Jake Nava

Jake Nava is a British director, best known for his work in music videos and TV commercials.

Career

Nava graduated with a degree in film from the University of Westminster.^[1] After college, he began his career directing music videos and films for MTV Sports.^[2] He's created videos for various artists, including Britney Spears, Beyoncé, and Adele.^[3] Nava has also directed advertising campaigns for Armani, Puma, Bacardi, and more. In 2013, he directed three music videos for Beyoncé’s visual album (“Partition,” “Grown Woman,” and “***Flawless”).

Honors and awards

In 2011, Nava's advertisement for Lucozade placed #10 on Campaign Magazine’s Top 10 TV & Cinema Ads.^[4] Entertainment Weekly named Nava the fifth best music video director of 2011 for his videos “Someone Like You” and “Monster”. The Times placed Nava's video for Beyoncé, “Single Ladies”, at #3 in The 25 Most Influential Music Videos of All Time.^[5] It won "Video of the Year” at the MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards and the BET Awards. In 2006, Nava directed an anti-gun campaign to reduce inner city gun crime in London.^[6] The video was highly successful, reaching over 90% of its target audience, and received three D&AD nominations.

Music Video

US ARTISTS

Lana Del Rey — "Shades of Cool" (2014)
Lana Del Rey — "High by the Beach" (2015)
Beyoncé — "Partition" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Flawless" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Grown Woman" (2013)
Beyoncé — "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
Beyoncé — “If I Were a Boy” (2008)
Beyoncé — “Naughty Girl” (2004)
Beyoncé & Shakira — “Beautiful Liar” (2007)
Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z — “Crazy in Love” (2003)
Beyoncé feat. Sean Paul — “Baby Boy” (2003)
Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj & Rick Ross — “Monster”
Britney Spears — “My Prerogative” (2004)
Britney Spears — ”If You Seek Amy” (2008)
Alicia Keys — ”Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)” (2009)
Shakira — “She Wolf” (2009)
P!nk — “Nobody Knows”
Usher — “Burn” (2002)
Utada — "Easy Breezy"
Kelis — “Milkshake” (2003)
Mariah Carey feat. Jermaine Dupri — “Get Your Number” (2006)
Mariah Carey — “Shake It Off” (2005)
Lindsay Lohan — "Rumors" (2004)
Lindsay Lohan — "Over" (2004)
Enrique Iglesias feat. Kelis — "Not in Love"
Paul Oakenfold feat. Brittany Murphy — "Faster Kill Pussycat"
Destiny's Child — "Cater 2 U" (2004)
System of a Down — "B.Y.O.B."
Tina Turner — “Whatever You Need”
Brandy — "Who Is She 2 U"
Blaque ft Missy Elliot "I'm Good"
112 feat. SuperCat "Na Na Na Na"
Bee Gees — "This is Where I Came In"

UK ARTISTS

Arctic Monkeys "Arabella"
Adele “Someone Like You”
Emeli Sande “Heaven”
Leona Lewis “Run", "I See You"
Kylie Minogue “Red Blooded Woman”
The Rolling Stones “Streets Of Love”
Delilah "Inside My Love"
Audio Bullys “Way Too Long”
Lo Fidelity All-Stars feat. FTR Pigeonhed “Battleflag"
Lisa Maffia "All Over"
Natalie Imbruglia “Shiver”
Robbie Williams “Lovelight”
Spice Girls “Holler”
George Michael “An Easier Affair”
Roni Size “Dirty Beats”
Mark Morrison “Return Of The Mack”, "Crazy"
Blue "Too Close"
Ms. Dynamite “Dy-na-mi-tee”, "It Takes More"
Mis-Teeq "B With Me", "Scandalous", "Can't Get It Back", "One Night Stand (U.S. Version)"
Truesteppers & Dane Bowers feat. Victoria Beckham "Out Of Your Mind"
Victoria Beckham "Not Such An Innocent Girl"
Roll Deep "Bad Man"
Beverley Knight "Made It Back (The Good Times Mix)", "Greatest Day"
Shola Ama "You Might Need Somebody", "You're The One I Love"
Urban Species feat. Imogen Heap "Blanket"
Dane Bowers "Shut Up And Forget About It"
Jamelia "Call Me"
Glamma Kid "Bills 2 Pay"
Atomic Kitten "It's OK!", "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)", "The Last Goodbye", "Be With You"
The Cranberries "Stars"
Dido "Don't Leave Home"
Little Boots "New In Town"
Natasha Bedingfield "Single"

Commercials

James Franco - Coke Light
Guinness
Ministry of Defense Army - More Than Meets The Eye
Powerade - New Mix
Lucozade - Tinie Tempah & Travis Barker
Trident — Anti Gun Crime" Metropolitan Police
Georgia May Jagger - Rimmel
Kate Moss — Rimmel "16 Hours", Rimmel "Circle Line", Rimmel "Backseat"
Naomi Campbell — Cat Deluxe
Armani — Diamonds
Rochas — Music of the Body
Halle Berry — Revlon Cinderella, Revlon Magic Mirror, Revlon So Good, So Long
Jessica Alba — Revlon Custom My Way
Jessica Biel — Revlon In Full Bloom
Beyoncé — Rise, Heat, Pepsi
David & Victoria Beckham — Intimacy
Vogue Magazine FNO — Glee
Cindy Crawford — 5th Ave
Heidi Klum — Schwarzkopf
Laetitia Casta and Doutzen Kroes – L’Oreal "Honeygloss"
Doutzen Kroes —L'Oreal Solare
Maria Sharapova — Clear
Balentine Whiskey
Vinny Jones — Puma
Samuel Eto’o – Puma
Perez – Puma
HSBC — Haute Couture, Guide
Janet Jackson — The system

References

^ "Photography and Film - Westminster School of Media Arts and Design - University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
^ "Jake Nava | Cherry". www.cherrystudio.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
^ "Jake Nava | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
^ "The Annual 2011: Top 10 TV and cinema ads". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
^ "The 25 most influential music videos | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
^ "Top director behind new anti-gun video". Metro. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links

[1] "Photography and Film - Westminster School of Media Arts and Design - University of Westminster, London". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[2] "Jake Nava | Cherry". www.cherrystudio.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[3] "Jake Nava | IMVDb". IMVDb. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[4] "The Annual 2011: Top 10 TV and cinema ads". www.campaignlive.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[5] "The 25 most influential music videos | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

[6] "Top director behind new anti-gun video". Metro. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

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