:Taylor Swift videography
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The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has appeared in various visual media. She has starred in 61 music videos, 13 of which she self-directed; released six documentaries, including four feature-length concert films; and acted in a number of fictional films, television shows, and commercial advertisements.
Swift's first music video was for her debut single "Tim McGraw", from her 2006 self-titled debut studio album. It was directed by Trey Fanjoy, who worked on award-winning music videos for Swift's singles from 2006 to 2009. The music video for "Our Song" won Video of the Year at the 2008 CMT Music Awards. Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008), was supported by the music videos for "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me". In 2009, the former won Video of the Year at both the CMT Music Awards and the Country Music Association Awards, and the latter won Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards. Swift's first self-directed music video was for her 2010 album Speak Now's lead single, "Mine", which she directed with Roman White.{{cite web |last=Anitai |first=Tamar |date=August 27, 2010 |title=Video Premiere: Taylor Swift, 'Mine' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2296264/video-taylor-swift-mine-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429190835/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3A71z8LAzW7OkJ%3Awww.mtv.com%2Fnews%2F2296264%2Fvideo-taylor-swift-mine-2%2F+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=MTV}}
Swift's fourth studio album, Red (2012), was supported by the Anthony Mandler-directed music video for "I Knew You Were Trouble", which won Best Female Video at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite magazine |date=August 25, 2013 |title=VMAs: The 2013 Winner's List |url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/08/25/vmas-winners-list/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827082015/http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/08/25/vmas-winners-list/ |archive-date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=August 26, 2013}} Joseph Kahn directed award-winning music videos for singles from Swift's fifth studio album, 1989 (2014). At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood" featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar won four awards, including Video of the Year for the latter.{{Cite news |last=Yiin |first=Wesley |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Joseph Kahn, the infamous director of Taylor Swift's music videos, tells the ugly truth |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/joseph-kahn-the-infamous-director-of-taylor-swifts-music-videos-tells-the-ugly-truth/2016/08/05/14166a36-54d0-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html |access-date=September 12, 2023 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126064234/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/joseph-kahn-the-infamous-director-of-taylor-swifts-music-videos-tells-the-ugly-truth/2016/08/05/14166a36-54d0-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html |url-status=live }} "Bad Blood" also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.{{Cite magazine |date=February 15, 2016 |title=See All the Winners of the 2016 Grammys |url=https://time.com/4224932/grammys-2016-winners-list-nominees-2/ |access-date=September 12, 2023 |magazine=Time |archive-date=February 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227150427/https://time.com/hive.org/web/20160227150427/http://time.com/4224932/grammys-2016-winners-list-nominees/ |url-status=live }} Kahn further directed the music video for singles from Swift's sixth studio album Reputation (2017), including for the lead single "Look What You Made Me Do", which broke several online viewing records.{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Randy |date=August 29, 2017 |title=Taylor Swift's 'Look What You Made Me Do' video bashes another YouTube record |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-august-taylor-swift-s-look-what-you-made-me-1503967193-htmlstory.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829024355/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-august-taylor-swift-s-look-what-you-made-me-1503967193-htmlstory.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017}}
With the music videos for singles from her seventh studio album Lover (2019), Swift began directing the majority of her work.{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=October 25, 2022 |title=Here Are All of Taylor Swift's Self-Directed Music Videos, From 'All Too Well' to 'Bejeweled' |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-music-videos-she-directed-herself/ |access-date=September 12, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905202253/https://www.billboard.com/lists/taylor-swift-music-videos-she-directed-herself/ |url-status=live }} At the MTV Video Music Awards, she won her second Video of the Year with "You Need to Calm Down" in 2019,{{cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=August 26, 2019 |title=12 Records That Were Set at the 2019 VMAs |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528396/12-records-2019-vma-awards |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130144903/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8528396/12-records-2019-vma-awards |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |access-date=October 8, 2019}} and Best Direction with her solo directorial debut, "The Man", in 2020.{{Cite web |last=Tracy |first=Brianne |date=August 31, 2020 |title=Taylor Swift Becomes First Solo Female Artist to Win the MTV 2020 VMAs Best Director Award |url=https://people.com/music/mtv-vmas-2020-taylor-swift-wins-vmas-best-director/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831072842/https://people.com/music/mtv-vmas-2020-taylor-swift-wins-vmas-best-director/ |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |website=People |language=EN}} She wrote and directed the short film All Too Well: The Short Film (2021), her debut as a filmmaker, and the music video for the lead single from her tenth studio album Midnights, "Anti-Hero" (2022). Both helped Swift win record-breaking third and fourth MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year in 2022 and 2023.{{Cite web |last=Rosenbloom |first=Alli |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Taylor Swift continues to dominate with second consecutive video of the year win at MTV VMAs |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/entertainment/taylor-swift-2023-mtv-vmas/index.html |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website= |publisher=CNN |archive-date=September 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915011204/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/13/entertainment/taylor-swift-2023-mtv-vmas/index.html |url-status=live }} Her other self-directed music videos were for the singles including "Cardigan", "Willow", "Lavender Haze", "Karma", "Fortnight", and "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" in 2020–2024.
Swift has released the live/video albums Taylor Swift and Def Leppard (2009), Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011), and Journey to Fearless (2011), and the documentary films/specials The 1989 World Tour Live (2015), Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), Miss Americana (2020), City of Lover (2020), and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020). She has appeared in the television shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in 2009, Saturday Night Live in 2009, and New Girl in 2013. In film, she starred in Valentine's Day (2010) and provided her voice in the animated film The Lorax (2012).
Music videos
File:Academy Awards afterparty CUN Tyler Hilton.jpg appears as Swift's love interest in "Teardrops on My Guitar"|alt=Tyler Hilton]]
File:Paparazzo Presents Justin Gaston.jpg plays the fictional character Romeo in "Love Story"|alt=Justin Gaston]]
File:Lucas Till 2011.jpg portrays the male lead in "You Belong With Me"|alt=Lucas Till]]
File:KellieP.JPG's "Best Days of Your Life"|alt=Kellie Pickler]]
File:The Civil Wars.jpg appear on "Safe & Sound"|alt=The Civil Wars]]
File:Noah Mills (cropped).jpg is seen in an on-again, off-again relationship with Swift on "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".|alt=Noah Mills]]
File:Reeve Carney SDCC 2014.jpg plays Swift's boyfriend in "I Knew You Were Trouble".|alt=Reeve Carney]]
File:Ed Sheeran (cropped).jpg appears in the videos for "Everything Has Changed" and "End Game"|alt=Ed Sheeran]]
File:Sean Opry.jpg plays Swift's love interest in "Blank Space".|alt=Sean O'Pry]]
File:Dominic Sherwood (22429006997).jpg plays Swift's love interest in "Style".|alt=Dominic Sherwood]]
File:Kendrick Lamar @ Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg (9498448120) (cropped).jpg plays the role of Welvin da Great in "Bad Blood", which featured an ensemble cast.|alt=Kendrick Lamar]]
File:Selena Gomez - Walmart Soundcheck Concert.jpg played Swift's antagonist Arsyn in "Bad Blood"|alt=Aaron Dessner]]
File:Scott Eastwood 52nd Annual Publicists Awards - Feb 2015 (cropped).jpg played the role of Robert Kingsley, Swift's love interest in the "Wildest Dreams" music video.]]
File:Zayn Wiki.jpg starred in "I Don't Wanna Live Forever"|alt=Zayn Malik]]
File:Joseph kahn 01.jpg has directed eight of Swift's videos|alt=Joseph Kahn]]
File:Nettles and Bush of Sugarland at 2007 MyCoke Fest in Atlanta.JPG on the music video for "Babe"|alt=Sugarland]]
File:Brandon Routh (52552632932).jpg plays Nettles' husband and Swift's love interest in the "Babe" video|alt=Routh in 2022]]
File:Panic at the Disco Im Park 2016 (11 von 11).jpg starred alongside Swift on "Me!"|alt=Brendon Urie]]
File:Todrick Hall by Hauke Musicaloris.jpg was an executive producer of "You Need to Calm Down" video|alt=Todrick Hall in 2019]]
File:Katy Perry 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg is one of many celebrities who starred in "You Need to Calm Down"|alt=Aaron Dessner]]
File:Blake Lively Comic-Con 02 (cropped).jpg directed "I Bet You Think About Me" in her directorial debut|alt=Blake Lively]]
File:Miles Teller Deauville 2014 2.jpg plays a groom in "I Bet You Think About Me"|alt=Miles Teller]]
File:Laura Dern Deauville 2017.jpg stars as Swift's cruel stepmother in the Cinderella reimagination "Bejeweled"|alt=Laura Dern]]
File:Dita Von Teese at Cannes 2007.jpg is Swift's "fairy godmother" in "Bejeweled"|alt=Dita Von Teese]]
File:Laith Ashley in the music video for "Girl Baby" by Ezra Michel.png appears in "Lavender Haze" as Swift's love interest.|alt=Laith Ashley]]
File:Ice Spice Next Wav by Keinoflo uploaded by James Tamim V4 (cropped V2) 2022.png appears as a cosmic entity in "Karma"|alt=Ice Spice]]
File:Taylor Lautner (6072585895).jpg starred with Swift on the 2010 rom-com film Valentine's Day and appeared in her "I Can See You" music video.|alt=Brendon Urie]]
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== Video albums ==
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! scope="row"| Speak Now World Tour – Live |
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Filmography
File:Antonoff at Radio Station.jpg appears in the films Miss Americana, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions and "Bejeweled"|alt=Aaron Dessner]]
File:Aaron Dessner at Way Out West 2014.jpg performs in Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions and "I Bet You Think About Me"|alt=Aaron Dessner]]
File:Sadie Sink 2-00362 (43866090832) (cropped).jpg played the female lead in Swift's self-directed All Too Well: The Short Film|alt=Sadie Sink in 2018]]
File:Dylan O'Brien in 2017 by Gage Skidmore.jpg played the male lead in All Too Well: The Short Film|alt=Dylan O'Brien in 2017]]
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| scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/taylor_alison_swift/ |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=August 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917200211/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/taylor_alison_swift/ |archive-date=September 17, 2016 }} ! scope="col" |Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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| rowspan="2" | 2009
! scope="row" | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | rowspan="2" | Herself | rowspan="2" | |
| scope=row| Hannah Montana: The Movie |
| 2010
! scope="row" | Valentine's Day | Felicia Miller | |
| 2012
! scope="row" | The Lorax | Audrey |Voice role |
| 2014
! scope="row" | The Giver | Rosemary | |
| 2015
! scope="row" | The 1989 World Tour Live | rowspan="3" |Herself | |
| 2018
! scope="row" | Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
! scope="row" | Bluebird | |
| scope=row| Cats
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| rowspan="3" | 2020
! scope="row" | Miss Americana | rowspan="3" | Herself | |
| scope=row| Taylor Swift: City of Lover
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| scope=row| Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
|Also director and producer |
| 2021
! scope="row" | All Too Well: The Short Film | Older Her | Short film; also writer and director |
| 2022
! scope="row" | Amsterdam | Liz Meekins | |
| 2023
! scope="row" | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour |Herself | |
Television
Commercials
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