Sophie Muller est une réalisatrice de clips vidéo musicaux, née le à Londres.
Après avoir grandi sur l’île de Man, elle retourne à Londres et entre au Collège central d'Art et de Design Saint-Martin, et y obtient un diplôme d'art.
Elle poursuit ses études au Collège royal d'Art, et y obtient un master de film et télévision. Elle y tourne Interlude et In Excelsis Deo (In Adoration of God). Le second remporte le Prix J Walter Thompson pour la créativité. Elle commence à travailler comme troisième assistant de réalisation sur le film d’horreur Company of Wolves, puis pour International Film and Video, qui lui confie montage, production et direction des essais.
Sophie Muller veut cependant devenir une réalisatrice ; sa grande chance est de rencontrer John Stewart et Billy Poveda d'Oil Factory, compagnie de production établie.
Elle réalise plus d’une centaine de clips, et entretient des collaborations au long cours avec No Doubt, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox et Eurythmics. Elle remporte grâce au clip de l'album Diva, réalisé pour Annie Lennox, un Grammy Award. Elle est aussi récompensée par un MTV Video Music Award pour Why et est nommée pour le Grammy avec le clip de l'album Savage d’Eurythmics.
Sophie Muller a dirigé sept clips de No Doubt, dont Don't Speak, et huit clips pour Gwen Stefani en solo. Quand le groupe remporte l'Award du meilleur clip en 1997, Gwen Stefani la remercie de ces mots : . Elle dit également
Vidéographie sélective
1982 Eurythmics - The Walk
1987 Eurythmics - Beethoven (I Love to Listen to) Eurythmics - I Need a Man
1988 Eurythmics - You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart Eurythmics - Brand New Day Eurythmics - Do You Want to Break Up? Eurythmics - Heaven Eurythmics - I Need You Eurythmics - Put the Blame on Me Eurythmics - Savage Eurythmics - Wide Eyed Girl Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us Sade - Turn My Back on You Sade - Love Is Stronger Than Pride Shakespears Sister - Break My Heart Shakespear's Sister - Heroine Annie Lennox featuring Al Green - Put a Little Love in Your Heart
1989 Shakespears Sister - You're History Shakespears Sister - Run Silent Sarah Brightman - Anything but Lonely Eurythmics - Don't Ask Me Why
1990 Eurythmics - Angel Julia Fordham - Lock and Key Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
1991 Nanci Griffith - Late Night Grande Hotel World Party - Thank You World Curve - Coast Is Clear Shakespears Sister - Goodbye Cruel World
1992 Annie Lennox - Why Annie Lennox - Precious Annie Lennox - Cold Annie Lennox - Money Can't Buy It Annie Lennox - Legend in My Living Roon Annie Lennox - The Gift Annie Lennox - Primitive Annie Lennox - Keep Young and Beautiful Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass Annie Lennox - Love Song for a Vampire Annie Lennox - Little Bird Shakespears Sister - Stay Shakespears Sister - I Don't Care Shakespears Sister - Hello (Turn Your Radio On) Vegas - Possessed Sade - No Ordinary Love Curve - Fait Accompli Aaron Neville - Somewhere, Someday
1993 Björk - Venus as a Boy
1994 Hole - Miss World The Jesus and Mary Chain Featuring Hope Sandoval - Sometimes Always The Jesus and Mary Chain - Come On Sparks - When Do I Get to Sing My Way?
1995 Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down Sparks - When I Kiss You Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Do You Sleep? Jeff Buckley - So Real Weezer - Say It Ain't So
1996 The Cure - The 13th Kè - Strange World Gary Barlow - Forever Love Shakespears Sister - I Can Drive No Doubt - Don't Speak No Doubt - Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt - Sunday Morning The Lightning Seeds - What If...
1997 Blur - Beetlebum Blur - On Your Own Blur - Song 2 Maxwell - Whenever, Wherever, Whatever Curve - Chinese Burn No Doubt - Hey You No Doubt - Oi to the World
1998 James Iha - Be Strong Now Maxwell - Luxury: Cococure Sparklehorse - Sick Of Goodbyes Garbage - When I Grow Up (version live) Garbage - The Trick Is to Keep Breathing Rufus Wainwright - April Fools
1999 Blur - Tender Sinéad O'Connor - Chiquita Natalie Merchant Featuring N'dea Davenport - Break Your Heart Sparklehorse - Pig Manic Street Preachers - You Stole the Sun from My Heart Garbage - When I Grow Up (U.S. version) Semisonic - Secret Smile The Cardigans - Hanging Around Sarah McLachlan - Possession (version américaine) Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You Emiliana Torrini - To Be Free Beth Orton - Central Reservation Sarah McLachlan - Ice Cream Supergrass - Mary
2000 No Doubt - Simple Kind of Life Ute Lemper - The Case Continues Doves - Catch The Sun Bentley Rhythm Ace - How'd I Do Dat? Alisha's Attic - Push It All Aside Alisha's Attic - Pretender Got My Heart JJ72 - Oxygen PJ Harvey - Good Fortune Sade - By Your Side Coldplay - Trouble Jamelia – Boy Next DoorBoy Next Door CD 1, Jamelia, 2000, Parlophone}
2001 Turin Brakes - The Door Sade - King of Sorrow Turin Brakes - Underdog (Save Me) No Doubt - Bathwater PJ Harvey - A Place Called Home Nelly Furtado - Turn off the Light Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Take Me Home PJ Harvey - This Is Love Radiohead - I Might Be Wrong Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor
2002 Amy Studt - Just a Little Girl Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Move This Mountain Sugababes - Freak Like Me Coldplay - In My Place Amy Studt - Misfit The Beu Sisters - I Was Only 17 Sparta - Cut Your Ribbon Pink - Family Portrait No Doubt (featuring Lady Saw) - Underneath It All Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets the Best of Me (les deux versions)
2003 Nickel Creek - Speak Dolly Parton - I'm Gone Dido - Life for Rent Pink - Trouble The Raveonettes - That Great Love Sound Sophie Ellis-Bextor - I Won't Change You (coproductrice)
2004 Dixie Chicks - Top of the World The Killers - Mr. Brightside Sixpence None the Richer - Don't Dream It's Over Maroon 5 - This Love Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved Nelly Furtado - Try Mindy Smith - Come to Jesus Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire Sarah McLachlan - Stupid The Strokes - The End Has No End Natasha Bedingfield - These Words (UK version) Vanessa Carlton - White Houses Loretta Lynn Featuring Jack White - Portland, Oregon
2005 KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree Garbage - Why Do You Love Me Garbage - Bleed Like Me Garbage - Sex Is Not the Enemy Garbage - Run Baby Run Gwen Stefani - Cool Coldplay - Fix You Faith Hill Featuring Tim McGraw - Like We Never Loved at All Gwen Stefani - Luxurious Gwen Stefani - Serious Gwen Stefani - The Real Thing Gwen Stefani - Crash
2006 Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips Don't Lie Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice She Wants Revenge - These Things Faith Hill - Stealing Kisses Lily Allen - Smile Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z- Deja Vu Beyoncé - Ring the Alarm The Raconteurs - Level Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up Siobhán Donaghy- Don't Give It Up
2007 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Catch You Mika - Grace Kelly Gwen Stefani - 4 in the Morning Mika - Love Today Rufus Wainwright - Going to a Town Garbage - Tell Me Where It Hurts Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Today the Sun's on Us Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You Gwen Stefani - Early Winter
2008 The Kills - U.R.A. Fever The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful Leona Lewis - Better in Time Leona Lewis - Footprints in the Sand The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire Cold War Kids - Something is Not Right With Me Duffy - Stepping Stone Sarah McLachlan - U Want Me 2 Duffy - Rain On Your Parade Kings of Leon - Use Somebody 2009 Paloma Faith - Stone Cold Sober Beyoncé - Broken-Hearted Girl Shakira - Did It Again. / Lo Hecho Está Hecho Pink - I Don't Believe You Shakira - Give It Up to Me. Broken Bells - The High Road
2010 Sade - Soldier of Love Sade - Babyfather Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Not Giving Up Cheryl Cole - Promise This Cheryl Cole - The Flood Brandon Flowers - Only The Young Kings of Leon - Radioactive
2011 Birdy - Skinny Love Sade - Bring Me Home Live 2011
2012 Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire
2013 Rihanna - Stay Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful P!nk - True Love
2015 Selena Gomez - Good For You One Direction - Perfect Gwen Stefani - Baby dont lie
2017 London Grammar - Big Picture Bebe Rexha - Meant to Be
2019
Selena Gomez - Lose You to Love Me Selena Gomez - Look at her now
2021
Birdy - Surrender Gwen Stefani - Slow Clap feat; Saweetie
Récompenses
Grammy Awards 1993 : Grammy du meilleur clip vidéo - Format long pour « Diva »
Notes et références
Liens externes
The Oil Factory
Catégorie:Réalisatrice britannique de clip Catégorie:Naissance en janvier 1962 Catégorie:Naissance à Paddington Catégorie:Artiste ayant remporté un Grammy Award en 1993