{{Short description|American director of television commercials, music videos, and films}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox artist | name = Matt Lenski | caption = Matt Lenski | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = | training = | movement = | notable_works = | patrons = | awards = MTV Video Music Award }}
'''Matt Lenski''' is an American director of television commercials, music videos, and films. He is based in New York City. Lenski won an MTV Video Music Award for his direction of Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/winners-by-category.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828042240/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/winners-by-category.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2008 |title=MTV Video Music Awards | Show Highlights, Winners, Performers, Hosts and More From Past Video Music Awards |publisher=MTV.com |date= |accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref> His short film ''Meaning Of Robots'' was officially accepted in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/ |title=2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program | Sundance Institute |publisher=Sundance.org |date=December 6, 2011 |accessdate=October 12, 2013 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913021741/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Lenski's 2004 viral campaign, "F*ck New York," parodied the Republican Presidential Convention, which took place in New York City. The satire featured thug teens playing the roles of President George W. Bush and his political bedfellows. New York Magazine quoted it as Russell Simmons' preferred viral video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/what_the_celebrities_are_watching.html |title=What the Celebrities Are Watching on YouTube – Vulture |publisher=Nymag.com |date=September 5, 2013 |accessdate=October 12, 2013}}</ref>
==Music videos== *Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" (hi-fi version) (2005) *Rogue Wave "Publish My Love" (2006) *The Giraffes "Having Fun" (2006) *CKY "Familiar Realm" (2006) *Band of Horses "The Funeral" (2006) (using footage directed by his father, Willy Lenski) *Zero 7 feat. Sia "Throw It All Away" (2006) *Regina Spektor "On the Radio" (version 1) (2006) *Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather "Stop Me" (US / international version) (2007) *Orson "Ain't No Party" (2007) *Get Busy Committee "I Don't Care About You" (2010) *Hal Linton "Mind Control" (2010)
==Short films== * Filibuster premiered at the Rooftop Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rooftop Films At Sat - Rave.ca |url=https://www.rave.ca/en/event/rooftop_films_at_sat/ |website=www.rave.ca |access-date=27 April 2026}}</ref> * Meaning of Robots premiered at the Sundance Film Festival<ref>[http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/ Sundance Film Festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913021741/http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/ |date=September 13, 2014 }}</ref> * F*ck New York<ref>{{cite web |title=F*ck New York |url=http://www.sdintegrated.com/content/viewVideo/Commercials/MattLenski/RepublicanNationalConvention/FuckNY}}</ref>
==References== ;Notes {{Reflist}} ;Bibliography * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203744/http://www.hiphopmusic.com/archives/2004_09.html The Guys Behind The "F*** New York" Video]
==External links== * {{IMDb name|1596193|Matt Lenski}}
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