Chris Milk

Chris Milk – Amateur Music Video Director

Chris Milk, born in 1975, in a town in the state of New York, is a music video director, director, artist, photographer and entrepreneur. He is very well known for his invention of the audio device that allows for sound to be captured in a 3D environment, that he later used for his virtual reality-based media. Although he did invent this, his career started with directing adverts and music videos (known more by his music videos). The first professional music video he made was to a song “The Golden Path” by the band ‘The Chemical Brothers’ in 2003. He continued his music video directing career until 2013, which is his most recent credit to a music video. The music video that he directed in 2013 was to the song “Hey Brother / You Make Me / Wake Me Up” by ‘Avicci’, alongside Spike Jonze (another music video director). Between 2003 and 2013, he also directed music videos for such people as U2, Johnny Cash and Kanye West multiple times. His Kanye West music videos have got the most hits with “Jesus Walks” (2004) that has 24.12 million views, “Touch The Sky” (2006) that has 25.3 million views and “All Falls Down” (2004), which gained 45.57 million views. He has also had a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, awarded to the song “Ain’t No Grave”.