Christopher Mills is a Canadian director, editor, animator and cinematographer. He has directed music videos for bands such as Modest Mouse, Interpol, Broken Social Scene, Blue Rodeo, Metric, The Joy Formidable, Senses Fail and Breaking Benjamin. He has also worked on commercials, short films, documentaries, projections and art album covers. Mills' style and work is "Renowned for his unique mix of live action, 2D and 3D filmmaking techniques" according to the writer Anne T. Donahue. "Mills has taken otherwise simple concepts and helped make them magical, transforming each video from a standard visual counterpart to an entirely different form of expression".Anne T. Donahue, "The Best New Music Video Directors Part Two", www.aux.tv, April 26, 2010
Mills has had his work featured in Rolling Stone magazine and on many websites among them Kanye West's blog or MTV.com. He played on Oprah, MTV, MTV2, VH1, Much Music, and other music video networks worldwide. Mills has given retrospectives in respected universities, global film festivals, and at Canada's National Art Gallery. His work has been nominated for and has earned multiple awards, including MTV awards, MTV2 awards, Much Music Video Awards, Juno Awards, International Broadcasting Advertising awards. His video of Interpol's PDA was nominated for an MTV2 Awards in 2003 "Float On", for Modest Mouse, won the MTV "woody" award, was nominated for the MTV "breakthrough video" award, and was nominated for the MTV2 award.
Mills has contributed to and collaborated with musicians and advertisers in a variety of media, ranging from simple drawings for Broken Social Scene's self-titled album (nominated for a "Best Album Art" Juno), to giant stage projections for The Tragically Hip's 2004 oft sold-out stadium tour (later co-winning the Juno for Best Music DVD), to a feature-length experimental documentary film for Canadian cultural icons Blue Rodeo, The Blue Road (2008 Juno winner, "Best Music DVD").
Videography Music videos directed by Christopher Mills.
Year Song Band2014 For Those Who Stay PS I love You Alienation Morning Parade The Terror Pulse KEN mode Forever And Ever Royal Wood2013 The Turn Around Eight and A Half Secret Vasectomy KEN mode Turn Off The Robot Burning House Dance With Me Ra Ra Riot Dead Walkie DAVIDS 2012 The Great Exhale Great Lake SwimmersNothing Is Anything (without you) Wintersleep Cholla The Joy Formidable Toronto PS I Love You This Must Be The Place Belle Starr Calm Before The Storm Imaginary Cities Canadian Girls Dean Brody Time C. A. Smith Heavyweight Our Lady Peace Count On Me Cuff The Duke2011 Taken Away Nash Temporary Resident Imaginary Cities Everyone Watched The Wedding Jim Cuddy Blow Me Away Breaking Benjamin A Heavy Abacus The Joy Formidable Sad Robot Harmonies Nash Not Getting Any Better Inner Party System Whirring The Joy Formidable2010 Expecting To Fly Metric Collect Call Metric Tobias Grey PostData We, Myself And I Shad Dance Mother Sweet Thing Angel Street Lucie Idlout Blue Blood Blues The Dead Weather2009 Saviour The Dears Disclaimer The Dears Arizona Dust Blue Rodeo Arlington Ridley Bent2008 Crooked Legs The Acorn Shutterbuggin Buck 65 Dang Buck 65 The Flood Pt.1 The Acorn2007 Monday, Monday, Monday Tegan and Sara Far Cry Rush The Mary Getaway The Working Title Same In Any Language I Nine Missed The Boat Modest Mouse2006 Now That I Miss Her Elefant The Gate Sam Roberts We Can Never Say Goodbye The Open2005 It's Not The Fall That Hurts The Caesars Everything Is Alright(co-directed with Chris Grismer) Motion City Soundtrack Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning Senses Fail The Road Leads Where It's Led Secret Machines Collide Howie Day2004 Vaccination Scar The Tragically Hip Every Time It Rains Charlotte Martin Simple Man Shinedown Float On Modest Mouse2003 Perfect Time Of Day Howie Day Stars And Sons Broken Social Scene Shatterday Vendetta Red World So Cold Mudvayne Have A Little Faith Mandy Moore2002 PDA Interpol Wonderful Andy Stochansky2000 Silently Screaming Serial Joe Sad Nights Blue Rodeo Below The Stars King Cobb Steelie1999 Rise With The Sun The Punters Dancing With Myself The Boomtang Boys In My Hands Natalie MacMaster Umbrella Mayor McCA1998 Lemonade Protein 1997 My Only Hope Miller Stain Limit
References
External links Christopher Mills at The Internet Music Video Database