Jamie Caliri
{{Short description|American director, born 1970}}
Jamie Caliri (born February 22, 1970, in Buffalo, New York) is an American director, known primarily for music videos, television commercials and title sequences.
Between 1988 and 1992, he studied film, design, and animation at the California Institute of the Arts. He is also a self-taught still photographer.
He has been signed to production companies Acme Filmworks (ca. 1992–ca. 1994), Duck Soup Studios (1994–1995) and its division The Front (1995–1997), MJZ and its satellite Stimmung (1997–ca. 1999), and Windmill Lane and its subsidiary Pusher (2003–ca. 2005).
He has directed commercials for Children's Medical Center (Dallas) (2010), Fruitopia (1997), KCRW (1996), Pier 1 Imports, and United Airlines (2006"Dragon" premiered during Super Bowl XL. and 2008), among others.
In 2006, he was asked to explore animation concepts for a feature film adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. The project fell through, but Caliri posted two and a half minutes of concept footage he directed, titled The Escapist v.s. The Iron Gauntlet, on his Vimeo channel.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/9998091|title=The Escapist v.s. The Iron Gauntlet|first=Jamie|last=Caliri|date=8 March 2010|publisher=|via=Vimeo}}
As a still photographer, he has worked for clients such as Capitol Records, Interscope Records and Helios Dance Theater.
In addition to this, he also DPed a number of short films, music videos and commercials and taught experimental animation at CalArts.
Since 1993, he and his software engineer brother Dyami Caliri have collaborated to create stop motion animation software. In 2005, they developed Dragonframe.{{cite web|url=http://www.dragonframe.com/about.php|title=About Us - Dragonframe|website=dragonframe.com}}
Personal life
Caliri has two younger brothers, drummer Mario Calire and Dyami Caliri. He and his youngest brother Dyami legally changed the spelling of their last names from "Calire" to "Caliri" to reflect the original Italian spelling.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Filmography
=Music videos=
- Soul Coughing, "Super Bon Bon", released December 1996{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/soul-coughing/10061/super-bon-bon.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416070558/http://www.mtv.com/videos/soul-coughing/10061/super-bon-bon.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2009|title=Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV|website=www.mtv.com}}
- Morphine, "Early to Bed", March 1997, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1998{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/07/entertainment/ca-5628/15|title=Complete List of Academy Voter Picks|page=15|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 7, 1998|accessdate=2014-02-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701121906/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/07/entertainment/ca-5628/15|archive-date=July 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}
- Cypress Hill, "Boom Biddy Bye Bye (Fugees Remix)", August 1996, co-directed by Dante Ariola{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/cypress-hill/260622/boom-biddy-bye-bye.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218062059/http://www.mtv.com/videos/cypress-hill/260622/boom-biddy-bye-bye.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2009|title=Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV|website=www.mtv.com}}
- Marcy Playground, "Sex and Candy", October 1997{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/marcy-playground/9202/sex-and-candy.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201084207/http://www.mtv.com/videos/marcy-playground/9202/sex-and-candy.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2008|title=Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV|website=www.mtv.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/m/marcyvideo.jhtml |title=Feature of the Week |website=www.mtv.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011031013322/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/m/marcyvideo.jhtml |archive-date=2001-10-31}}
- Eels, "Your Lucky Day in Hell", December 1997{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/eels/308002/your-lucky-day-in-hell.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222053646/http://www.mtv.com/videos/eels/308002/your-lucky-day-in-hell.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|title=Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV|website=www.mtv.com}}
- Black Lab, "Time Ago", May 1998{{cite web|url=http://www.blacklabworld.com/blw/vid/timeago_90sec.html|title=black lab :: time ago :: video|website=www.blacklabworld.com|access-date=2014-02-10|archive-date=2012-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219213303/http://blacklabworld.com/blw/vid/timeago_90sec.html|url-status=dead}}
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies, "Brown Derby Jump", July 1998{{cite news|publisher=MTV|title=Cherry Poppin' Daddies Talk About Getting Surreal In New Video|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427056/19980803/cherry_poppin_daddies.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030711165520/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1427056/19980803/cherry_poppin_daddies.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2003|date=1998-08-03}}
- Marcy Playground, "Comin' Up from Behind", March 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.marcyplayground.com/media.php|title=Media|publisher=Marcyplayground.com|accessdate=2014-02-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709115223/http://www.marcyplayground.com/media.php|archivedate=2013-07-09}}
- The Shins, "The Rifle's Spiral", April 2012, co-directed by Alexander Juhasz{{cite web|url=http://motionographer.com/2012/04/18/jamie-caliri-the-shins-the-rifles-spiral/|title=Jamie Caliri: The Shins "The Rifle's Spiral"|date=18 April 2012|website=motionographer.com}}
=Title sequences=
- Big Apple, 2001, opening credits{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies|title=Movies|newspaper=The New York Times|publisher=}}
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004, end titles{{cite web|url=http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/0019-Lemony_Snicket_s_A_Series_of_Unfortunate_Events|title=Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events title sequence - Watch the Titles|first=Remco|last=Vlaanderen|website=www.watchthetitles.com}}
- Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, 2008, end titles{{cite web|url=http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00106-Madagascar_Escape_2_Africa|title=Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa title sequence - Watch the Titles|first=Remco|last=Vlaanderen|website=www.watchthetitles.com}}
- United States of Tara, 2009, opening credits, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.watchthetitles.com/articles/00126-United_States_of_Tara|title=United States of Tara title sequence - Watch the Titles|first=Remco|last=Vlaanderen|website=www.watchthetitles.com}}
=Short films=
- The Escapist v.s. The Iron Gauntlet, 2006
- The Sun and the Seed, 2008{{cite web |url=http://dekku.nofatclips.com/2010/03/jamie-caliri-the-sun-and-the-seed.html |title=Jamie Caliri – The Sun and the Seed on No Fat Clips!!! |accessdate=2014-02-10 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144233/http://dekku.nofatclips.com/2010/03/jamie-caliri-the-sun-and-the-seed.html |url-status=dead }}
=Album art=
- Cypress Hill, Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom, 1995, photography{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jamie-caliri-mn0001277944|title=Jamie Caliri - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic}}
- Marcy Playground, Shapeshifter, 1999, photography
- The Wallflowers, Red Letter Days, 2002, art direction / packaging / photography
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.jamescaliri.com/}}
- [http://jamie-caliri.duckstudios.com/ Showreel] at Duck Studios
- {{IMDb name|id=1256689|name=Jamie Caliri}}
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