Different Directors

Shynola
There are four men that make up Shynola, these are Gideon Baws, Chris Harding, Richard Kenworthy and Jason Groves. One of the films they was The Jerk. As well as films they have also made music videos for Blur, Queens of the Stoneage and Coldplay. Their style is mainly animations and they use unrealistic themes. They have a very wide range of audiences as they direct many things.

  

Hammer and Tongs

Made up of two men, Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith. Some of their work includes the video for Vampire Weekend, A Punk, and films such as Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy and Son Of Rambow. They also have a wide range of audiences- from older males to teens. They have a distinctive feature that they use often which is using hand puppets.

Michel Gondry

He is a French director who has once been described as "wierd". At first he wanted to be an artist but soon changed his mind and went on to make music videos for people like Paul McCartney and Kanye West, commercials for Levis and films like Be Kind Rewind. He has a very distinct feature that is using bold colours.

Spike Jonze

He is a 40 year old, famous director born in Maryland, America. He has won many awards, including Oscars, Golden Globe and an MTV Movie Award. Some of his films include Where The Wild Things Are and Jackass. His audience can vary but it is mainly teens or younger children.

Wes Anderson
He's an American director, but he's also had many other careers. Anderson went to university where he met Owen Wilson, and went on to write three scripts with him. You can see that he casts the same actors/ actresses for his films, including; Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson. He aslo uses a similar soundtrack- which usually involved The Rolling Stones. As well as this, he is a fan of using symmetry in his work. He's been nominated for two Oscars and has a strong fan base, with a wide target audience.

Anton Corbijn
He was born in Holland in 1955. Some of the films he directed were Control and Run Pussy Cat, Kill! Kill! which had a strong them of woman empowerment- this gained him many female fans. He's also famous for directing Coldplays video, Viva La Vida, which was a very melancholic video. He's also photographed many famous people, inclusing: David Bowie, U2 and Bjork. He was very famous for using black and white in his work. His target market is mainly teens and middle aged people.