The 10 Most Famous Music Video Directors, Ranked By Net Worth
Highlights
- Music video directors create quick movies to strengthen songs, shooting audiences' attention and emotions successfully.
- High-budget movies don't at all times outshine lower-budget ones, it is all about making audience really feel one thing.
- Several a hit film directors began with music videos, showing the importance and impact of this art shape.
Movie and TV administrators are the communicate of the the city in Hollywood when they hit it big. However, fewer people speak about music video administrators. Music video directors take a track and turn it right into a video that captures other folks's consideration. Instead of directing a full-length film, they create a short film that relates to the music. Artists have worked with and continue to paintings with music video administrators to create movies for his or her songs that assist increase the gross sales of each their singles and albums.
The best possible music movies are not necessarily the high-budget ones. Sometimes it's the lower-budget videos that garner the most consideration. It all comes down to making audiences feel one thing once they watch the video.
Some directors have began out directing music videos sooner than they moved on to greater tasks, with a few of them even having large good fortune with films. However, these directors wouldn't be where they are now without music videos.
Here are 10 of the most famous (and richest) music video administrators in Hollywood, ranked by their present net worth.
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10 Tarsem Singh
Net Worth: $10 Million
Tarsem Singh has directed numerous other initiatives, but he began his profession with music videos.
“Singh directed ‘Losing My Religion’ by R.E.M. which received Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards,” in keeping with Celebrity Net Worth.
Singh went directly to direct the mental mystery, The Cell, which used to be the first film he directed.
Singh continues to direct music movies today, including Lady Gaga's "911".
Some different projects of be aware that Singh has directed, in line with IMDb include:
Dear Jassi (Movie) | 2023 |
Emerald City (TV Series) | 2017 |
Self/much less (Movie) | 2015 |
Singh has a net worth of $10 million.
9 Michel Gondry
Net Worth: $12 Million
Michel Gondry is in ninth position with handiest about $2 million more than Tarsem Singh. It’s not clear what precisely his net worth is, but it surely’s estimated to be around $12 million, which he earned from directing well-liked music movies until he began directing motion pictures.
"The French visionary’s knack for harmlessly bizarre direction traces back to his earlier music videos, such as Bjork’s oddball ‘Human Behaviour,’ which offsets its dark nature through cuddly, man-sized teddy bears with Coraline-esque, sewed-on eyeballs. That same quirkiness pervades Gondry’s other clips, namely Daft Punk’s demented circus in ‘Around The World,’” according to Complex.
Gondry also directed the hit movie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , after he directed music videos.
Some of the more recent projects that Gondry has directed, according to IMDb include:
The Book of Solutions (Movie)
2023
A Dozen Short Eggs (Short)
2021
Kidding (TV Series)
2018-2020
Gondry has two upcoming projects in various stages of production with no known release date.
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Net Worth: $12 Million
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Some of the more recent projects that Gray directed, according to IMDb include:
Lift (Movie) | 2024 |
Men in Black: International (Movie) | 2019 |
The Fate of the Furious (Movie) | 2017 |
Gray has two projects he is set to direct in early stages of production. When the films will be released has not been announced.
7 Spike Jonze
Net Worth: $50 Million
Spike Jonze is in seventh place with a net worth of $50 million.
He’s only directed a few movies, but Jonze, whose real name is Adam Spiegel, directed many music videos that became hits.
According to Complex, “Whether he’s working with hip-hop acts or indie rock luminaries, Jonze has always separated his videos from the rest of MTV’s pack with sheer inventiveness: supplanting Weezer into a Happy Days episode for ‘Buddy Holly’; giving the impression that The Pharcyde are walking the streets in backwards motion for ‘Drop’; filming Christopher Walken’s mesmerizing one-man dance-off for Fatboy Slim’s ‘Weapon Of Choice,’ Jonze knows nothing about ‘conventional.’”
Some of the most recent projects that Jonze has directed, according to IMDb, include:
Beastie Boys Story (Movie) | 2020 |
Aziz Ansari: Right Now (TV Special) | 2019 |
MadMen: The New Normal (Short) | 2019 |
Jonze does not have any projects in production at the moment.
6 McG (AKA Joseph McGinty Nichol)
Net Worth: $60 Million
McG is in sixth place with a net worth of $60 million and worked with a few famous artists before he moved on to direct movies.
“He is known for working with some of the biggest recording artists, such as Smashmouth, and won Billboard's Pop Video of the Year in 1997 for their video, ‘Walking In The Sun.’ He has also worked with the popular band Sugar Ray, where he won Pop Video of the Year from the Music Video Production Association for Sugar Ray's ‘Fly’ video, a song he also had a hand in co-writing,” according to Celebrity Net Worth.
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Some of the more recent projects that McG has directed, according to IMDb, include:
Family Switch (Movie) | 2023 |
Turner & Hooch (TV Series) | 2021 |
The Babysitter: Killer Queen (Movie) | 2020 |
McG has one project in production but a released date has not been given to date.
5 Antoine Fuqua
Net Worth: $60 Million
Antoine Fuqua has a net worth of $60 million. This figure has jumped drastically in the past several years as Fuqua is an in-demand director.
“Fuqua's directing career began in the music industry directing music videos for artists such as Toni Braxton and Prince,” according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Fuqua went on to direct movies such as Training Day, Shooter, and Olympus Has Fallen.
Some of Fuqua's more recent projects that he has directed, according to IMDb include:
The Equalizer 3 (Movie) | 2023 |
Emancipation (Movie) | 2022 |
The Terminal List (TV Series) | 2022 |
Fuqua has three projects in various stages of production that he is directing. This includes a film starring Denzel Washington, reuniting the actor and director for the first time since Training Day.
4 Brett Ratner
Net Worth: $85 Million
Brett Ratner is in fourth place with a net worth of $85 million and has worked with even more famous artists.
“Brett Ratner started his career by directing various music videos. He quickly gained a reputation for making some of the rap industry's most notable videos, working with figures such as Public Enemy, Redman, LL Cool J, and the Wu-Tang Clan. After establishing himself as a talented music video director, he went on to work with artists like Mariah Carey, Madonna, and Miley Cyrus,” according to Celebrity Net Worth.
He directed hits like Rush Hour and The Family Man after he directed music videos for well-known celebrities.
However, as a result of the #MeToo movement, several women spoke out against Ratner, accusing him of sexual harassment. While Ratner denied the allegations, major studios cut ties with him, essentially ending Ratner's career. As such, Ratner moved to Isreal in hopes of reviving his career overseas.
Some of the more recent projects that Ratner has directed, according to IMDb, include:
Breakthrough (TV Series) | 2015 |
Hercules (Movie) | 2014 |
Movie 43 (Movie) | 2013 |
Ratner is not currently attached to any film projects.
3 David Fincher
Net Worth: $100 Million
With a net worth of $100 million, David Fincher is one of the most famous music video directors in Hollywood.
“After directing a number of commercials, documentaries, and music videos, David co-founded the production company Propaganda Films. However, Fincher hated directing commercials, and he began to focus more heavily on music videos instead. During this period, he worked with artists such as Paula Abdul, George Michael, Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, and Billy Idol. In particular, David gained notoriety for directing some of Madonna's most iconic music videos,” according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Fincher began working on films while he was still directing music videos in the 1990s, but switched to films full time in the 2000s and directed movies such as Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Social Network.
Some of the more recent projects that Fincher has directed, according to IMDb, include:
The Killer (Movie) | 2023 |
Love, Death, & Robots (TV Series) | 2022 |
Mank (Movie) | 2020 |
2 Gore Verbinski
Net Worth: $130 Million
Gore Verbinski may not be the most wealthy on the list, but with a net worth of $130 million he has accumulated a huge fortune over the course of his career.
Like many others on this list, Gore started out directing music videos, but he has had more success with movies.
According to Complex, “Clearly, Hollywood is where Gore Verbinski belongs, not in the depths of MTV or VH1. Thanks to Johnny Depp and the immensely profitable Pirates Of The Caribbean, of which Verbinski directed the first three, the man born Gregor has established himself as one of the film industry’s most formidable summer blockbuster creators, a tag that actually distracts pundits from acknowledging his ability to direct super-creepy horror (The Ring) and magnificently strange kiddie fare (Rango).”
Some of the more recent projects that Verbinski has directed, according to IMDb, include:
A Cure For Wellness (Movie) | 2016 |
The Lone Ranger (Movie) | 2013 |
Verbinski is currently attached to a project that is in pre-production. When the film will be released has not been disclosed.
1 Michael Bay
Net Worth: $450 Million
Michael Bay tops the list with a huge net worth of $450 million. Bay's another director who had more success with movies, but music videos helped his career take off.
Bay directed the music videos for “I Touch Myself” by Divinyls and “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” by Meatloaf.
“Michael's music videos caught the attention of Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson, who hired him to direct a film they were producing, 1995's Bad Boys. The movie grossed $141.4 million against a budget of $19 million, and Bay followed it with the even more successful The Rock (1996), which brought in $335.1 million at the box office. Michael then founded his own production company, Bay Films,” according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Bay's career became even more successful after that when he directed the popular film franchise, Transformers.
Some of the more recent projects that Bay has directed, according to IMDb, include:
Ambulance (Movie) | 2022 |
The Hype (TV Special) | 2020 |
6 Underground (Movie) | 2019 |
Bay has one project that is currently in production. However, the big news is that Bay is partnering up with Post Malone and Vault Comics to create a "demonic horror" IP Universe where "the most effective thing standing in the manner of the horde of demons infesting the continent is a mysterious armored 18-wheeler reputedly sent again from the heavens."
A graphic novel will be released in 2025 with a film being released shortly thereafter.
Source: IMDb, Complex, Celebrity Net Worth
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