Robert Hales (director)

Robert Hales
Robert Hales
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Graphic designer and music video director.

Robert Hales is a British graphic designer and music video director. Hales has directed music videos by artists such as Westlife, Bridgit Mendler, Avril Lavigne, Tame Impala, Jet, the Veronicas, Fuel, Stereophonics, the Donnas, Justin Timberlake, Nine Inch Nails, Death Cab For Cutie, Miley Cyrus, Gnarls Barkley, Imagine Dragons and Crowded House. Robert Hales has co-directed the video for Nine Inch Nails' "Starfuckers, Inc.", but he designed the artwork for the CD single of Nine Inch Nails' "The Day the World Went Away."

On 31 August 2006, Hales received an MTV Video Music Award for directing the Gnarls Barkley single "Crazy".

Robert Hales directed the video to "Kiss You Off" by the Scissor Sisters. Hales directed the groundbreaking music video for Justin Timberlake's "LoveStoned" and Britney Spears' animated video for "Break The Ice". In 2012, he directed the video to "Look Around" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Filmography

Year	Artist	Music Video
1999	Stone Temple Pilots	"Down" (co-directed with Mark Racco)
2000	Nine Inch Nails	"Starfuckers, Inc." (co-directed with Marilyn Manson)
2000	Richard Ashcroft	"Money to Burn"
2002	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	"Love Burns"
	Vex Red	"Can't Smile"
	Kid Rock	You Never Met a Motherfucker Quite Like Me
	The Datsuns	"In Love"
	The Donnas	"Take It Off"
2003	Stereophonics	"Madame Helga"
2003	Jet	"Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
2004	Switchfoot	"Dare You to Move"
	Jet	"Look What You've Done"
	Elefant	"Misfit"
2005	Rooster	"Deep and Meaningless"
	Kano featuring Mike Skinner	"Nite Nite"
	Craig David	"Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)"
	Fort Minor	"Petrified"
	The Veronicas	"Everything I'm Not"
2006	Craig David	"Unbelievable"
	Gnarls Barkley	"Crazy"
	Gnarls Barkley	"Smiley Faces"
	The Panic Channel	"Why Cry"
	Jet	"Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"
	Snow Patrol	"Open Your Eyes"^[1]
	Oasis	"Acquiesce"
	Pete Yorn	"For Us"
2007	Gnarls Barkley	"Go-Go Gadget Gospel"
	Justin Timberlake	"LoveStoned"
	Kings of Leon	"Charmer"
	OneRepublic (Timbaland Remix)	"Apologize"
2008	Jonas Brothers	"When You Look Me in the Eyes"
	Britney Spears	"Break the Ice"
	N.E.R.D	"Spaz"
	Shwayze	"Buzzin'"
	Delta Goodrem	"In This Life" (US version)^[2]
	Robin Thicke	"Magic"
2009	Demi Lovato	"Don't Forget"
	Jeffree Star	"Get Away with Murder"
	Janet Jackson	"Make Me"
2010	Miley Cyrus	"Can't Be Tamed"
	Miley Cyrus	"Who Owns My Heart"
	Tame Impala	"Lucidity"
2012	Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Look Around"
2012	Soundgarden	"Live to Rise"
2013	Avril Lavigne	"Here's to Never Growing Up"
2013	Bridgit Mendler	"Hurricane"
2014	Lea Michele	"Cannonball"
	Jack White	"Would You Fight for My Love?"
	Chris Lane	"Broken Windshield View"
	Meg Myers	"Go"
2015	Death Cab for Cutie	"Black Sun"
	Imagine Dragons	"Shots"
	Muse	"Dead Inside"
	Death Cab for Cutie	"The Ghosts of Beverly Drive"
2017	Morrissey	"Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage"
2017	Walk the Moon	"One Foot"
2018	Pale Waves	"Kiss"
2019	Westlife	"Hello My Love"
2019	Westlife	"My Blood"

References

^ "Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes". HSI Productions. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
^ Christine Sams (30 March 2008). "Delta lays it out for US". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

External links

Robert Hales at IMDb
Robert Hales at Clipland
"Videography". MVDBase.com (person). ASG. 1998–2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
Biography and Work @ Mothership
Robert Hales at Warp
Biography and Work @ HSI Productions
Biography and Work @ HSI London
Videos by Robert Hales

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[1] "Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes". HSI Productions. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[2] Christine Sams (30 March 2008). "Delta lays it out for US". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

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