Ray Tintori

Ray Tintori is an American director who has directed short films and music videos for bands MGMT, Chairlift, The Cool Kids,^[1] Boy Crisis,^[2] and The Killers. Tintori graduated from Wesleyan University in 2006, where he studied film, and from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan in 2001, where he was a studio art major.^[3] His father is John Tintori, a film editor and Chair of NYU's Kanbar Institute of Film & Television and his mother is Mary Cybulski, a script supervisor.^[4]

Works

Tintori's directorial debut was short film Jettison Your Loved Ones which screened at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival^[5] and is included on Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series’ first DVD.^[6] His senior thesis film Death to the Tinman premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival^[4] where it won a short filmmaking award.^[7]

Tintori directed the music video for the MGMT's single "Time to Pretend". The video garnered attention on MTVu airwaves due to its colorful, psychedelic style.^{[citation needed]} Tintori also directed the videos for MGMT's second and third singles, "Electric Feel" and "Kids", respectively. He also directed the videos for the The Killers' song "Spaceman" and "Chairlift's "Evident Utensil", which was nominated for an award in the "Breakthrough Video" category at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.^[8]

In July, 2009, Spike Jonze announced that Tintori would be directing Light Boxes, an adaptation of the novel by Shane Jones.^[9] However, in May 2010, Jonze stated that Tintori was no longer working on the project,^[10] and in June 2010, Shane Jones said the film option had been dropped.^[11]

In May, 2010, the Brooklyn Arts Council honored Tintori with a "premature retrospective," screening a number of his short films and other works.^[12]

Filmography

Music videos

• "Electric Feel" by MGMT (2007) (Interactive video)
• "Time to Pretend" by MGMT (2008)
• "Electric Feel" by MGMT (2008)
• "Delivery Man" by The Cool Kids (2008)
• "Spaceman" by The Killers (2009)
• "Evident Utensil" by Chairlift (2009)
• "Kids" by MGMT (2009)
• "Dressed to Digress" by Boy Crisis (2009)

Short films

• Jettison Your Loved Ones (2005)
• Death to the Tinman (2006)

References

External links

• Ray Tintori official site
• Ray Tintori at the Internet Movie Database
• Ray Tintori on Clipland
• Jettison Your Loved Ones Video
• Death to the Tinman Video
• Partizan representation for commercials and music videos.

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