Wikipedia / Wes Edwards
Wikipedia / Wes Edwards
Wes Edwards is a music video and commercial director. He has directed over 150 official music videos in various genres from country to EDM. He has created multiple videos for Brothers Osborne, Dierks Bentley, Dash Berlin, and Emma Hewitt. In 2020 he co-founded production company Strange Arcade. In 2022 he directed the documentary series American Anthems with Academy and Emmy award winning Believe Entertainment Group for PBS.
Edwards has won two CMA Video Of The Year awards for videos he directed. He has won Three ACM awards for Video Of The Year, two as a director and one as a producer. In addition, he has won an award for CMT Video Of The Year and a GMA Dove Award for Video Of The Year.
He had two videos in Billboard Magazine's Top 100 Music Videos of the Decade (all genre) 2010-2020.
Music videos directed
Year | Video | Artist |
2001 | "More of Your Love" | |
2002 | "The Lowlands" | |
2003 | "Heavy Liftin'" | |
2004 | ||
2005 | "Hicktown" | |
"I Ain't Your Mama" | ||
"Why" | Jason Aldean | |
2006 | ||
"I Got a Woman" | The Gibson Brothers | |
"Yee Haw" | ||
Jason Aldean | ||
Craig Morgan | ||
2007 | Jason Aldean | |
"Guitar Slinger" | ||
"I Wanna Feel Something" | ||
"Perfect Man" | Melissa Jones | |
2008 | ||
"I Love My Old Bird Dog (& I Love You)" | Crossin Dixon | |
2009 | "Goin' All Out" | Dan Evans |
Jason Aldean | ||
"Everything's Right" | ||
"Come On" | ||
2010 | ||
"Blame It on Waylon" | Josh Thompson | |
Danny Gokey | ||
"Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk" | Colt Ford with Kevin Fowler | |
2011 | "If I Run" | |
Josh Thompson | ||
"Something Better" | ||
Thompson Square | ||
"Fish" | ||
"Beautiful Maybe" | ||
Jason Aldean | ||
2012 | "When I Get It" | Craig Campbell |
Jason Aldean | ||
"Glass" (version T2) | Thompson Square | |
"5-1-5-0" | ||
2013 | "1994" | Jason Aldean |
Randy Houser | ||
"Pieces" | ||
Jason Aldean | ||
Dierks Bentley | ||
"101 Proof" | Colton James | |
2014 | Randy Houser | |
Dierks Bentley | ||
"Yeah" | ||
Parmalee | ||
Jason Aldean | ||
Dierks Bentley | ||
2015 | Eric Paslay | |
"Country" | ||
"Trans Am" | Thompson Square | |
"Riser" | Dierks Bentley | |
Mo Pitney | ||
2016 | ||
Dierks Bentley | ||
Eric Paslay | ||
Dierks Bentley | ||
"Pick Up" | ||
"Black" | ||
Dierks Bentley with Elle King | ||
"Suitcase" | ||
2017 | "Getaway" | |
"It Ain't My Fault" (co:director: Ryan Silver) | ||
"Hold the Light" | Dierks Bentley | |
2018 | "Shoot Me Straight" (co:director Ryan Silver) | |
Dierks Bentley | ||
Dierks Bentley with Brothers Osborne |
Awards
Year | Video | Artist | Category | Result |
2007 | "Amarillo Sky" | Jason Aldean | ACM Music Video of The Year | |
CMT Best Music Video | ||||
CMT Music Video Director of The Year | ||||
2010 | "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" | Thompson Square | CMT Best Duo Video | |
CMT Breakthrough Video | ||||
2011 | "I Got You" | Thompson Square | CMT Best Duo Video | |
2014 | "Drunk On A Plane" | Dierks Bentley | CMA Video of The Year | |
ACM Video of The Year | ||||
2015 | "Humble And Kind" | Tim McGraw | CMT Music Video of The Year | |
CMA Video of The Year | ||||
2017 | "Aint My Fault" | Brothers Osborne | CMA Video Of The Year | |
ACM Video of The Year | ||||
"Different For Girls" | Dierks Bentley feat. Elle King | CMT Video of The Year | ||
CMT Collaborative Video of The Year |
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