Emily Kai Bock
Emily Kai Bock | |
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Born | 1983 or 1984 (age 40–41) |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Emily Kai Bock (born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian filmmaker. She has directed music videos for Arcade Fire, Lorde, Grizzly Bear, and Grimes.
Bock was born in 1983 or 1984 in Toronto, Ontario.[1][2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and sculpture from Emily Carr University of Art and Design,[2] before studying film production at Concordia University while a resident of the Lab Synthese loft space.[3][1]
In 2012, after directing the music video for Grimes' song "Oblivion", Bock withdrew from her study.[3] She won the 2014 Prism Prize for her video for the Arcade Fire song Afterlife and was nominated for Director of the Year at the 2014 Much Music Video Awards.[4]
In 2016, her short film, A Funeral for Lightning, was included in TIFF's annual list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals.[5]
Bock was influenced by the music videos of Daft Punk, Radiohead, and the Foo Fighters—directed by Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, and Jonathan Glazer—while growing up. According to Sarah Nicole Prickett of The Globe and Mail, Bock "favours a 'run and gun' style, shooting with precision but not necessarily permission, in locations that feel plucked from memory, and with considerable speed".[1]
Videography
Music videos
Year | Title | Artist | Ref. |
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2012 | "Oblivion" | Grimes | [6] |
"Yet Again" | Grizzly Bear | [3] | |
2013 | "Afterlife" | Arcade Fire | [7] |
2014 | "Yellow Flicker Beat" | Lorde | [8] |
Television advertisements
Year | Product | Company | Ref. |
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Coca-Cola | The Coca-Cola Company | [1] | |
Fuel for Life (fragrance) | Diesel |
References
- ^ a b c d Prickett, Sarah Nicole (March 16, 2013). "The next American auteur? She's a Toronto native living in Montreal". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015.
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- ^ "Prism Prize: Arcade Fire's Afterlife Named Best Canadian Music Video". Huffington Post, March 24, 2014.
- ^ "Canada's Top Ten Film Festival Celebrates Homegrown Talent" (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival. 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ Dombal, Ryan (March 5, 2012). "Grimes: "Oblivion"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ Ayers, Mike (November 21, 2013). "Arcade Fire Release Gorgeously Melancholy 'Afterlife' Video". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
- ^ Beauchemin, Molly (November 6, 2014). "Lorde Shares 'Yellow Flicker Beat' Video". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
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