Tim Pope

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Tim Pope is an award winning film director most famous for his music videos, but also for having directed feature films and for having a brief pop career.

Career

In the eighties to early nineties, Pope primarily worked on directing music videos for such artists as The Cure, David Bowie, Queen and Neil Young.

However in 1992, Pope made his move into the world of feature films with a short film called Phone starring amongst others Bill Pullman, Linda Blair and Amanda Plummer. The film was successful and went on to win many accolades. The success of this film led directly to Pope's hire to direct the follow up to The Crow. achieved the number one spot at the American box-office and is included in the top 1,500 money-spinners of all cinematic time, although not being widely acclaimed by critics.

In 1995 he recieved a 'lifetime award' from the CADS for his music videos but took a 12-year long break from directing after this. However he began music video work again in 2005 and has now made videos for such artists as Fatboy Slim, The Darkness, The Kaiser Chiefs, KT Tunstall and Jim Noir. In response to questions regarding his 12-year hiatus, he replied "I simply wasn't ready to go away and die".

Music Video Filmography (incomplete)

Altered Images "Happy Birthday"
Altered Images "I Could Be Happy"
The B-52's "Do You Want To Hold Me"
The Bangles "Eternal Flame"
Bow Wow Wow "Do You Wanna Hold Me"
Bryan Ferry "Help Me"
Bryan Ferry "Is Your Love Strong Enough"
The Darkness "One Way Ticket"
The Darkness "Is It Just Me?"
The Darkness "Girlfriend"
Darryl Hall & John Oates "Adult Education"
David Bowie "Time Will Crawl"
Everything But The Girl "When All's Well"
Ian McCulloch "Proud To Fall"
Josh Abrahams & Amiel Damon "Addicted To Bass"
Live (band) "I Alone (version 1: Slow Motion version)"
Men Without Hats "Safety Dance"
Ned's Atomic Dustbin "Not Sleeping Around"
Neil Young "Cry Cry Cry"
Peter Murphy "Sweetest Drop"
Queen "It's A Hard Life"
Roger Taylor "Man Of Fire"
Seven Mary Three "Make Up Your Mind"
Siouxsie and the Banshees "Dazzle"

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