Ray Kay
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| Ray Kay | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Reinert K. Olsen |
| Born | 10 July 1978 |
| Origin | Haugesund, Norway |
| Occupations | Film director |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Ray Kay (born Reinert K. Olsen; 10 July 1978) is a Norwegian director and photographer, based in Los Angeles. He is one of the most sought-after music video & commercial directors in the world, and has directed the most watched video on YouTube, Justin Bieber's "Baby" (around 600 million views).[1] All in all, his videos have been viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube. [2]
Ray Kay mostly directs music videos and has worked with artists such as Britney Spears[3], Lady Gaga[4], Justin Bieber[5], Jessie J, Beyoncé Knowles[6]/Destiny's Child[7], Gloria Estefan[8], Steven Tyler[9], Enrique Iglesias[10], Adam Lambert[11], Cheryl Cole[12], Alesha Dixon[13], Diddy, Willow Smith[14], Amerie[15], Sean Paul, Christina Milian[16], The-Dream[17], Backstreet Boys, Melanie C, Ciara, Snoop Dogg and Ghostface.[18]. He also photographs fashion stills and album covers, and has directed commercials for brands such as Pepsi, AT&T,[19] Zellers and Sport 1.[20]
His music videos have won several awards, including MTV Awards, Much Music Awards and ZTV Awards. [21]
Ray Kay will make his feature directorial debut with "Paranormalcy", a fantasy film based on the New York Times bestselling book by Kiersten White. He is currently developing the project with Gil Adler and Reverie Partners.[22]
[edit] Music videography
[edit] 2012
[edit] 2011
- Jessie J - Domino
- Aura Dione - Geronimo
- Gloria Estefan - Wepa
- Kristian Valen - Letting Go
- Steven Tyler - (It) Feels So Good
- Britney Spears - Till The World Ends
- Slimmie Hendrix - "Stuntman"
- Lara Scandar - "Chains"
- Bera - "Favorite Things"
- Vika - No Breaking Me Down
[edit] 2010
- Willow Smith - "Whip My Hair"
- Flo Rida ft Akon - "Who Dat Girl"
- James Blunt - "Stay The Night"
- Jeremih ft Ludacris - "I Like"
- Alesha Dixon - "Drummer Boy"
- Range ft Rick Ross - "Ghetto Dance"
- Orianthi - "Shut Up & Kiss Me"
- Sean Kingston ft Justin Bieber - "Eenie Meenie"
- Benny Benassi ft Kelis, Apl.De.Ap & Jean Baptiste - "Spaceship"
- Victoria Krutoy - "Falling" Co-director with Sequoia B
- Justin Bieber ft Ludacris - "Baby"
- Alex Gardner - "I'm Not Mad"
- Shontelle - "Licky (Under the Covers)"
[edit] 2009
- Cheryl Cole - "Fight For This Love"
- Adam Lambert - "For Your Entertainment"
- Mini Viva - "I Wish"
- Lara Scandar - "Mission is you"
- Mini Viva - "Left My Heart in Tokyo"
- Sean Paul - "So Fine"
- Amerie - "Why R U?"
- Kristinia DeBarge - "Goodbye"
- Paradiso Girls ft. Eve & Lil Jon- "Patron Tequila"
- RichGirl - "He Ain't Wit Me Now (Tho)"
- Chrisette Michele ft. Ne-Yo - "What You Do"
- Jada - "American Cowboy"
- Flipsyde - "When It Was Good"
- Chrisette Michele - "Epiphany"
- Ryan Star - "Last Train Home"
- The-Dream - "Rockin' That Thang"
- Enrique Iglesias & Ciara - "Takin' Back My Love"
- Christina Milian - "Us Against The World"
[edit] 2008
- Trey Songz - "Last Time"
- Sean Kingston ft Juelz Santana & Élan - "There's Nothin'"
- Kat DeLuna ft Busta Rhymes & Don Omar - "Run The Show"
- Sirens ft Najee - "Club LA LA"
- Jordin Sparks - "One Step at a Time"
- Donnie Klang & Diddy - "Take You There"
- Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"
- Jadakiss & Ne-Yo- "By My Side"
- LMFAO - "I'm in Miami Bitch"
- Mira Craig - "I'm The One"
[edit] 2007
- LAX / Kali Girls - "Forget You"
- Beyoncé - "Freakum Dress"
- Sterling Simms - "Nasty Girl"
- Pittsburgh Slim - "Girls Kiss Girls"
- Jagged Edge ft Ashanti & Jermaine Dupri- "Put a Little Umph in It"
- The-Dream ft Fabolous -"Shawty Is a 10"
- Backstreet Boys-"Inconsolable"
- Lucy Walsh-"So Uncool" ver. 2
- I Nine-"7 Days of Lonely"
- Johnta Austin-"The One That Got Away"
[edit] 2006
- Ghostface Killah ft Ne-Yo - "Back Like That"
- Christina Milian ft Young Jeezy - "Say I"
- Black Buddafly ft Fabolous - "Bad Girl"
- Nick Lachey - "What's Left of Me"
- Cassie - "Me & U"
- Nick Lachey - "I Can't Hate You Anymore"
- Monica ft. Dem Franchise Boyz - "Everytime Tha Beat Drop"
- One Chance ft D4L - "Look at Her"
- Johnta Austin ft Jermaine Dupri - "Turn It Up"
- Paula DeAnda - "Walk Away (Remember Me)"
- Stacie Orrico - "So Simple"
- Jamelia - "Beware of the Dog"
- Fantasia ft Big Boi - "Hood Boy"
[edit] 2005
- Mark Morrison ft Tanya Stephens - "Dance For Me"
- Melanie C - "Next Best Superstar"
- Natalie - "Goin' Crazy
- Pretty Ricky - "Grind With Me"
- Mario - "Here I Go Again"
- Frankie J - "How To Deal"
- Teairra Mari - "Make Her Feel Good"
- Mashonda ft Snoop Dogg - "Blackout"
- Pretty Ricky - "Your Body"
[edit] 2004
- 2Play - "It can't be right"
- Monroe - "Smile"
- Kleen Cut - "Hands up"
- Shifty - "Slide Along Side"
- Sirens - "Baby (Off The Wall)"
- Christina Milian ft Joe Budden - "Whatever U Want"
- Nivea ft Lil Jon & Youngbloodz - "Okay"
- Raghav - "Attraction / Angel Eyes"
- Destiny's Child featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne - "Soldier"
- Duchess - "Come check my style"
- Rouge - "Don't be shy"
- Trick Daddy ft Lil Kim & Cee-Lo - "Sugar (Gimme Some)"
[edit] 2003
- Anne Lingan - "Kicking you out"
- Venke Knutson - "Panic"
- Kurt Nilsen - "She's so high"
- Melanie C - "Yeh Yeh Yeh"
- Speedway - "Save Yourself"
- Lene V - Commercial spots
- Black Diamond Brigade - "Black Diamond"
- Winta & Anton Gordon - "Hot Romance (Rok With U)"
- Coree - "I don't give a damn"
- Winta - "I want you" November 2003
[edit] 2002
- Equicez - "Live from Passit"
- Lene V - Commercial spot
- Paperboys - "Barcelona"
- Sport 1 - Commercial spots
- D'lay - "Run Away"
- Ann-Louise - "Can you tell me"
- Winta - "Emotions"
- Gil Bonden - "Shine"
- D'sound - "Do I need a reason"
[edit] 2000
- Voodoobeats - "The One"
[edit] External links
- Raykay.com
- Ray Kay on twitter
- Rockhard Films
- TV2 Norway program about Ray Kay (Jan 2009)
- NRK Norway “Lørdagsrevyen” segment about Ray Kay (April 2009)
- Ray Kay guest at NRK Nasjonalgalleriet (September 2010)
[edit] References
- VG.no: Ray Kay's videos viewed more than 1 Billion times [23]
- VG.no: Ray Kay and Britney on the TTWE video [24]
- MTV.com: Britney shoots TTWE video with Ray Kay [25]
- MTV.com: Adam Lambert about the Ray Kay video [26]
- VG.no: Ray Kay directs Adam Lambert [27]
- 730.no: Adam Lambert & Ray Kay [28]
- 730.no: Ray Kay was right - Cheryl Cole is #1 in UK [29]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Cheryl Cole [30]
- MTV.com: Interview with Ray Kay for MTV Awards [31]
- Db.no: Ray Kay nominated for four MTV Awards [32]
- VG.no: Four MTV award nominations for Ray Kay [33]
- Db.no: Ray Kay and Lady Gaga at MTV Awards after party [34]
- VG.no: Ray Kay at Amanda show [35]
- VG TV: Ray Kay wants to direct feature [36]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Mini Viva [37]
- VG.no: Ray Kay & Lady GaGa win Best Video Award [38]
- 730.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay [39]
- Side2.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay [40]
- H-avis: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [41]
- 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [42]
- VG.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [43]
- Side2.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [44]
- 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [45]
- RapUp.Com: On set of The Dream’s “Rockin’” video [46]
- VG.no Backstreet Boys & Ray Kay [47]
- Dagbladet.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay [48]
- VG.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay [49]
- Dagbladet.no: Nick Lachey & Ray Kay [50]
- RapUp.com: On set with Christina Milian & Ray Kay [51]
- 730.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay[52]
- Toya’s World: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [53]
- Giant Magazine: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [54]
- Side2.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [55]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Christina Milian[56]
- Side2.no: Ray Kay stories & pictures [57]
- VG.no: Ray Kay set pictures [58]
- 730.no: Ray Kay on TV2 [59]
- 730.no: #1 on Youtube [60]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Jadakiss [61]
- VG.no: Diddy & Ray Kay [62]
- VG-TV: Mira Craig and Ray Kay [63]
- Curiousartist.com: Ray Kay interview [64]
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/charts/videos_views?t=a Youtube's most viewed chart - and VG news article: http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10003907
- ^ http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10092057 VG.no: Ray Kay's videos viewed more than 1 Billion times]
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/till-the-world-ends
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/poker-face
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/baby
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/freakum-dress
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/soldier
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/wepa
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/steven-tyler-it-feels-so-good
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/takin-back-my-love
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/for-your-entertainment
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/fight-for-this-love
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/drummer-boy
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/whip-my-hair
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/why-r-u
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/say-i
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/rockin-that-thang
- ^ Ray Kay's website http://www.raykay.com
- ^ Ray Kay's blog http://raykay.com/post/shooting-att-commercial-today-in-miami
- ^ Ray Kay's website http://www.raykay.com
- ^ http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10098271 VG newspaper article: Ray Kay's video for Britney Spears "Till The World Ends" wins MTV Awards
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118041213 Variety.com news article on Paranormalcy and Ray Kay
- ^ VG Newspaper article.
- ^ VG Newspaper article
- ^ MTV online video
- ^ MTV online article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ MTV online article
- ^ Dagbladet newspaper article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ Dagbladet newspaper article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ Side2.no entertainment news
- ^ H-avis newspaper article
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ Side2.no entertainment news
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ Rap-Up entertainment news site
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ Dagbladet newspaper article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ Dagbladet newspaper article
- ^ Rap-Up entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ Toya's-World entertainment blog
- ^ Giant Magazine article
- ^ Side2.no entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ Side2.no entertainment news site
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ 730 entertainment news site
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ VG newspaper article
- ^ Curiousartist.com art site
