Michael Haussman
Michael Haussman is an American director, writer, and artist, living in Rome, Italy.Career
Michael Haussman's music videos have won several awards, including six MTV Video Music Awards and a Museum of Modern Art Award.
Past films include: Rhinoceros Hunting In Budapest, starring Nick Cave, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Blind Horizon, starring Sam Shepard; The Unsinkable Henry Morgan, which also premiered at Sundance Film Festival; and The Audition, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
Michael Haussman's most recent art exhibition, Gravity, premiered at Los Angeles Pacific Design Center. Gravity was presented at Berlin Art Week, courtesy of Iconoclast Galleries. It was featured in 2018 at Cannes, InOut Art Exhibition. As a painter, Haussman's solo art show Naturales, featuring large-scale matador and bull paintings, premiered at the Desoto gallery in Los Angeles and New York Scope Art Fair.Awards
- Best Short Film, "The Audition", Byron Bay International Film Festival
- Best Foreign Film, "The Audition", NYC Downtown Short Film Festival
- Best Dance Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MTV Video Music Award Japan
- Best Electronic Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MVPA Awards
- Best Music Video, "La Tortura", MTV Latin America Video Music Awards
- Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Verás", MTV Latino Award
- Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Take a Bow" by Madonna, MTV Video Music Awards
- Excellence in Music Video "Take a Bow" by Madonna, AICP Awards Museum of Modern Art
- Best Short Film, "Abandoned 58", Berlin International Film Festival
Filmography
Films – Director
- Abandoned '58
- Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
- The Last Serious Thing
- Blind Horizon
- The Unsinkable Henry Morgan
- The Audition
Films – Writer
- Abandoned '58
- Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
- The Last Serious Thing
- The Audition
Films – Producer
- The Last Serious Thing
- Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills
- The Audition
Television series
- Do Not Disturb – creator, writer, showrunner, director, producer
Art film
- Gravity
Music videos
- "Love... Thy Will Be Done"
- "Night Calls"
- "Hazard "
- "Hazard "
- "Can't Do a Thing "
- "Not the Only One"
- "Take a Bow"
- "You'll See"/"Verás"
- "My Love Is for Real"
- "Riding with the King"
- "Optimistique-moi"
- "Jesus Walks"
- "Someday "
- "La Tortura"
- "You Know My Name"
- "SexyBack"
- "Do It Again"
- "Qué Hiciste"
- "Singin' in the Rain" '
- "Brave" '
- "Same Old Love"
- "Your Song"
Making the video TV series
- Madonna: No Bull! The Making of "Take a Bow"
- Chris Cornell – "You Know My Name"
- Jennifer Lopez – "Qué Hiciste"
- Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland – "SexyBack"
- Britney Spears – "Someday " – Mini Behind The Scenes
- Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz – "La Tortura"