Music videos directed by filmmakers distill cinematic aesthetics into a compact running time, emerging as standalone works where image and sound fuse with deliberate intent.
Drawing on their signature visual sensibilities, directors employ color, framing, and mise-en-scène to expand the emotional and narrative dimensions of the music itself. As a result, the music video becomes more than promotional material — it evolves into a vital creative form that helps shape an artist’s universe.
These collaborations have also long served as a creative laboratory for directors to explore new ideas. Visionaries such as Jonathan Glazer and Michel Gondry first refined their stylistic identities — or tested entirely new ones — through music videos that continue to resonate today. In this list, Movie Day highlights a selection of works that clearly answer the question: why are filmmaker-directed music videos so distinctly compelling?
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Notable Works: ‘The Zone of Interest’, ‘Under the Skin’
Director: Park Chan-wook
Notable Works: ‘Oldboy’, ‘Thirst’
Director: Michel Gondry
Notable Works: ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’, ‘The Science of Sleep’
Director: Ryu Seung-wan
Notable Works: ‘Veteran’, ‘The Unjust’
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Notable Works: ‘There Will Be Blood’, ‘Punch-Drunk Love’
Director: Lee Sung-jin
Notable Work: ‘Beef’
Director: Um Tae-hwa
Notable Works: ‘Concrete Utopia’
Director: Lee Ok-seop
Notable Work: ‘Maggie’
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Notable Works: ‘Parasite’, ‘Mother’
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