Tuesday, 13 September 2011

Directors Research

Troy Niemans








  • Currently listed as a second ballot nominee for 2011 CCMA Video Director of the Year.
  • The first video he produced/directed (with a grant from MuchFact) entitled ‘Say Goodbye’ was nominated for several awards, including Best Music Video, Best Director and Best Editor at the 2009 Alberta Film Awards.
  • At the 2010 awards, two videos he produced/directed were nominated for awards: ‘The End’, for Best Music Video, and ‘Stain’, for Best Visual Effects.
  • In 2010 Niemans shot, produced, directed and edited a music video for The Northern Pikes frontman Jay Semko. This video for ‘Comeback Kid’ was well received and added to rotation on CMT.
  • Niemans most recently shot, directed and edited videos for Six West (‘I Will Wait’) and 2010 CCMA Female Artist of the Year, Victoria Banks (‘I’m Gone’), both of which are currently spinning on CMT.
Below is the video to "Six West - I Will Wait" - a video directed by Niemans.









Colin Tilley











  • (Born June 27, 1988 in Berkeley, California) is an award winning music video director for Riveting Entertainment who has written and directed music videos for artists including Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and U.K. rapper Chipmunk among others.
  • His most notable and frequent collaborator is Chris Brown.
  • The two have worked on more than a dozen videos together in the last two years including every single off of Chris Brown's gold-certified album F.A.M.E.
  • He was nominated for three videos at the 2011 MTV VMAs including best male video, best best hip hop video, and best collaboration video.
  • Tilley is currently developing several film projects.

Below is the music video to "Next To You - Chris Brown ft. Justin Beieber" directed by Colin Tilley.

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