Wikipedia / Phil Harder
Wikipedia / Phil Harder
Philip Harder (born 1965) is an American music video director and commercial director represented by Bob Industries in Santa Monica, California. Phil was also a director at Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart Commercials and Music Videos where he directed award-winning commercials for clients including The Gap. He also had a music video company Harder/Fuller Films, from 1985 to 2005. In the 1980s, Harder was in the band Breaking Circus, as well as a founding member of Big Trouble House, a rock trio active throughout the 1990s.
Harder was the cinematographer on the Japanese feature film Yoko, The Cherry Blossom shot in Tokyo.
Filmography
Music videos
1985
The Jayhawks– "King of Kings"
1986
Rifle Sport– "Burn 'Em Up"
Sonic Youth– "Stereo Sanctity"
1987
Agitpop– "Girl But Not a Friend"
Big Black– "Dead Billy"
Big Black– "Pigeon Kill"
Big Black– "Cables"
Big Black– "Big Money"
Black Spot– "Bad Ass Hammer"
The Didjits– "Max Wedge"
The Didjits– "Axehandle"
Naked Raygun– "Vanilla Blue"
1988
Agitpop– "Stop Drop and Roll"
Big Trouble House– "Afghanistan"
Breaking Circus– "Shockhammer 13"
Breaking Circus– "Evil Last Night"
Breaking Circus– "Three Cool Cats"
The Magnolias– "Pardon Me"
Shane– "Ride, Ride, Ride"
Soul Asylum– "P-9"
1989
The Afghan Whigs– "Sister, Brother" (1989)
Agitpop– "Forget Me Not"– (1989)
Chicken Scratch– "Undertoe"
Poopshovel– "One Pass Away" (1989)
Soul Asylum– "Artificial Heart"
1990
Another Carnival– "Rain on Me"
Arson Garden– "Two Sisters"
Babes in Toyland– "He's My Thing"
Big Chief– "Drive It Off"
Big Trouble House– "Black River"
Big Trouble House– "Union Feed Grain Mill"
Chicken Scratch– "Tom Takes Toilets To Tinseltown"
Joe Henry (with Don Cherry)– "John Hanging"
Brenda Kahn– "The Ballad of Ridge Street"
Brenda Kahn– "If Red Were Blue"
Libido Boyz– "Godzilla"
1991
The Afghan Whigs– "Turn on the Water"
The Afghan Whigs– "Conjure Me"
The Afghan Whigs– "Miles Iz Ded"
Another Carnival– "Still"
Bone Club– "Apple"
Drophammer– "Mind and Body"
Brenda Kahn– "Eggs on Drugs"
The Magnolias– "When I'm Not"
The Magnolias– "Hello or Goodbye"
Overwhelming Colorfast– "It's Tomorrow"
1992
The Afghan Whigs– "Come See About Me"
Steven "Jesse" Bernstein– "More Noise Please"
Bone Club– "It's Not Alright"
Chainsaw Kittens– "Connie I've Found The Door"
Billy Childish and The Blackhands– "Crying Blud"
Joe Henry– "King's Highway"
Kise– "Slop My Donkey"
Seaweed– "Squint"
Sick of It All– "Just Look Around"
The Wedding Present– "No Christmas"
The Wedding Present– "Boing"
The Wedding Present– "Blue Eyes"
The Wedding Present– "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family"
1993
The Afghan Whigs– "Debonair"
The Afghan Whigs– "Gentlemen"
Babes in Toyland– "He's My Thing"
Bailter Space– "X"
Chainsaw Kittens– "Angel on the Range"
Firehose– "Witness"
Firehose– "Formal Introduction"
Stigmata A-Go-Go– "Like Bone"
Velocity Girl– "Audrey's Eyes"
1994
The Afghan Whigs– "My Curse"
Low– "Words"
Mercy Rule -"Tell Tomorrow"
Nova Mob– "Old Empire"
Stigmata A-Go-Go– "Riot Keeper"
1995
Babes in Toyland– "Sweet 69"
Compulsion– "Question Time for the Proles"
Low– "Shame"
Son Volt– "Drown"
Venison– "Cooking Dirt"
1996
Compulsion– "Juvenile Scene Detective"
The Connells– "Fifth Fret"
Failure– "Stuck on You" (co-directed with Ken Andrews)
The Goops– "Vulgar Appetite"
Low– "Over the Ocean"
Versus– "Yeah You"
1997
Bettie Serveert– "Rudder"
Tanya Donelly– "The Bright Light"
Hum– "Comin' Home"
Local H– "Eddie Vedder"
Local H– "Fritz's Corner"
Bobby McFerrin– "Circle Song 6"
Shudder to Think– "Red House"
Souls– "Cello"
1998
Cornershop– "Sleep on the Left Side"
Esthero– "Heaven Sent"
Goodie Mob featuring Esthero - "The World I Know"
Mary Lou Lord– "Lights Are Changing"
Johnny Mathis– "Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Gap Ad)
Mocrac– "In My Pocket"
Scrawl– "Charles
Rufus Wainwright– "What Are You Doing New Years' Eve?" (Gap Ad)
1999
Dovetail Joint– "Level on the Inside"
2000
Macy Gray– "Why Didn't You Call Me" (Target Ad)
Chantal Kreviazuk– "Faraway"
2001
The Honeydogs– "Sour Grapes"
2002
Local H– "Half Life"
Mad at Gravity– "Walk Away"
Chitlin' Fooks featuring Carol Van Dyk– "The Battle"
The Dollyrots– "Tease Me, Pet Me" (Hewlett-Packard Ad)
Low– "Canada"
2003
Shane– "End of the Line"
2004
Barenaked Ladies– "Testing 1,2,3"
2005
Aslyn– "Be the Girl"
Low– "Monkey"
Liz Phair– "Everything to Me"
Stan Ridgway– "Beloved Movie Star"
Rob Thomas– "Lonely No More" (Target Ad)
2006
The Fratellis– "Flathead" (iPod Animated Commercial)
The Fratellis– "Flathead" (iPod "Party" Commercial)
Rob Thomas– "Ever the Same"
2007
Cary Brothers– "Who You Are"
2008
Low– "Everybody's Song"
The Owls– "Channel"
The Afghan Whigs– "Algiers"
2009
The Twilight Hours– "Alone"
Zak Sally– "Why We Hide"
Low– "Breaker"
2010
Bettie Serveert– "Pharmacy of Love"
Low– "Cue The Strings"
Low– "Death of a Salesman - Acoustic"
2011
Robert Plant– "Silver Rider"
Nada Surf– "When I Was Young"
Low– "Especially Me"
Typsy Panthre– "All Fall Down"
2012
Low– "Murderer"
Typsy Panthre– "Hitch-Hiker"
2013
Low– "Just Make It Stop"
The Starfolk– "Into The Clouds"
2014
The Afghan Whigs– "Algiers"
Trampled by Turtles– "Are You Behind the Shining Star"
Trampled by Turtles– "Wild Animals"
The Afghan Whigs– "Matamoros"
The Afghan Whigs– "Lost in the Woods"
Kevin Hearn– "Gallerina"
2015
Matt Ellis– "Thank You Los Angeles"
Rob Thomas – "Trust You"
2016
On An On – "Icon Love"
2017
The Afghan Whigs – "Demon In Profile"
2020
Greg Dulli – "Pantomima"
2023
Barenaked Ladies – "One Night"
Films
Year | Film | Awards and nominations | Ref. |
2008 | Flying Lesson (collaboration with chameckilerner) | Won – Brooklyn Film Festival – Best Experimental Film Won - Dance On Camera Festival - Jury Award | |
2010 | Jackie & Judy (collaboration with chameckilerner) | Won - Berlin Pool Dance-Video Film Festival - PEARL Award | |
2013 | Low Movie: How to Quit Smoking | ||
2019 | |||
2021 |
References
External links
Phil Harder at Mvdbase.com