Tim Nackashi

{{short description|American film director}}

Tim Nackashi is an American filmmaker, documentarian, and music video director. He is perhaps best known for his one-take music video for OK Go's "WTF?" and the documentary film Dirty Work, co-directed by David Sampliner and executive produced by Edward Norton, which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Career

Nackashi has created music videos for Maroon 5, Neon Indian and Death Cab for Cutie. He created a 360-degree video interactive film for the song "Are We" by musician Craig Wedren. In addition to music videos and commercial work, he continues to create socially aware documentaries such as the short film Through the Wall and the PSA Is History Repeating Itself? which was co-directed with Aya Tanimura and executive produced by Katy Perry.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/15/katy-perrys-chilling-psa-against-creating-a-database-of-muslims-in-the-country/|title=Katy Perry’s chilling PSA against creating a database of Muslims in the country|first1=Kristine|last1=Guerra|date=15 January 2017|publisher=|accessdate=20 January 2017|via=washingtonpost.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1661400/death-cab-for-cutie-you-are-a-tourist/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060404/http://www.mtv.com/news/1661400/death-cab-for-cutie-you-are-a-tourist/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 2014|title=Death Cab For Cutie Pull Off Live 'You Are A Tourist' Video|work=mtv.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2016/mar/29/us-mexico-border-through-the-wall-video|title=Through the wall: a family divided by the US-Mexico border – video|first1=Tim|last1=Nackashi|first2=Chelo|last2=Alvarez-Stehle|author-link2=Chelo Alvarez-Stehle|first3=Source: The|last3=Guardian|date=29 March 2016|publisher=|accessdate=20 January 2017|via=The Guardian}}{{cite web|url=http://officiallatino.com/through-the-wall-by-tim-nackashi/|title=Through The Wall produced by Chelo Alvarez-Stehle and directed by Tim Nackashi – OFFICIAL LATINO|work=officiallatino.com|accessdate=20 January 2017}}

Films and documentaries

  • Is History Repeating Itself?, PSA (2016)
  • Through the Wall, short documentary (2015)
  • Dirty Work (2004)

Music videos

Commercials

Soundtracks

Discography

;Albums as Empire State

Awards

References

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