Tony Petrossian
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Tony Petrossian is an Iranian[1][2][3] Music Video director who has directed music videos for such artists as DMX, Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine, Stone Sour, Seether, Orson, Millionaire, Rise Against, Three Days Grace, Apocalyptica, Taking Back Sunday, Avenged Sevenfold, Serj Tankian and many others.
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[edit] Early days
At the age of twelve his dad brought home a video camera. He spent the entire night locked in his room fiddling with the camera’s ‘single frame recording’ function emerging with a 30-second stop motion animation piece in which his G.I. Joe figures beat the hell out of each other.[citation needed]
At age thirteen, Tony jumped into full blown 3D animation with the ‘Lightwave 1.0.’ software. At 18, Tony Petrossian attended UCLA. Then he switched to Law school at USC and passed the California Bar Exam before jumping back into the filmmaking world.[citation needed]
[edit] Petrossian with Rockhard Films
Tony’s early passion for filmmaking has evolved into a full blown directing career. He signed with Rockhard Films[1] in 2002 and has been directing ever since. He has done groundbreaking work for many artists. Tony's Three Days Grace video "Never Too Late" has been nominated for Video of the Year at the 2007 Much Music Video Awards
[edit] Videos
- Duality -- Slipknot (2004)
- Firestarter -- Gene Simmons (2004)
- Vermilion -- Slipknot (2004)
- The End of Heartache -- Killswitch Engage (2004)
- S.A.N.T.A.N.A. -- The Diplomats (2004)
- Before I Forget -- Slipknot (2005)
- I'm On A High -- Millionaire (2005)
- No Tomorrow -- Orson (2006)
- Beast and the Harlot -- Avenged Sevenfold (2006)
- Bright Idea -- Orson (2006)
- Graduation Day -- Head Automatica (2006)
- Tears Don't Fall -- Bullet for My Valentine (2006)
- Through Glass -- Stone Sour (2006)
- Pain -- Three Days Grace (2006)
- Liar (It Takes One to Know One) -- Taking Back Sunday (2006)
- Eyes of the Insane -- Slayer (2006)
- Prayer of the Refugee -- Rise Against (2006)
- Never Too Late -- Three Days Grace (2007)
- I'm Not Jesus -- Apocalyptica feat. Corey Taylor (2007)
- Empty Walls -- Serj Tankian (2007)
- Fake It -- Seether (2007)
- The Serpentine Offering -- Dimmu Borgir (2007) (with Patric Ullaeus
- Scream, Aim, Fire -- Bullet For My Valentine (2007)
- Sky Is Over -- Serj Tankian (2008)
- Rise Above This -- Seether (2008)
- Never Too Late -- Three Days Grace (2008)
