di copertina di Boy Next Door CD 1, Jamelia , Parlophone, 2000.

[2] She Will Be Loved | Maroon 5 | Music Video, in MTV, Viacom Media Networks. URL consultato il 19 giugno 2019 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 aprile 2015).

[3] Shakira Video Shoot Myspace Giveaway Sweepstakes Official Rules, su web.epicrecords.com. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 23 febbraio 2012).

[4] Video: Shakira Reveals Her Favorite She Wolf Track, Says She Loves Taylor Swif, su rollingstone.com, Rolling Stone, 10 novembre 2009.

[5] Pelly Jenn; Laura Snapes, Watch Lana Del Rey's Video for Gatsby Soundtrack Song "Young and Beautiful", su pitchfork.com, Pitchfork, 10 maggio 2013. URL consultato il 18 settembre 2013.

[6] Sophie Ellis-Bextor premieres 'Young Blood' video, su popsirens.com, Pop Sirens, 25 novembre 2013. URL consultato il 31 luglio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 10 agosto 2014).

[7] CMT : Videos : Tim McGraw : Lookin' for That Girl, su cmt.com, Country Music Television. URL consultato il 15 marzo 2014.

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