Ray Kay

Ray Kay (born July 10, 1978 as Reinert K. Olsen) is a Norwegian director and photographer who is currently based in Los Angeles. He is a music video and commercial director.

Ray Kay mostly directs music videos and has worked with artists such as Cher,^[1] Britney Spears,^[2] Lady Gaga,^[3] Justin Bieber,^[4] Jessie J, Nelly Furtado,^[5] Beyoncé Knowles,^[6] Destiny's Child,^[7] Gloria Estefan,^[8] Steven Tyler,^[9] Enrique Iglesias,^[10] Adam Lambert,^[11] Cheryl Cole,^[12] Alesha Dixon,^[13] Diddy, Willow Smith,^[14] Amerie,^[15] Sean Paul, Christina Milian,^[16] The-Dream,^[17] Backstreet Boys, Melanie C, Ciara, Snoop Dogg, and Ghostface.^[18] He also photographs fashion stills and album covers, and has directed commercials for brands such as Pepsi, AT&T,^[19] Mango and KFC.^[18]

His music videos have won several awards, including MTV Awards, Much Music Awards and ZTV Awards.^[20]

He will make his feature directorial debut with "Paranormalcy", a fantasy film based on the New York Times bestselling book by Kiersten White. He is currently developing the project with Gil Adler.^[21]

Music videography

2014

• Adelén – Olé
• Justin Morelli - Nobody Like Me
• Hunter Hayes - Invisible

2013

• Madcon feat Kelly Rowland – "One Life"
• Toni Braxton and Babyface – "Hurt You"
• Austin Mahone feat Flo Rida – "Say You're Just a Friend"
• Cher – "Woman's World"
• Emblem3 – "Chloe (You're the One I Want)"

2012

• Girls Aloud – "Something New"
• Havana Brown feat Pitbull – "We Run the Night"
• Adam Lambert – "Better Than I Know Myself"
• Aura Dione – "Friends"
• Nelly Furtado – "Parking Lot"
• Madcon – "In My Head"
• Madcon feat Stori – "Say Yeah"
• Meital feat Sean Kingston – "On Ya"
• Erika Jayne feat Flo Rida – "Get It Tonight"
• Lara Scandar – "Falling Out of Love"
• Lara Scandar – "Taalou Ghannou"

2011

• Jessie J – Domino
• Aura Dione – Geronimo
• Gloria Estefan – Wepa
• Kristian Valen – Letting Go
• Steven Tyler – (It) Feels So Good
• Britney Spears – Till The World Ends
• Slimmie Hendrix – "Stuntman"
• Lara Scandar – "Chains"
• Bera – "My Favourite Things"
• Vika – No Breaking Me Down

2010

• Willow Smith – "Whip My Hair"
• Flo Rida ft Akon – "Who Dat Girl"
• James Blunt – "Stay the Night"
• Jeremih ft Ludacris – "I Like"
• Alesha Dixon – "Drummer Boy"
• Range ft Rick Ross – "Ghetto Dance"
• Orianthi – "Shut Up & Kiss Me"
• Sean Kingston ft Justin Bieber – "Eenie Meenie"
• Benny Benassi ft Kelis, apl.de.ap & Jean Baptiste – "Spaceship"
• Victoria Krutoy – "Falling" Co-director with Sequoia B
• Justin Bieber ft Ludacris – "Baby"
• Alex Gardner – "I'm Not Mad"
• Shontelle – "Licky (Under the Covers)"

2009

• Cheryl Cole – "Fight For This Love"
• Adam Lambert – "For Your Entertainment"
• Mini Viva – "I Wish"
• Lara Scandar – "Mission is you"
• Mini Viva – "Left My Heart in Tokyo"
• Sean Paul – "So Fine"
• Amerie – "Why R U?"
• Kristinia DeBarge – "Goodbye"
• Paradiso Girls ft. Eve & Lil Jon- "Patron Tequila"
• RichGirl – "He Ain't Wit Me Now (Tho)"
• Chrisette Michele ft. Ne-Yo – "What You Do"
• Jada – "American Cowboy"
• Flipsyde – "When It Was Good"
• Chrisette Michele – "Epiphany"
• Ryan Star – "Last Train Home"
• The-Dream – "Rockin' That Thang"
• Enrique Iglesias & Ciara – "Takin' Back My Love"
• Christina Milian – "Us Against The World"

2008

• Trey Songz – "Last Time"
• Sean Kingston ft Juelz Santana & Élan – "There's Nothin'"
• Kat DeLuna ft Busta Rhymes & Don Omar – "Run The Show"
• Sirens ft Najee – "Club LA LA"
• Jordin Sparks – "One Step at a Time"
• Donnie Klang & Diddy – "Take You There"
• Lady Gaga – "Poker Face"
• Jadakiss & Ne-Yo- "By My Side"
• LMFAO – "I'm in Miami Bitch"
• Mira Craig – "I'm The One"

2007

• LAX Gurlz – "Forget You"
• Beyoncé – "Freakum Dress"
• Sterling Simms – "Nasty Girl"
• Pittsburgh Slim – "Girls Kiss Girls"
• Jagged Edge ft Ashanti & Jermaine Dupri- "Put a Little Umph in It"
• The-Dream ft Fabolous -"Shawty Is a 10"
• Backstreet Boys-"Inconsolable"
• Lucy Walsh-"So Uncool" ver. 2
• I Nine-"7 Days of Lonely"
• Johnta Austin-"The One That Got Away"

2006

• Ghostface Killah ft Ne-Yo – "Back Like That"
• Christina Milian ft Young Jeezy – "Say I"
• Black Buddafly ft Fabolous – "Bad Girl"
• Nick Lachey – "What's Left of Me"
• Cassie – "Me & U"
• Nick Lachey – "I Can't Hate You Anymore"
• Monica ft. Dem Franchise Boyz – "Everytime Tha Beat Drop"
• One Chance ft D4L – "Look at Her"
• Johnta Austin ft Jermaine Dupri – "Turn It Up"
• Paula DeAnda – "Walk Away (Remember Me)"
• Stacie Orrico – "So Simple"
• Jamelia – "Beware of the Dog"
• Fantasia ft Big Boi – "Hood Boy"

2005

• Mark Morrison ft Tanya Stephens – "Dance For Me"
• Melanie C – "Next Best Superstar"
• Natalie – "Goin' Crazy
• Pretty Ricky – "Grind With Me"
• Mario – "Here I Go Again"
• Frankie J – "How To Deal"
• Teairra Mari – "Make Her Feel Good"
• Mashonda ft Snoop Dogg – "Blackout"
• Pretty Ricky – "Your Body"

2004

• 2Play – "It can't be right"
• Monroe – "Smile"
• Kleen Cut – "Hands up"
• Shifty – "Slide Along Side"
• Sirens – "Baby (Off The Wall)"
• Christina Milian ft Joe Budden – "Whatever U Want"
• Nivea ft Lil Jon & Youngbloodz – "Okay"
• Raghav – "Attraction / Angel Eyes"
• Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne – "Soldier"
• Duchess – "Come check my style"
• Rouge – "Don't be shy"
• Trick Daddy ft Lil' Kim & Cee-Lo – "Sugar (Gimme Some)"

2003

• Anne Lingan – "Kicking you out"
• Venke Knutson – "Panic"
• Kurt Nilsen – "She's so high"
• Melanie C – "Yeh Yeh Yeh"
• Speedway – "Save Yourself"
• Lene V – Commercial spots
• Black Diamond Brigade – "Black Diamond"
• Winta & Anton Gordon – "Hot Romance (Rok With U)"
• Coree – "I don't give a damn"
• Winta – "I want you" November 2003

2002

• Equicez – "Live from Passit"
• Lene V – Commercial spot
• Paperboys – "Barcelona"
• Sport 1 – Commercial spots
• D'lay – "Run Away"
• Ann-Louise – "Can you tell me"
• Winta – "Emotions"
• Gil Bonden – "Shine"
• D'sound – "Do I need a reason"

2000

• Voodoobeats – "The One"

External links

• Raykay.com
• Rockhard Films
• TV2 Norway program about Ray Kay (Jan 2009)
• NRK Norway “Lørdagsrevyen” segment about Ray Kay (April 2009)
• Ray Kay guest at NRK Nasjonalgalleriet (September 2010)

References

• VG.no: Ray Kay's videos viewed more than 1 Billion times ^[22]
• VG.no: Ray Kay and Britney on the TTWE video ^[23]
• MTV.com: Britney shoots TTWE video with Ray Kay ^[24]
• MTV.com: Adam Lambert about the Ray Kay video ^[25]
• VG.no: Ray Kay directs Adam Lambert ^[26]
• 730.no: Adam Lambert & Ray Kay ^[27]
• 730.no: Ray Kay was right – Cheryl Cole is #1 in UK ^[27]
• 730.no: Ray Kay & Cheryl Cole ^[27]
• MTV.com: Interview with Ray Kay for MTV Awards ^[25]
• Db.no: Ray Kay nominated for four MTV Awards ^[28]
• VG.no: Four MTV award nominations for Ray Kay ^[26]
• Db.no: Ray Kay and Lady Gaga at MTV Awards after party ^[28]
• VG.no: Ray Kay at Amanda show ^[26]
• VG TV: Ray Kay wants to direct feature ^[26]
• 730.no: Ray Kay & Mini Viva ^[27]
• VG.no: Ray Kay & Lady GaGa win Best Video Award ^[26]
• 730.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay ^[27]
• Side2.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay ^[29]
• H-avis: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay ^[30]
• 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay ^[27]
• VG.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay ^[26]
• Side2.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay ^[29]
• 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay ^[27]
• RapUp.Com: On set of The Dream’s “Rockin’” video ^[31]
• VG.no Backstreet Boys & Ray Kay ^[26]
• Dagbladet.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay ^[28]
• VG.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay ^[26]
• Dagbladet.no: Nick Lachey & Ray Kay ^[28]
• RapUp.com: On set with Christina Milian & Ray Kay ^[31]
• 730.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay^[27]
• Toya’s World: Christina Milian & Ray Kay ^[32]
• Giant Magazine: Christina Milian & Ray Kay ^[33]
• Side2.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay ^[29]
• 730.no: Ray Kay & Christina Milian^[27]
• Side2.no: Ray Kay stories & pictures ^[29]
• VG.no: Ray Kay set pictures ^[26]
• 730.no: Ray Kay on TV2 ^[27]
• 730.no: #1 on YouTube ^[27]
• 730.no: Ray Kay & Jadakiss ^[27]
• VG.no: Diddy & Ray Kay ^[26]
• VG-TV: Mira Craig and Ray Kay ^[26]
• Curiousartist.com: Ray Kay interview ^[34]

1. ↑ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10106536
2. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/till-the-world-ends
3. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/poker-face
4. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/baby
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m80lgmrS-4
6. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/freakum-dress
7. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/soldier
8. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/wepa
9. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/steven-tyler-it-feels-so-good
10. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/takin-back-my-love
11. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/for-your-entertainment
12. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/fight-for-this-love
13. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/drummer-boy
14. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/whip-my-hair
15. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/why-r-u
16. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/say-i
17. ↑ http://raykay.com/video/rockin-that-thang
18. 1 2 Ray Kay's website http://www.raykay.com
19. ↑ Ray Kay's blog http://raykay.com/post/shooting-att-commercial-today-in-miami
20. ↑ http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10098271 VG newspaper article: Ray Kay's video for Britney Spears "Till The World Ends" wins MTV Awards
21. ↑ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041213 Variety.com news article on Paranormalcy and Ray Kay
22. ↑ VG Newspaper article.
23. ↑ VG Newspaper article
24. ↑ MTV online video
25. 1 2 MTV online article
26. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 VG newspaper article
27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 730 entertainment news site
28. 1 2 3 4 Dagbladet newspaper article
29. 1 2 3 4 Side2.no entertainment news
30. ↑ H-avis newspaper article
31. 1 2 Rap-Up entertainment news site
32. ↑ Toya's-World entertainment blog
33. ↑ Giant Magazine article
34. ↑ Curiousartist.com art site