Michael Haussman

American director

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Michael Haussman is an American director, writer, and artist, living in Rome, Italy.

Career

Michael Haussman's music videos have won several awards, including six MTV Video Music Awards and a Museum of Modern Art Award.^{[citation needed]}

Past films include: Rhinoceros Hunting In Budapest, starring Nick Cave, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Blind Horizon, starring Sam Shepard; The Unsinkable Henry Morgan, which also premiered at Sundance Film Festival; and The Audition, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.

In 2012 Michael Haussman's most art exhibition, Gravity, premiered at Los Angeles Pacific Design Center.^[1] Gravity was presented at Berlin Art Week, courtesy of Iconoclast Galleries. It was featured in 2018 at Cannes, InOut Art Exhibition. As a painter, Haussman's solo art show Naturales, featuring large-scale matador and bull paintings (ink on paper), premiered at the Desoto gallery in Los Angeles and New York Scope Art Fair.

Awards

Best Short Film, "The Audition", Byron Bay International Film Festival^[2]
Best Foreign Film, "The Audition", NYC Downtown Short Film Festival^[3]
Best Dance Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MTV Video Music Award Japan
Best Electronic Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MVPA Awards
Best Music Video, "La Tortura" (Alejandro Sanz and Shakira), MTV Latin America Video Music Awards (see La Tortura#Accolades)
Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Verás" (Madonna), MTV Latino Award^[4]
Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Take a Bow" by Madonna, MTV Video Music Awards^[5]
Excellence in Music Video "Take a Bow" by Madonna, AICP Awards Museum of Modern Art
Best Short Film, "Abandoned 58", Berlin International Film Festival

Filmography

Films – Director

Abandoned '58
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
The Last Serious Thing
Blind Horizon
The Unsinkable Henry Morgan
The Audition^[6]
Edge of the World

Films – Writer

Abandoned '58
Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
The Last Serious Thing
The Audition^[6]

Films – Producer

The Last Serious Thing
Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills
The Audition^[6]

Television series

Do Not Disturb (2019) – creator, writer, showrunner, director, producer^[7]

Art film

Gravity

Music videos

"Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Martika)
"Night Calls" (Joe Cocker)
"Hazard (chapter 2)" (Richard Marx)
"Hazard (chapter 1)" (Richard Marx)
"Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak)
"Not the Only One" (Bonnie Raitt)
"Take a Bow" (Madonna)
"You'll See"/"Verás" (Madonna)
"My Love Is for Real" (Paula Abdul)
"Riding with the King" (Eric Clapton & B. B. King)
"Optimistique-moi" (Mylène Farmer)

"Jesus Walks" (Kanye West)
"Someday (I Will Understand)" (Britney Spears)
"La Tortura" (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz)
"You Know My Name" (Chris Cornell)
"SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland)
"Do It Again" (The Chemical Brothers)
"Qué Hiciste" (Jennifer Lopez)
"Singin' in the Rain" (Usher) (For CBS' "Movies Rock" TV special)
"Brave" (Jennifer Lopez) (Unreleased)
"Same Old Love" (Selena Gomez)
"Your Song" (Rita Ora)

Making the video TV series

Madonna: No Bull! The Making of "Take a Bow"
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"

References

^ Dambrot, Shana Nys (October 2, 2012). "10 Great Artworks at Art Platform Los Angeles Art Fair". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
^ Amanda, Blennerhasset. "Byron Bay Film Festival". bbff.com.au. Byron Bay Film Festival. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ Alasa, Michelangelo. "10th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival (see 2014 awards)". duotheater.org. Dup Theatre New York. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1996. p. 42.
^ Video Music Awards, MTV. "1995 Video Music Award Winners". MTV. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Audition at IMDb
^ Lang, Jamie (April 6, 2019). "Canneseries: Watch Pulse Films' Star-Studded But Unseen 'Do Not Disturb' (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 18, 2023.