Michael Haussman

Michael Haussman
Born	Michael Haussman
Nationality	American
Occupation	Director Writer Producer Artist

Michael Haussman (born 1964) is an American artist, writer, producer and director of motion pictures, television advertisements and music videos.

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Commercials

Haussman's internationally acclaimed commercials have won numerous awards and are featured in advertising books and trade journals. His commercial works include campaigns for United Airlines, Budweiser, Samsung, Levi's, Absolut, BMW, Yves Saint Laurent, Ray-Ban, Diesel and Replay Jeans, among many others.

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Music videos

Haussman has directed music videos for Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Usher, Shakira, Chris Cornell, Jennifer Lopez, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King. His videos have won several MTV and VH1 awards, including MTVLA Best Video and the Museum Of Modern Art award.

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Artistic Film Work

A Study in Gravity is Haussman's most recent video art exhibition. It is a study of gravity's effect on human emotion told through five high definition video sequences filmed at 2,000 frames per second. It was chosen by LA Weekly as one of the top ten pieces of art this year in Art Platform Los Angeles.^[2] The entire 'Gravity' show opened January 17, 2013 at Young Projects in the Pacific Design Center.

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Print media

Haussman has done print campaigns for Philips, Replay Jeans, Lancôme's Tresor fragrance and worldwide print and billboards for Martini. His photographic interest in diverse cultures is displayed in Where they Play, a book documenting football (soccer) fields from around the world, and revealing each culture's interpretation of a field within their environment, including perspectives from Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and expanding to include Morocco, Italy, and England, etc.

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Painter

As a painter Haussman's solo art show 'Naturales', featuring large-scale matador and bull paintings, in ink on paper, premiered at the Desoto Gallery in Los Angeles, and was later featured at the New York Scope Art Fair, and a Group Showing in Los Angeles. 'Naturales' also opened in Rome.

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Filmmaker

Haussman completed two films in 2013. His short film ‘The Audition,’ which he wrote and directed in Cinecitta studios, Rome was chosen to premiere in competition during the 2013 Venice International Film Festival. The Audition went on to screen at LA Shorts Fest, London Lift-Off, Byron Bay Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Regard Sur le Court and NYC Downtown Short Film Festival. The film explores the consequences when an actor and actress allow their true feelings to overtake their acting during an audition. The Audition was awarded Best Short Film at Byron Bay, and Best Foreign Film at NYC Downtown Short Film Festival.

Haussman's documentary The Unsinkable Henry Morgan, a documentary for the Sundance Channel, premiered in January 2013 at Sundance Film Festival, and covers archaeologists' search for Captain Morgan’s famous fleet of pirate ships, which sank off the coast of Panama in 1671.

Past films include Rhinoceros Hunting In Budapest starring Nick Cave which premiered at the SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL; Blind Horizon starring Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Amy Smart and Faye Dunaway; and a feature-length documentary about two matadors and the world of bullfighting, entitled The Last Serious Thing.

Michael is currently in pre-production for Good Guys, which he wrote and will direct.

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Recognition

Awards and nominations

2014 - Winner of Best Short Film, "The Audition", Byron Bay International Film Festival
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2014 - Winner of Best Foreign Film, "The Audition", NYC Downtown Short Film Festival
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2014 - Best Cinematography Nominee, "The Audition", Byron Bay International Film Festival
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2005 - Best Music Video, "La Tortura", MTV Latin America Video Music Awards
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1995 - Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Take A Bow", MTV Video Music Awards
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Filmography

Films

• Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (1997)
• Abandoned '58 (2002)
• Blind Horizon (2003)
• The Last Serious Thing (2003)
• Jack Taylor Of Beverly Hills (2007)
• "The Audition" (2013)
• "Good Guys" (Currently in Pre-Production)

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Experimental films

• A Study in Gravity (2013)

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Music videos

"Rock & Roll Girl" (Katrina and the Waves) (1989) "That's The Way" (Katrina and the Waves) (1989) "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Martika) (1991) "Night Calls" (Joe Cocker) (1991) "Hazard (chapter 2)" (Richard Marx) (1992) "Hazard (chapter 1)" (Richard Marx) (1992) "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak) (1993) "Take a Bow" (Madonna) (1994) "You'll See"/"Verás" (Madonna) (1995) "My Love Is for Real" (Paula Abdul) (1995) "Riding With The King" (Eric Clapton & B. B. King) (2000)

"Optimistique-moi" (Mylène Farmer) (2000) "Jesus Walks" (Kanye West) (2004) "Someday (I Will Understand)" (Britney Spears) (2005) "La Tortura" (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz) (2005) "You Know My Name" (Chris Cornell) (2006) "SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland) (2006) "Do It Again" (The Chemical Brothers) (2007) "Qué Hiciste" (Jennifer Lopez) (2007) "Singin' in the Rain" (Usher) (2008)(For CBS' "Movies Rock" TV special) "Brave" (Jennifer Lopez) (Unreleased) (2008)

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Making the video TV series

• Chris Cornell - "You Know My Name"
• Jennifer Lopez - "Qué Hiciste"
• Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland - "SexyBack"
• Britney Spears - "Someday (I Will Understand)" - Mini Behind The Scenes
• Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz - "La Tortura"

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TV advertisements

Adidas – Chase Acura – Cable Guy, Real Estate, Snowbirds, Voicemail, Excuses Alfa Romeo – Quadruplets BMW – Bluesman, "i8 Innovations" (2014) Bacardi – Two Fingers Catherine Zeta-Jones – Puddle Coke – Desire, Street Fair, Surfer Girl Dockers pants – Surfboard Elizabeth Arden – Puddle Ferrero – Cousins Guinness Enigma – Surreal Thing Hennessy – Questions Jeep – Extreme Kronenbourg – Art Installation Levi's – Fix It, Procession, Knockout, Onion Girl Lincoln – Live Well Martini – Beach, Flight, Ritual Heat, Sunflower, Spong Divers McDonald's – Wristband Nestlé – Poland Spring Water Nissan – Paris Peugeot – Times Square Philips – Limo Ride Ray-Ban – Reflections Replay jeans – Road Trip, I Saved An Angel, Just Looking, Will To Believe Shell – Quick Wash Russian Standard – Vodka Seiko – Is It You? Superga – Infatuation

Suzuki – Wanna Play? Vodafone – Flirting, Lost in Thought, Stepping Out Volkswagen – Drift, Trailer, Stream, Passat Yves Saint Laurent – Elle (2008) Saab – "Cycle", Read The Road (2008) Absolut Vodka – Hugs (2008) Hertz – Raining Cars (2008) Chase – Beautiful Day (2009) Martini – Rosatto (2009) JC Penney – Eyes of A Child (2009) PlayStation – PSP GO (2009) Cadillac – Come Together (2009) Disaronno – Open to Anything (2009) Marlboro – Gold (2010) Martini Asti – Pure Joy (2010) Budweiser – Anticipation (2010), Coming Home (2010), "Always There" (2014) Target – Keith Urban The Long Walk (2010) Walmart – Wake Up Call (2010) BMW – Email (2011) Carls Jr – Miss Turkey (2011) Lancia Delta – Nave (2011) Breil Watches – Mine In Ten Moves (2011) Cover Girl – Eye Couture & Lash Perfection (2011) Target – Bocce Balls (2011) Diesel – Loverdose (2011) Zales – Holiday Campaign (2011) Venus-Gillette – You're A Man (2011) Lincoln Financial – Road Trip", "Anthem", "Foam Finger (2011) Diechmann – Backstage (2012) Haägen Dazs - "Argument" United Airlines - "Orchestra", "Satellite", "Built Around You", "Taxi", "Athletes Aboard" (2013/2014) PNC Bank – "Brand Anthem", "Technology Anthem", Virtual Wallet "Under Control", Virtual Wallet "Good with Money (2012), "Total Insight" (2014) Norton - "Bold" (2014) SKY.it - "World Cup 2014 Promo" (2014) Dove Fruit - "Scavenger Hunt" (2015) Mazda - "Penn & Teller" (2015)

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References

External links

• Official website
• Michael Haussman at the Internet Movie Database

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