# Grant Singer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grant_Singer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Grant_Singer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Singer > Source revision: 1356811714 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American music video and commercial director}} {{Sources exist|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Grant Singer | image = | caption = | birth_name = Grant Taylor Singer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|07|23}}{{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}} | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | spouse = | occupation = [Director](/source/Music_video_director) | years_active = 2012–present | website = {{URL|grantsinger.com/}} }} '''Grant Taylor Singer''' (born July 23, 1985) is an American filmmaker, and [music video](/source/music_video) and [commercial](/source/Television_advertisement) director known for working with artists such as [the Weeknd](/source/the_Weeknd), [Taylor Swift](/source/Taylor_Swift), [Troye Sivan](/source/Troye_Sivan), [Sky Ferreira](/source/Sky_Ferreira), [Lorde](/source/Lorde), [Sam Smith](/source/Sam_Smith_(singer)), [Travis Scott](/source/Travis_Scott), [Ariel Pink](/source/Ariel_Pink) and [Skrillex](/source/Skrillex). Known as a top music video director, Singer made his feature film directorial debut with [''Reptile''](/source/Reptile_(film)), starring [Benicio del Toro](/source/Benicio_del_Toro) and [Justin Timberlake](/source/Justin_Timberlake), released on [Netflix](/source/Netflix) in 2023.{{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](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)}} ==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer |- | 2023 | ''[Reptile](/source/Reptile_(film))'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- |} '''Short film''' *''IRL'' (2013){{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}}{{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}}{{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}} *''Mania'' (2016){{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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|accessdate=23 November 2016}} '''Documentary film''' *''[Shawn Mendes: In Wonder](/source/Shawn_Mendes%3A_In_Wonder)'' (2020) *''[https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/3204 Youth Museum]'' (2013){{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}} ===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](/source/To_Die_For_(Sam_Smith_song))" | rowspan="2" |[Sam Smith](/source/Sam_Smith_(singer)) |{{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}} |- | rowspan="2" |2019 |"[How Do You Sleep?](/source/How_Do_You_Sleep%3F_(Sam_Smith_song))" |{{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}} |- |"[No Idea](/source/No_Idea_(song))" |[Don Toliver](/source/Don_Toliver) |{{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}} |- | rowspan="3" |2018 |"[Call Out My Name](/source/Call_Out_My_Name)" |[The Weeknd](/source/The_Weeknd) |{{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}} |- | "[Never Be the Same](/source/Never_Be_the_Same_(Camila_Cabello_song))" |[Camila Cabello](/source/Camila_Cabello) |{{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](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |access-date=March 9, 2018}} |- |"[My My My!](/source/My_My_My!_(Troye_Sivan_song))" |[Troye Sivan](/source/Troye_Sivan) |{{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}} |- | rowspan="4" |2017 |"[Perfect Places](/source/Perfect_Places)" | rowspan="2" |[Lorde](/source/Lorde) |{{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}} |- |"[Green Light](/source/Green_Light_(Lorde_song))" |{{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}} |- |"[I Don't Wanna Live Forever](/source/I_Don't_Wanna_Live_Forever)" |[Taylor Swift](/source/Taylor_Swift) and [Zayn](/source/Zayn_Malik) |{{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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|access-date=2019-04-16}} |- |"Don't Know Why" |[Slowdive](/source/Slowdive) |{{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}} |- | rowspan="4" |2016 |"[Wicked](/source/Wicked_(Future_song))" |[Future](/source/Future_(rapper)) |{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/06/future-new-video-wicked|title=Watch Future's Video for "Wicked"|work=[Complex](/source/Complex_(magazine))|date=June 3, 2016|accessdate=June 4, 2016}} |- |"[Starboy](/source/Starboy_(song))" |The Weeknd | |- |"[Safari](/source/Safari_(J_Balvin_song))" |[J Balvin](/source/J_Balvin) feat. [Pharrell Williams](/source/Pharrell_Williams), [Bia](/source/Bia_(rapper)), Sky | |- |"[Let Me Love You](/source/Let_Me_Love_You_(Ariana_Grande_song))" |[Ariana Grande](/source/Ariana_Grande) |{{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}} |- | rowspan="6" |2015 |"Red Lips" Remix |[Skrillex](/source/Skrillex) | |- |"[Tell Your Friends](/source/Tell_Your_Friends_(song))" | rowspan="2" |The Weeknd | |- |"[Can't Feel My Face](/source/Can't_Feel_My_Face)" | |- |"[Burial](/source/Burial_(Skrillex_song))" |[Skrillex](/source/Skrillex) with Yogi featuring [Pusha T](/source/Pusha_T), [Moody Good](/source/Moody_Good) and TrollPhace |{{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}} |- |"[The Hills](/source/The_Hills_(song))" |The Weeknd | |- |"Dayzed Inn Daydreamz" | rowspan="3" |[Ariel Pink](/source/Ariel_Pink) |{{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](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |accessdate=October 7, 2017}} |- | rowspan="9" |2014 |"Put Your Number In My Phone" | rowspan="8" |{{Cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/n/grant-singer|title=Grant Singer|website=IMVDb|language=en|access-date=2019-04-20}} |- |"[My Molly](/source/Ariel_Pink_discography)" |- |"[I Blame Myself](/source/I_Blame_Myself)" | rowspan="6" |[Sky Ferreira](/source/Sky_Ferreira) |- |"[Night Time, My Time](/source/Night_Time%2C_My_Time)" |- |"[You're Not the One](/source/You're_Not_the_One)" |- |"[Lost in My Bedroom](/source/Lost_in_My_Bedroom)" |- |"[Sad Dream](/source/Sad_Dream_(song))" |- |"[Everything Is Embarrassing](/source/Everything_Is_Embarrassing)" |- |"Mamacita" | [Travi$ Scott](/source/Travi%24_Scott) | {{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}} |} ==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}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Singer, Grant}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:American music video directors Category:Artists from Los Angeles Category:Television advertisement directors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Grant Singer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Singer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Singer?action=history)). 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