Michael Haussman

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Michael Haussman
Born	Michael Haussman
Nationality	American
Occupation	Director Writer Producer

Michael Haussman is an American music video, motion picture and television advertisement director, writer and producer.

Michael Haussman is a director, writer and artist, whose internationally acclaimed commercials have won numerous awards and are featured in advertising books and trade journals. They include the latest world wide campaign for Diesel Loverdose featuring model Ashley Smith as well as campaigns for Levi's, Absolut, BMW, Yves Saint Laurent, Guinness, Adidas, Ray-Ban, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Replay.

He has directed music videos for such artists as JustinTimberlake, Madonna, Chemical Brothers, Kanye West, Usher, Shakira, Chris Cornell, Jennifer Lopez, Eric Clapton, and B.B. King. His videos have won several MTV and VH1 awards, including MTV Music Video Of TheYear and the prestigious Museum Of Modern Art award.

Michael Haussman wrote and directed the experimental film, RHINOCEROS HUNTING IN BUDAPEST, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Following, he completed a feature-length documentary about two matadors and the world of bullfighting, entitled THE LAST SERIOUS THING.

Michael has done print campaigns for Philips, Replay Jeans, Lancôme Tresor and worldwide print and billboards for Martini. His photographic interest in diverse cultures is displayed in WHERE THEY PLAY, a book documenting football (soccer) fields from around the world, revealing each culture's interpretation of a field within their environment– from Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, to Morocco, Italy, England, etc.

As a painter his solo art show 'Naturales', featuring large-scale matador and bull paintings, in ink on paper, premiered at the Desoto gallery in Los Angeles, the New York Scope Art Fair, and Group Showing in Los Angeles. 'Naturales' also opened in Rome. Haussman's most recent project, tentatively titled 'Gravity', is the study of gravity's effect on the human emotion. It is told through nine high definition video sequences filmed at 4,000 frames per second.

Michael is currently attached to direct BONE GAME, a remake of the Nicholas Ray film "The Lusty Ones" (1952). Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum are attached to star. It is being produced by RKO.

Michael is in pre-production on MOMENT OF BLISS, a movie he wrote and is directing about the lives of five different people intersecting in one day, in Seville, Spain. It is being produced by Arcadia Motion Pictures.

Filmography

Motion pictures

• 1990: Abandoned '58 (director)
• 1997: Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest (director and writer)
• 2003: Blind Horizon (director)
• 2003: The Last Serious Thing (director, writer and producer)
• 2007: Jack Taylor Of Beverly Hills (executive producer)

Music videos

• 1989: "Rock & Roll Girl" (Katrina and the Waves)
• 1989: "That's The Way" (Katrina and the Waves)
• 1991: "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Martika)
• 1991: "Night Calls" (Joe Cocker)
• 1992: "Hazard (chapter 2)" (Richard Marx)
• 1992: "Hazard (chapter 1)" (Richard Marx)
• 1993: "Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak)
• 1994: "Take a Bow" (Madonna)
• 1995: "You'll See"/"Verás" (Madonna)
• 1995: "My Love Is for Real" (Paula Abdul)
• 2000: "Riding With The King" (Eric Clapton & B. B. King)
• 2000: "Optimistique-moi" (Mylène Farmer)
• 2004: "Jesus Walks" (Kanye West)
• 2005: "Someday (I Will Understand)" (Britney Spears)
• 2005: "La Tortura" (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz)
• 2006: "You Know My Name" (Chris Cornell)
• 2006: "SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland)
• 2007: "Do It Again" (The Chemical Brothers)
• 2007: "Qué Hiciste" (Jennifer Lopez)
• 2008: "Singin' in the Rain" (Usher) (For CBS' "Movies Rock" TV special)
• 2008: "Brave" (Jennifer Lopez) (Unreleased)

Making the video TV series

• 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"

TV advertisements

• Adidas – Chase
• Acura – Cable Guy, Real Estate, Snowbirds, Voicemail, Excuses
• Alfa Romeo – Quadruplets
• BMW – Bluesman
• Bacardi – Two Fingers
• Catherine Zeta-Jones – Puddle
• Coke – Desire, Street Fair, Surfer Girl
• Dockers Pants – Surfboard
• Elizabeth Arden – Puddle
• Ferrero – Cousins
• Guinness Enigma – Surreal Thing
• Hennessy – Questions
• Jeep – Extreme
• Kronenbourg – Art Installation
• Levi's – Fix It, Procession, Knockout, Onion Girl
• Lincoln – Live Well
• Martini – Beach, Flight, Ritual Heat, Sunflower, Spong Divers
• McDonald's – Wristband
• Nestlé – Poland Spring Water
• Nissan – Paris
• Peugeot – Times Square
• Philips – Limo Ride
• Ray-Ban – Reflections
• Replay Jeans – Road Trip, I Saved An Angel, Just Looking, Will To Believe
• Shell – Quick Wash
• Russian Standard – Vodka
• Seiko – Is It You?
• Superga – Infatuation
• Suzuki – Wanna Play?
• Vodafone – Flirting, Lost in Thought, Stepping Out
• Volkswagen – Drift, Trailer, Stream, Passat
• Yves Saint Laurent – Elle (2008)
• Saab– "Cycle", Read The Road (2008)
• Absolut Vodka – Hugs (2008)
• Hertz – Raining Cars (2008)
• Chase – Beautiful Day (2009)
• Martini – Rosatto (2009)
• JC Penney – Eyes of A Child (2009)
• PlayStation – PSP GO (2009)
• Cadillac – Come Together (2009)
• Disaronno – Open to Anything (2009)
• Marlboro – Gold (2010)
• Martini Asti – Pure Joy (2010)
• Budweiser – Anticipation (2010)
• Target – Keith Urban The Long Walk (2010)
• Walmart – Wake Up Call (2010)
• Budweiser – Coming Home (2010)
• BMW – Email (2011)
• Carls Jr – Miss Turkey (2011)
• Lancia Delta – Nave (2011)
• Breil Watches – Mine In Ten Moves (2011)
• Cover Girl – Eye Couture & Lash Perfection (2011)
• Target – Bocce Balls (2011)
• Diesel – Loverdose (2011)
• Zales – Holiday Campaign (2011)
• Venus-Gillette – You're A Man (2011)
• Lincoln Financial – Road Trip & Anthem & Foam Finger (2011)
• Diechmann – Backstage (2012)
• PNC Bank – Brand Anthem & Technology Anthem, Virtual Wallet - Under Control, Virtual Wallet - Good With Money (2012) Production

External links

• Official website
• Michael Haussman at the Internet Movie Database