{{Short description|American music video and commercial director}} {{Sources exist|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Grant Singer | image = <!--Grant Singer.jpg--> | caption = <!--Grant Singer in 2019--> | birth_name = Grant Taylor Singer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|07|23}}<ref name="Dossier">{{cite web |last1=Putrino |first1=Matt |title=Grant Singer / Features / Nothing Major |url=http://nothingmajor.com/features/70-grant-singer/ |website=Dossier |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | spouse = | occupation = Director | years_active = 2012&ndash;present | website = {{URL|grantsinger.com/}} }}

'''Grant Taylor Singer''' (born July 23, 1985)<ref name="Dossier" /> is an American filmmaker, and music video and commercial director known for working with artists such as the Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Troye Sivan, Sky Ferreira, Lorde, Sam Smith, Travis Scott, Ariel Pink and Skrillex.

Known as a top music video director, Singer made his feature film directorial debut with ''Reptile'', starring Benicio del Toro and Justin Timberlake, released on Netflix in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=August 28, 2023 |title=LBI Signs Grant Singer, Ace Music Video Helmer Making Feature Bow On Toronto Premiere 'Reptile' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/08/grant-singer-signs-lbi-entertainment-feature-debut-toronto-premiere-reptile-1235529633/ |access-date=Jan 14, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer |- | 2023 | ''Reptile'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |}

'''Short film''' *''IRL'' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Grant Singer: IRL – HERO | url=https://hero-magazine.com/article/13023/grant-singer-irl | access-date=2025-08-22 | website=hero-magazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Grant Singer on His Sky Ferreira-Starring Short Film, ‘IRL’ - Sarah Tomlinson | url=https://sarahtomlinson.com/grant-singer-on-his-sky-ferreira-starring-short-film-irl/ | access-date=2025-08-22 | website=sarahtomlinson.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=The Making of IRL {{!}} Dazed | url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/16466/1/the-making-of-irl | access-date=2025-08-22 | website=www.dazeddigital.com}}</ref> *''Mania'' (2016)<ref name="TheWeeknd">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/69997-watch-the-weeknds-new-short-film-mania/|title=Watch The Weeknd's New Short Film Mania|date=23 November 2016|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=23 November 2016}}</ref>

'''Documentary film''' *''Shawn Mendes: In Wonder'' (2020) *''[https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/3204 Youth Museum]'' (2013)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rania |first1=Aniftos |title=How Shawn Mendes' ''In Wonder'' Doc Strips Away the 'Mythology' of a Star & Reveals the Human Underneath |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/grant-singer-shawn-mendes-in-wonder-documentary-9487905/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 28, 2022 |date=November 20, 2020}}</ref>

===Music video=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist(s) ! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2020 |"To Die For" | rowspan="2" |Sam Smith |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sam-smith-announces-new-album-to-die-for/|title=Sam Smith Announces New Album To Die For, Shares New Song|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2019 |"How Do You Sleep?" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/sam-smith-announces-new-album-to-die-for/|title=Sam Smith Announces New Album To Die For, Shares New Song: Listen|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=February 14, 2020|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=February 14, 2020}}</ref> |- |"No Idea" |Don Toliver |<ref>{{Cite web|last=BridgeDeliboy|date=2019-05-29|title=Don Toliver - No Idea|url=https://www.somuzay.com/mv-don-toliver-no-idea/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=SoMuZay|language=en-US}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |2018 |"Call Out My Name" |The Weeknd |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-the-weeknds-bizarre-new-call-out-my-name-video/|title=Watch the Weeknd's Bizarre New "Call Out My Name" Video|work=Pitchfork|last=Kim|first=Michelle|date=April 12, 2018|accessdate=April 12, 2018}}</ref> |- | "Never Be the Same" |Camila Cabello |<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/camila-cabello-never-be-the-same-video-8085607/ |title=Camila Cabello Wears Couture and Hangs in Hotel Rooms in Artful 'Never Be the Same' Video |last=Maher |first=Natalie |date=March 8, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> |- |"My My My!" |Troye Sivan |<ref>{{cite news|last=Nied|first=Mike|title=Troye Sivan Teases A Dramatic Music Video For New Single "My My My!"|url=https://www.idolator.com/7673342/troye-sivan-teases-my-my-my-music-video|accessdate=11 January 2018|work=Idolator|date=9 January 2018}}{{dead link|date=August 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2017 |"Perfect Places" | rowspan="2" |Lorde |<ref>{{cite web| url=http://pitchfork.com/news/lorde-takes-one-hell-of-a-vacation-in-new-perfect-places-video-watch/ |title=Lorde Takes One Hell of a Vacation in New "Perfect Places" Video: Watch |first=Amanda |last=Wicks |work=Pitchfork |date=3 August 2017 |accessdate=13 August 2017}}</ref> |- |"Green Light" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/68382-lorde-releases-new-song-green-light-and-video-watch/|title=Lorde Releases New Song "Green Light" and Video: Watch {{!}} ''Pitchfork''|work=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> |- |"I Don't Wanna Live Forever" |Taylor Swift and Zayn |<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/8094872/taylor-swift-troye-sivan-lorde-the-weeknd-collaborator-grant-singer-director-music-video-interview|title=How Troye Sivan, Lorde & The Weeknd Collaborator Grant Singer Became Pop's Go-To Music Video Auteur|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> |- |"Don't Know Why" |Slowdive |<ref>{{cite web |title=Slowdive – 'Don't Know Why' Video |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1966701/slowdive-dont-know-why-video/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=November 28, 2022 |date=October 11, 2017}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |2016 |"Wicked" |Future |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/future-new-video-wicked|title=Watch Future's Video for "Wicked"|work=Complex|date=June 3, 2016|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> |- |"Starboy" |The Weeknd |<ref name=TheWeeknd/> |- |"Safari" |J Balvin feat. Pharrell Williams, Bia, Sky |<ref name="hypebeast"/> |- |"Let Me Love You" |Ariana Grande |<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carley|first1=Brennan|title=Ariana Grande and Lil Wayne Go Low Tech in Their Sultry 'Let Me Love You' Video|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/05/ariana-grande-let-me-love-you-music-video-lil-wayne-watch/|accessdate=June 7, 2016|work=Spin|date=April 16, 2016}}</ref> |- | rowspan="6" |2015 |"Red Lips" Remix |Skrillex |<ref name="hypebeast"/> |- |"Tell Your Friends" | rowspan="2" |The Weeknd |<ref name=Pitchfork/> |- |"Can't Feel My Face" |<ref name=Pitchfork/> |- |"Burial" |Skrillex with Yogi featuring Pusha T, Moody Good and TrollPhace |<ref name="hypebeast">{{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/zh/2018/6/the-weeknd-starboy-mv-director-grant-singer|title=HYPEBEAST interviews "Starboy" music video director Grant Singer|work=Hypebeast|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> |- |"The Hills" |The Weeknd |<ref name=Pitchfork/> |- |"Dayzed Inn Daydreamz" | rowspan="3" |Ariel Pink |<ref name=Pitchfork>{{cite web |last1=Ducker |first1=Eric |title=How This Glam Rock OG Became the Weeknd's Video Muse {{!}} Pitchfork |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/917-how-this-glam-rock-og-became-the-weeknds-video-muse/ |work=Pitchfork |accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref> |- | rowspan="9" |2014 |"Put Your Number In My Phone" | rowspan="8" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/n/grant-singer|title=Grant Singer|website=IMVDb|language=en|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref> |- |"My Molly" |- |"I Blame Myself" | rowspan="6" |Sky Ferreira |- |"Night Time, My Time" |- |"You're Not the One" |- |"Lost in My Bedroom" |- |"Sad Dream" |- |"Everything Is Embarrassing" |- |"Mamacita" | Travi$ Scott | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.videostatic.com/watch-it/2014/12/02/travi-scott-mamacita-grant-singer-dir|title=Travi$ Scott Mamacita|website=Videostatic|language=en|access-date=2020-06-25}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://grantsinger.com/}} * [https://www.anonymouscontent.com/work/commercials/anonymous/grant-singer/ Grant Singer on Anonymous Content official website] * {{IMDb name|nm3026537}}

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