Ray Kay
 | This biography of a living person includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (June 2011) |
Ray Kay | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Reinert K. Olsen |
| Origin | Haugesund, Norway |
| Occupation(s) | Music video, film and commercial director, photographer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Ray Kay (born Reinert K. Olsen) is a Norwegian director and photographer who is currently based in Los Angeles. He is a music video and commercial director.
Ray Kay mostly directs music videos and has worked with artists such as Cher,[1] Britney Spears,[2] Lady Gaga,[3] Justin Bieber,[4] Jessie J, Nelly Furtado,[5] 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] Mango and KFC.[18]
His music videos have won several awards, including MTV Awards, Much Music Awards and ZTV Awards.[20]
He 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.[21]
Music videography
2014
- Adelén – Olé
- Justin Morelli - Nobody Like Me
- Hunter Hayes - Invisible
2013
- Madcon feat Kelly Rowland – "One Life"
- Toni Braxton and Babyface – "Hurt You"
- Austin Mahone feat Flo Rida – "Say You're Just a Friend"
- Cher – "Woman's World"
- Emblem3 – "Chloe (You're the One I Want)"
2012
- Girls Aloud – "Something New"
- Havana Brown feat Pitbull – "We Run the Night"
- Adam Lambert – "Better Than I Know Myself"
- Aura Dione – "Friends"
- Nelly Furtado – "Parking Lot"
- Madcon – "In My Head"
- Madcon feat Stori – "Say Yeah"
- Meital feat Sean Kingston – "On Ya"
- Erika Jayne feat Flo Rida – "Get It Tonight"
- Lara Scandar – "Falling Out of Love"
- Lara Scandar – "Taalou Ghannou"
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 – "My Favourite Things"
- Vika – No Breaking Me Down
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)"
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"
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"
2007
- LAX Gurlz – "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"
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"
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"
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)"
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
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"
2000
- Voodoobeats – "The One"
External links
- Raykay.com
- 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)
References
- VG.no: Ray Kay's videos viewed more than 1 Billion times [22]
- VG.no: Ray Kay and Britney on the TTWE video [23]
- MTV.com: Britney shoots TTWE video with Ray Kay [24]
- MTV.com: Adam Lambert about the Ray Kay video [25]
- VG.no: Ray Kay directs Adam Lambert [26]
- 730.no: Adam Lambert & Ray Kay [27]
- 730.no: Ray Kay was right – Cheryl Cole is #1 in UK [27]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Cheryl Cole [27]
- MTV.com: Interview with Ray Kay for MTV Awards [25]
- Db.no: Ray Kay nominated for four MTV Awards [28]
- VG.no: Four MTV award nominations for Ray Kay [26]
- Db.no: Ray Kay and Lady Gaga at MTV Awards after party [28]
- VG.no: Ray Kay at Amanda show [26]
- VG TV: Ray Kay wants to direct feature [26]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Mini Viva [27]
- VG.no: Ray Kay & Lady GaGa win Best Video Award [26]
- 730.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay [27]
- Side2.no: Lady GaGa & Ray Kay [29]
- H-avis: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [30]
- 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [27]
- VG.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [26]
- Side2.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [29]
- 730.no: Enrique, Ciara & Ray Kay [27]
- RapUp.Com: On set of The Dream’s “Rockin’” video [31]
- VG.no Backstreet Boys & Ray Kay [26]
- Dagbladet.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay [28]
- VG.no: Beyonce & Ray Kay [26]
- Dagbladet.no: Nick Lachey & Ray Kay [28]
- RapUp.com: On set with Christina Milian & Ray Kay [31]
- 730.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay[27]
- Toya’s World: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [32]
- Giant Magazine: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [33]
- Side2.no: Christina Milian & Ray Kay [29]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Christina Milian[27]
- Side2.no: Ray Kay stories & pictures [29]
- VG.no: Ray Kay set pictures [26]
- 730.no: Ray Kay on TV2 [27]
- 730.no: #1 on YouTube [27]
- 730.no: Ray Kay & Jadakiss [27]
- VG.no: Diddy & Ray Kay [26]
- VG-TV: Mira Craig and Ray Kay [26]
- Curiousartist.com: Ray Kay interview [34]
- ^ http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10106536
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/till-the-world-ends
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/poker-face
- ^ http://raykay.com/video/baby
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m80lgmrS-4
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Ray Kay's website http://www.raykay.com
- ^ Ray Kay's blog http://raykay.com/post/shooting-att-commercial-today-in-miami
- ^ 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
- ^ a b MTV online article
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k VG newspaper article
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 730 entertainment news site
- ^ a b c d Dagbladet newspaper article
- ^ a b c d Side2.no entertainment news
- ^ H-avis newspaper article
- ^ a b Rap-Up entertainment news site
- ^ Toya's-World entertainment blog
- ^ Giant Magazine article
- ^ Curiousartist.com art site