Sophie Muller

Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (Londra, 31 gennaio 1962) è una regista britannica di videoclip.

Biografia

Attiva dal 1982, è famosa per aver diretto i video di artisti come No Doubt, Shakira, Gwen Stefani, Eurythmics, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Garbage, The Killers, Annie Lennox, Blur, Sade e altri.

Nata a Londra, si è formata al Royal College of Art. Nel 1984 è stata assistente regista del film In compagnia dei lupi.

Videografia

Anni 80

1982

• Eurythmics – "The Walk" (editing)

1987

• Eurythmics – "Beethoven (I Love to Listen To)"
• Eurythmics – "I Need a Man"

1988

• Eurythmics – "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart"
• Eurythmics – "Brand New Day"
• Eurythmics – "Do You Want to Break Up?"
• Eurythmics – "Heaven"
• Eurythmics – "I Need You"
• Eurythmics – "Put the Blame on Me"
• Eurythmics – "Savage"
• Eurythmics – "Wide Eyed Girl"
• Sade – "Nothing Can Come Between Us"
• Sade – "Turn My Back on You"
• Sade – "Love Is Stronger Than Pride"
• Shakespears Sister – "Break My Heart"
• Shakespear's Sister – "Heroine"
• Annie Lennox featuring Al Green – "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"

1989

• Shakespears Sister – "You're History"
• Shakespears Sister – "Run Silent"
• Sarah Brightman – "Anything but Lonely"
• Eurythmics – "Don't Ask Me Why"

Anni 90 s

1990

• Eurythmics – "Angel"
• Julia Fordham – "Lock and Key"
• Sinéad O'Connor – "The Emperor's New Clothes"

1991

• Nanci Griffith – "Late Night Grande Hotel"
• World Party – "Thank You World"
• Curve – "Coast Is Clear"
• Shakespears Sister – "Goodbye Cruel World"

1992

• Annie Lennox – "Why"
• Annie Lennox – "Precious"
• Annie Lennox – "Cold"
• Annie Lennox – "Money Can't Buy It"
• Annie Lennox – "Legend in My Living Room"
• Annie Lennox – "The Gift"
• Annie Lennox – "Primitive"
• Annie Lennox – "Keep Young and Beautiful"
• Annie Lennox – "Walking on Broken Glass"
• Annie Lennox – "Love Song for a Vampire"
• Annie Lennox – "Little Bird"
• Shakespears Sister – "Stay"
• Shakespears Sister – "I Don't Care"
• Shakespears Sister – "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)"
• Vegas – "Possessed"
• Sade – "No Ordinary Love"
• Curve – "Fait Accompli"
• Aaron Neville – "Somewhere, Somebody"

1993

• Björk – "Venus as a Boy"

1994

• Hole – "Miss World"
• The Jesus and Mary Chain Featuring Hope Sandoval – "Sometimes Always"
• The Jesus and Mary Chain – "Come On"
• Sparks – "When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'"

1995

• Come – "Cimarron"
• Sophie B. Hawkins – "As I Lay Me Down"
• Sparks – "When I Kiss You"
• The Stone Roses – "Ten Storey Love Song"
• Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – "Do You Sleep?"
• Jeff Buckley – "So Real"
• Weezer – "Say It Ain't So"

1996

• The Cure – "The 13th"
• Kè – "Strange World"
• Gary Barlow – "Forever Love"
• Shakespears Sister – "I Can Drive"
• Johnny Bravo – "Used To Be Cool"
• No Doubt – "Don't Speak"
• No Doubt – "Excuse Me Mr."
• No Doubt – "Sunday Morning"
• The Lightning Seeds – "What If..."

1997

• Blur – "Beetlebum"
• Blur – "Song 2"
• Blur – "On Your Own"
• Maxwell – "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever"
• Curve – "Chinese Burn"
• No Doubt – "Live in the Tragic Kingdom"
• No Doubt – "Oi to the World"

1998

• James Iha – "Be Strong Now"
• Maxwell – "Luxury: Cococure"
• Sparklehorse – "Pig"
• Sparklehorse – "Sick Of Goodbyes"
• Remy Zero – "Gramarye"
• Garbage – "When I Grow Up" (live version)
• Garbage – "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing"
• Rufus Wainwright – "April Fools"

1999

• Blur – "Tender" (Unreleased)
• Sinéad O'Connor – "Chiquitita"
• Natalie Merchant Featuring N'Dea Davenport – "Break Your Heart"
• Sparklehorse – "Pig"
• Manic Street Preachers – "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
• Garbage – "When I Grow Up" (U.S. version)
• Semisonic – "Secret Smile"
• The Cardigans – "Hanging Around"
• Sarah McLachlan – "Possession" (American version)
• Sarah McLachlan – "I Will Remember You"
• Emiliana Torrini – "To Be Free"
• Beth Orton – "Central Reservation"
• Sarah McLachlan – "Ice Cream"
• Supergrass – "Mary"

Anni 2000s

2000

• No Doubt – "Simple Kind of Life"
• Ute Lemper – "The Case Continues"
• Doves – "Catch the Sun"
• Bentley Rhythm Ace – "How'd I Do Dat?"
• Alisha's Attic – "Push It All Aside"
• Alisha's Attic – "Pretender Got My Heart"
• JJ72 – "Oxygen"
• PJ Harvey – "Good Fortune"
• No Doubt – "Bathwater"
• Sade – "By Your Side"
• Coldplay – "Trouble" (U.K. Version)
• Jamelia – "Boy Next Door"

2001

• Turin Brakes – "The Door"
• Sade – "King of Sorrow"
• Turin Brakes – "Underdog (Save Me)"
• PJ Harvey – "A Place Called Home"
• Nelly Furtado – "Turn Off the Light"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Take Me Home"
• PJ Harvey – "This Is Love"
• Radiohead – "I Might Be Wrong"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Murder on the Dancefloor"

2002

• Amy Studt – "Just a Little Girl"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Move This Mountain"
• Sugababes – "Freak like Me"
• Coldplay – "In My Place"
• The Beu Sisters – "I Was Only 17"
• Sparta – "Cut Your Ribbon"
• Pink – "Family Portrait"
• No Doubt (featuring Lady Saw) – "Underneath It All"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me" Day Version
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Music Gets the Best of Me" Night Version

2003

• Amy Studt – "Misfit"
• Nickel Creek – "Speak"
• Dolly Parton – "I'm Gone"
• Dido – "Life for Rent"
• Pink – "Trouble"
• The Raveonettes – "That Great Love Sound"
• Katy Rose – "Overdrive"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "I Won't Change You" [co-produced]
• No Doubt – "Rock Steady Live"

2004

• Dixie Chicks – "Top of the World"
• The Killers – "Mr. Brightside"
• Sixpence None the Richer – "Don't Dream It's Over"
• Maroon 5 – "This Love"
• Maroon 5 – "She Will Be Loved"
• Nelly Furtado – "Try"
• Mindy Smith – "Come to Jesus"
• Sarah McLachlan – "World on Fire"
• Sarah McLachlan – "Stupid"
• The Strokes – "The End Has No End"
• Natasha Bedingfield – "These Words" (UK version)
• Vanessa Carlton – "White Houses"
• Loretta Lynn Featuring Jack White – "Portland, Oregon"

2005

• KT Tunstall – "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
• Garbage – "Why Do You Love Me"
• Garbage – "Bleed Like Me"
• Garbage – "Sex Is Not the Enemy"
• Garbage – "Run Baby Run"
• Gwen Stefani – "Cool"
• Coldplay – "Fix You"
• Faith Hill Featuring Tim McGraw – "Like We Never Loved at All"
• Gwen Stefani – "Luxurious"

2006

• Gwen Stefani – "Crash"
• Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean – "Hips Don't Lie"
• Dixie Chicks – "Not Ready to Make Nice"
• She Wants Revenge – "These Things"
• Faith Hill – "Stealing Kisses"
• Lily Allen – "Smile"
• Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z – "Deja Vu"
• Beyoncé – "Ring the Alarm"
• The Raconteurs – "Level"
• Gwen Stefani – "Harajuku Lovers Live"
• Gwen Stefani – "Wind It Up"
• Siobhán Donaghy – "Don't Give It Up"

2007

• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Catch You"
• Mika – "Grace Kelly" (also the extended version)
• Gwen Stefani – "4 in the Morning"
• Mika – "Love Today"
• Rufus Wainwright – "Going to a Town"
• Garbage – "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Today the Sun's on Us"
• Maroon 5 – "Won't Go Home Without You"
• Gwen Stefani – "Early Winter"

2008

• The Kills – "U.R.A. Fever"
• The Kills – "Cheap and Cheerful"
• The Kills – "Last Day of Magic"
• Leona Lewis – "Better in Time"
• Leona Lewis – "Footprints in the Sand"
• The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name"
• Gavin Rossdale – "Love Remains The Same"
• Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire"
• Cold War Kids – "Something Is Not Right with Me"
• Duffy – "Stepping Stone"
• Sarah McLachlan – "U Want Me 2"
• Duffy – "Rain on Your Parade"
• Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody"

2009

• Paloma Faith – "Stone Cold Sober"
• Beyoncé – "Broken-Hearted Girl"
• Shakira – "Did It Again" / Lo Hecho Está Hecho
• No Doubt (as "Snowed Out" on Gossip Girl) – "Stand and Deliver"
• Pink – "I Don't Believe You"
• Shakira – "Give It Up to Me"
• Broken Bells – "The High Road"

2010s

2010

• Sade – "Soldier of Love"
• Sade – "Babyfather"
• Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Not Giving Up on Love"
• Cheryl Cole – "Promise This"
• Cheryl Cole – "The Flood"
• Brandon Flowers – "Only The Young"
• Kings of Leon – "Radioactive"

2011

• The Kills – "Satellite"
• Ellie Goulding – "Lights"
• Noah and the Whale – "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
• Birdy – "Skinny Love"
• Sade – "Love Is Found"

2012

• Alicia Keys – "Girl on Fire"
• No Doubt – "Settle Down"
• Beyoncé – "I Was Here"
• No Doubt – "Push and Shove"
• Labrinth feat Emeli Sandé – "Beneath Your Beautiful"

2013

• Rihanna – "Stay"
• Tom Odell – "Hold Me"
• Garbage and Screaming Females – "Because the Night"
• Lana Del Rey – "Young and Beautiful"
• Pink feat. Lily Rose Cooper – "True Love"
• Birdy – "Wings"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Wanderlust" (Álbum trailer)
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Young Blood"
• John Mayer featuring Katy Perry – "Who You Love"
• Robin Thicke – "Feel Good"
• Katy B – "Crying for No Reason"

2014

• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Runaway Daydreamer"
• Tim McGraw – "Lookin' for That Girl"
• Birdy – "Words As Weapons"
• Katy B – "Still"
• Garbage – "Girls Talk"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Love Is a Camera"
• OneRepublic – "I Lived" (idea)
• OneRepublic – "Love Runs Out"
• Gwen Stefani – "Baby Don't Lie"
• Gwen Stefani – "Spark the Fire"
• Labrinth – "Jealous"
• Beck – "Heart Is a Drum"
• Sam Smith – "Like I Can"

2015

• Garbage – "The Chemicals"
• Selena Gomez – "Good for You" (Version 1)
• Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky – "Good for You" (Version 2)
• Misty Miller – "Happy"
• One Direction – "Perfect"
• Gwen Stefani – "Used to Love You"

2016

• Gwen Stefani – "Make Me like You"
• The Kills – "Heart of a Dog"
• Gwen Stefani – "Misery"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Familia album trailer
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Come With Us"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Crystallise"
• The Dead Weather – "Impossible Winner"
• Gwen Stefani" – "Kuu Kuu Harajuku" (Theme Song Music Video)·
• Noah Cyrus – "Make Me (Cry)"

2017

• Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Wild Forever"
• London Grammar – "Big Picture"
• The Kills – "Whirling Eye"
• Tim McGraw and Faith Hill – "Speak to a Girl"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Death of Love"
• Shock Machine – "Strange Waves"
• Shock Machine – "Unlimited Love"
• Morrissey – "Spent the Day in Bed"
• Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line – "Meant to Be"

2018

• Kylie Minogue – "Dancing"
• Julia Michaels – "Heaven"
• Echosmith – "Over My Head"
• Kylie Minogue featuring Gente de Zona – "Stop Me from Falling" (Remix)
• Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – "Bad Dreams"
• Kylie Minogue – "Golden"
• Bebe Rexha – "I'm a Mess"
• Cheryl – "Love Made Me Do It"
• Lo Moon – "Real Life"
• Westside Cast – "Believe in Dreams"
• Leo Gallo – "Future Is In My Hands"
• Alexandra Kay – "You Think You Know Someone"
• Arika Gluck & Taz Zavala – "Beauty and the Struggle"
• Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton – "You Make It Feel Like Christmas"

2019

• Marina and the Diamonds – "Handmade Heaven"
• Dido – "Give You Up"
• Lil Pump ft. Lil Wayne – "Be Like Me"
• Marina and the Diamonds – "Orange Trees (Original and Vertical Videos)"
• Blake Shelton – "God's Country"
• Shakespears Sister – "All the Queen's Horses"
• Shakespears Sister – "When She Finds You"
• Jax Jones feat. Bebe Rexha - "Harder"
• Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora – "Ritual"
• Easy Life – "Earth"
• Bebe Rexha – Not 20 Anymore
• Bebe Rexha – "You Can't Stop the Girl"
• Blake Shelton – "Hell Right"
• Selena Gomez – "Lose You to Love Me"
• Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now"

2020s

2020

• Selena Gomez – "Lose You to Love Me" (Alternative Video)
• Selena Gomez – "Look at Her Now" (Alternative Video)
• Blake Shelton feat. Gwen Stefani – "Nobody But You"
• Kylie Minogue – "Say Something"
• Kylie Minogue – "Magic"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor – "Crying at the Discotheque"

2021

• Birdy – "Surrender"
• Birdy – "Loneliness"
• Maroon 5 feat. Megan Thee Stallion – "Beautiful Mistakes"
• Maroon 5 – "Lost"
• Gwen Stefani & Saweetie – "Slow Clap (Remix)"
• LILHUDDY - "America's Sweetheart"
• Selena Gomez & Camilo - "999"
• Kylie Minogue & Years & Years - "A Second to Midnight"
• Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware - "Kiss of Life"
• ABBA - "Little Things"

Riconoscimenti

• Grammy Awards 1992 – "miglior video album" (Diva di Annie Lennox)
• MTV Video Music Awards 1992 – "miglior video di un'artista femminile" (Why di Annie Lennox)
• MTV Video Music Awards 1997 – "miglior video di un gruppo" (Don't Speak dei No Doubt)

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Sophie Muller, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Sophie Muller, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) Sophie Muller (I), su IMDb, IMDb.com.