{{Short description|American filmmaker and video director}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2014}} '''Doug Nichol''' is an American filmmaker and commercials/music video director.
==Biography== A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, he started his career as a cinematographer working with David Bowie, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen and U2 and was director of photography on Madonna's ''Truth or Dare'' documentary.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://computerhistory.org/profile/doug-nichol/ | title=Doug Nichol }}</ref> He has also directed campaigns for Levi's, Mercedes-Benz, Heineken, Virgin Mobile, Smirnoff, Toyota, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Peugeot, and American Express among others.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.partizan.com/director/doug-nichol | title=Doug Nichol }}</ref> His commercial for Levi's, involving a hamster, received the largest number of complaints to the Independent Television Commission at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} Rodent rage!|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/183380.stm|access-date=2021-05-23|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
He won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for Sting's ''Ten Summoner's Tales''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22sting%22|title=Grammy Award Past Winners|date=2017-04-30}}</ref> and also received two other Grammy nominations for work with Aerosmith<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|title=1999 Grammy Awards|website=NME |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011030229/http://www.nme.com/news/lauryn-hill/772|archivedate=2012-10-11}}</ref> and NKOTB.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/videos.htm |title=Grammy Awards: Best Music Videos |publisher=Rock On The Net |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref> He has won several MTV awards including Best Rock Video for Aerosmith’s "Pink".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010312171437/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/19980910/aerosmith.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2001 |title=Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV |date=1998-10-09 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref> His music video for "This Is Hardcore" by Pulp has consistently been listed as one of the top music videos of all time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=ldetmer1271 |date=2011-07-26 |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/07/28/the-30-all-time-best-music-videos/slide/pulp-this-is-hardcore-1998/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |title=The 30 All-TIME Best Music Videos - Pulp, 'This Is Hardcore' (1998) |magazine=Time}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm |title=Stylus Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of All Time - Article |publisher=Stylus Magazine |date= |accessdate=2014-07-28 |archive-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217033605/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-100-music-videos-of-all-time3.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/100-greatest-music-videos/217342/page/6 |title=100 Greatest Music Videos |publisher=Nme.Com |date=2014-07-23 |accessdate=2014-07-28}}</ref>
In 2016, he directed ''California Typewriter''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://time.com/4913685/doug-nichol-typewriter-documentary/ | title=The Soul of an Old Machine | date=24 August 2017 }}</ref>
==Music videos== <!--Music video director links directly here.--> {{BLP unsourced section|date=July 2014}} * Texas, "When We Are Together" * Geri Halliwell, "Mi Chico Latino" * Kula Shaker, "Mystical Machine Gun" *Étienne Daho, "Ideal", * Pulp, "This Is Hardcore" *Étienne Daho, "Le Premier Jour" * Aerosmith, "Pink" * Shara Nelson, "Rough with the Smooth" * Lenny Kravitz, "Spinning Round Over You" * Jacques Dutronc & Étienne Daho, "Tous Les Gouts Sont Dans Ma Nature" * Renaud, "C’est Quand Qu’On Va Ou" *Des'ree, "I Ain't Movin'" * Sting, "Seven Days" * Sting, "Shape of My Heart" * Extreme, "Stop the World" * Del Amitri, "Be My Downfall" *Chris de Burgh, "Separate Tables" * Wet Wet Wet, "More than Love" *Étienne Daho, "Un Homme A La Mer" *Étienne Daho, "Rue Des Petits Hotels" *Étienne Daho, "Des Attractions Desastres" * Etienne Daho, "Double Zero et L’Infini" * Etienne Daho, "Interlude à la Desirade" * Tuck & Patti, "Dreams" * Florent Pagny, "Si Tu Veux M'Essayer" * Liane Foly, "Laisse Pleurer Les Nuages" * Les Valentins, "Les Pieds Dans La Lune" * Patricia Kaas, "Kennedy Rose" * Patricia Kaas, "Il Me Dit Que Je Suis Belle" * Toni Childs, "Many Rivers to Cross" * Del Amitri, "Kiss This Thing Goodbye" *Tiffany, "Here in My Heart" * Sons of Angels, "Cow Girls" *New Kids on the Block, "This One's for the Children" *New Kids on the Block, "Hangin' Tough" *New Kids on the Block, "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" *New Kids on the Block, "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" *New Kids on the Block, "Please Don't Go Girl" *Easterhouse, "Come Out Fighting" * Cheryl Pepsii Riley, "Me, Myself and I" * Tuck & Patti, "Time After Time" *Johnny Clegg & Savuka, "Take My Heart Away" * Baxter Robertson, "No Simple Cure" * The Cars, "Strap Me In" *Little Steven, "No More Party's" *Pete Bardens, "In Dreams" * Ray Parker Jr., "Girls Are More Fun" * Patti LaBelle, "Stir It Up" * Nomo, "Red Lipstick"
==Commercials== {{BLP unsourced section|date=July 2014}} * American Express - Music Lover, Club Girl * Babybel – The Printer * Baileys – Truth, Dare *Bass Ale - A Taste For More * Bertolli – Anthem *British Midland – Escape, Flight 1400 * Cadillac - Interstate * Caress – LL Cool J * Chase Bank - Back and Forth * Chrysler - Make It Safer, Anthem, 300, * Davidoff - Cool Water Woman * Dunkin' Donuts - Rachel Ray, Mobile Office * Ebel - Architects of Time * First Direct - Barbershop *Ford - Henri *France Telecom – Couple, Hammock * Heineken – Heineken Squad * Hugo Boss – Hugo, It's Just A Fragrance * Kodak – Narvick, Temple, Mount Blanc *Kronenbourg – Barman, Player *Levi's – Hampster, Wives *LG - Lear Jet *Lloyds TSB – Boots, Paint, Lights, Note for Note *Mars - The Jogger *MasterCard - World Market * Mercedes-Benz - Change Lanes * Microsoft – Fox, Worm,<ref>{{YouTube|id=6UFNCdhyjbA|title=MSN - Worm (1999, UK)}}</ref> Cow, Alien, Pamela * Molson Canadian - Under The Snow, Snowbank, Here's To You Canada * Orangina - Le Salaire de la Pulpe * Palm - Gallery Opening * Peugeot - Ambush, Jump, The Hunt * Prudential Golf, Rear Window * Renault – Alligators, Kangaroos, Cows * Rover - Crossroads * Samsung – Estella Warren * SBC - Makin’ It * Smirnoff - Autocue *Sony Ericsson – Snatch, Torn, Change The Record, Dentist, Church, Fans * Target – Aqua, Guitar Kid, Dove, Tide * Toyota – Spies, Cyborg, Slap, The Bicycle * UPS – Singer, Caring Pilot * Virgin Mobile – Frozen, Wyclef Jean, Kellis * Visa - Traffic Cop * Vodafone - Laugh
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0629326|name=Doug Nichol}} * [http://www.partizan.com/partizan/commercials/?doug_nichol Partizan.com] * [http://www.studiodaily.com/hdstudio/editorschoice/Q&A-Doug-Nichol-on-Flight-and-Dreams_4412.html Studiodaily.com] * [http://www.mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Nichol&first=Doug Mvdbase.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105041753/http://mvdbase.com/tech.php?last=Nichol&first=Doug |date=2010-01-05 }}
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