David Mallet (director)

David Mallet is a British director particularly noted for his work on music videos, including David Bowie's innovative "Ashes to Ashes", Rush's "Distant Early Warning, and Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free" videos. He has also served as a producer on television programmes including The Kenny Everett Video Show. He is also known for directing some concert recordings of soprano Sarah Brightman and other major live music and spectacle events such as 46664 and Cirque du Soleil. He has also directed such prominent concerts as Pink Floyd's P•U•L•S•E.

Videography

Music videos

As director:

• Queen: "Bicycle Race" (1978)
• Blondie: "Hanging on the Telephone" (1978)
• Boomtown Rats: Rat Trap (1979)
• David Bowie: "Boys Keep Swinging" (1979)
• David Bowie: "DJ" (1979)
• David Bowie: "Look Back in Anger" (1979)
• David Bowie: "Ashes to Ashes" (1980; directed with David Bowie)
• David Bowie: "Fashion" (1980)
• Boomtown Rats "I don't like Mondays" (1980)
• Queen and David Bowie: "Under Pressure" (1981)
• David Bowie: "Wild Is the Wind" (1981)
• Def Leppard: "Photograph" (1982)
• Def Leppard: "Rock of Ages" (1982)
• Billy Idol: "White Wedding" (1982)
• Def Leppard: "Foolin'" (1983)
• David Bowie: "Let's Dance" (1983; directed with David Bowie)
• David Bowie: "China Girl" (1983; directed with David Bowie)
• Queen: "Radio Ga Ga" (1984; filmed 1983)
• Def Leppard: "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" (1984)
• Rush: "Distant Early Warning" (1984)
• Def Leppard: "Me and My Wine" (1984)
• Scorpions: "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (1984)
• Queen: "I Want to Break Free" (1984)
• Queen: "Hammer to Fall" (1984)
• David Bowie: "Loving the Alien" (1984; directed with David Bowie)
• Billy Idol: "Eyes Without a Face" (1984)
• Billy Idol: "Catch My Fall" (1984)
• Kool and the Gang: "Fresh" (1984)
• Freddie Mercury: "I Was Born to Love You" (1985)
• Freddie Mercury: "Made in Heaven" (1985)
• David Bowie and Mick Jagger: "Dancing in the Street" (1985)
• KISS: "Tears Are Falling" (1985)
• Queen: "Who Wants to Live Forever" (1986)
• AC/DC: "You Shook Me All Night Long" (1986)
• AC/DC: "Who Made Who" (1986)
• AC/DC: "Heatseeker" (1987)
• Freddie Mercury: "The Great Pretender" (1987)
• Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé: "Barcelona" (1987)
• Queen: "I Want It All" (1989)
• AC/DC: "Thunderstruck" (1990)
• AC/DC: "Moneytalks" (1990)
• AC/DC: "Are You Ready" (1991)
• AC/DC: "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" (1991)
• AC/DC: "Highway to Hell" (1991)
• Erasure: "Chorus" (1991)
• Erasure: "Love to Hate You" (1991)
• INXS: "Shining Star" (1991)
• AC/DC: "Big Gun" (1993)
• Roger Taylor: "Nazis 1994" (1994)
• AC/DC: "Hard as a Rock" (1995)
• AC/DC: "Cover You in Oil" (1995)
• AC/DC: "Hail Caesar" (1995)
• David Bowie: "Hallo Spaceboy" (1996)
• Scorpions: "To Be No. 1" (1999)
• AC/DC: "Rock 'N Roll Train" (2008)
• AC/DC: "Anything Goes" (2009)
• Joan Jett: "Bad Reputation"
• Joan Jett: "Crimson and Clover"
• Joan Jett: "Fake Friends"
• Joan Jett: "French Song"
• Joan Jett: "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)"
• Joan Jett: "Everyday People"
• Joan Jett: "I Love Your Love Me Love"
• AC/DC: "Shoot to Thrill"
• Sheila : "Little Darlin'"
• Sheila : "Put it in writing"

Long-form videos

• Blondie: Eat to the Beat (1980)
• Jethro Tull: Slipstream (1981; filmed 1980)
• Asia: Asia in Asia (1984; filmed 1983)
• David Bowie: Serious Moonlight (1984/2006; filmed 1983)
• Rush: Grace Under Pressure Live (1986/2006; filmed 1984)
• Tina Turner: Break Every Rule (1986; live)
• David Bowie: Glass Spider (1988/2007; filmed 1987)
• Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live (1990)
• INXS: Live Baby Live (1991)
• AC/DC: Live at Donington (1992; filmed 1991)
• Erasure: The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon (1993; filmed 1992)
• Queen+: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1993/2002; filmed 1992)
• U2: Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (1994/2006; filmed 1993)
• Pink Floyd: Pulse (1995/2006; filmed 1994)
• The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (1995; filmed 1994)
• AC/DC: No Bull (1996)
• Sarah Brightman: Sarah Brightman: In Concert (1997)
• U2: PopMart: Live from Mexico City (1998/2007; filmed 1997)
• Phil Collins: Live and Loose in Paris (1998; filmed 1997)
• Luis Miguel: Vivo (2000)
• Sarah Brightman: La Luna Live in Concert (2000; filmed 2000)
• David Gilmour: David Gilmour in Concert (2002)
• Sarah Brightman: The Harem World Tour Live From Las Vegas (2004; filmed 2004)
• Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (2005)
• David Gilmour: Remember That Night (2007; filmed 2006)
• Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance (2007, filmed 1996)
• Elton John: Elton 60 - Live at Madison Square Garden (2007; filmed 2007)
• Genesis: When In Rome 2007 (2008; filmed 2007)
• Michael Flatley: Feet of Flames (2007, filmed 1998)
• Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine (2009, filmed 2008)
• Cher: Do You Believe? Tour
• Barry Manilow: Music and Passion
• AC/DC: Live at River Plate (Black Ice Tour) (2009)
• Michael Flatley: Celtic Tiger Live' (2007, show filmed in 2005)
• Cirque du Soleil: Quidam (1999)
• Cirque du Soleil: Dralion (2001)
• Cirque du Soleil: Delirium (2008)
• Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba (2005)

External links

• David Mallet at the Internet Movie Database
• David Mallet at the Music Video Database