Tarsem Singh
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| Born | Tarsem Singh Dhandwar May 26, 1961 Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
| Other names | Tarsem |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1990 – present |
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Tarsem Singh Dhandwar (born 26 May 1961), known professionally as Tarsem Singh, is an Indian director who has worked on films, music videos, and commercials.
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[edit] Early Life
Tarsem was born in Jalandhar, Punjab to a Punjabi Sikh family. His father was an aircraft engineer.[1] He attended Bishop Cotton School in Simla, Hans Raj College in Delhi, and is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.[2]
[edit] Career
Tarsem began his career directing music videos, including those of "Hold On" by En Vogue, "Sweet Lullaby" by Deep Forest and R.E.M.'s smash hit "Losing My Religion," the latter of which won Best Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. He has directed dozens of commercials for brands such as Nike and Coca-Cola.[3] Tarsem's feature film directorial debut was The Cell (2000), starring Jennifer Lopez.
In 2005, Tarsem directed one of the most elaborate Pepsi commercials to date. It combined a gladiator theme with Queen's "We Will Rock You". The commercial starred Enrique Iglesias in the version of the commercial aired in Europe and North America and Amr Diab in the version aired in the Arab world. In the western version, Iglesias plays the role of an emperor hoarding Pepsi with Britney Spears, Pink and Beyonce Knowles all playing similar roles of gladiatrices about to engage in combat for the emperor's and crowd's entertainment. Ultimately the gladiatrices turn against the emperor and throw him from his seat. On the other hand, Diab's version shows the gladiatrices being attacked by a lion after the emperor realizes their intentions.
Tarsem's second film, The Fall, debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States in 2008. His third film was 2011's Immortals.[1][4] He is directing an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm story of Snow White called Mirror Mirror.[5][6]
[edit] Filmography
- The Cell (2000)
- The Fall (2006)
- Immortals (2011)
- Mirror Mirror (2012)
[edit] Further reading
- Henry Keazor/Thorsten Wuebbena: Video thrills the Radio Star – Musikvideos: Geschichte, Themen, Analysen, Bielefeld 2005,[7] p. 256 – 260.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Patrick Goldstein (26 June 2007). "A `Fall' no one wants to take". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/26/entertainment/et-goldstein26.
- ^ "Tarsem and the legend of "The Fall"". Chicago Sun-Times. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080603/PEOPLE/868926055.
- ^ Aseem Chhabra. "Hindi movies often do not capture the beauty of India". Rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/may/26singh.htm.
- ^ Damon Wise (4 October 2008). "Final fantasy". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/oct/04/fall.tarsem.singh.
- ^ Borys Kit (1 November 2010). "It's Official: Tarsem Directing Relativity's Snow White Movie". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/its-official-tarsem-directing-relativitys-34180.
- ^ Jarrod Sarafin. "Singh Confirmed for SNOW WHITE". Mania. http://www.mania.com/singh-confirmed-for-snow-white_article_126177.html.
- ^ http://www.vttrs.de
[edit] External links
- Tarsem Singh at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- Tarsem Singh at the Music Video DataBase
- "Gladiators Pepsi Commercial"
- "6 part video journal with Tarsem Singh on the set of IMMORTALS at iamrogue.com"
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