Alec Cartio is an Iranian-Swedish-American

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, automotive commercial and film director. He is best known for his work, which modernized the Iranian Music Video industry.

Career

Beginnings

Alec Cartio was born in Tehran, Iran to Iranian parents on 14 September 1976. He immigrated to Sweden, where he started his career as a member of the

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-based Swedish boy band Get Wet later renamed Caymen. The band was signed to Sony BMG and was active in the 1990s. They released a number of singles, had moderate success and toured in Scandinavian countries.

Directing music videos

Later on, he developed his career as a music video director, shooting videos for a number of artists, including FloRida, Wu Tang Clan, Brian Mcknight, Quiet Drive, Shadmehr Aghili, 786, Black Cats, Ebi,

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, Jamshid, Native Deen,

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, Saeed Mohammadi, Sepideh,

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, Valy, David Wharnsby,

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, Shahab Tiam, Pouya, Moein, Isadora, Budweiser, Rock by Sweden and many many more. Notable directed videos include "Airport" for

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& Shani, "Mi amore" and "Fix Me" for

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, "Temptation" for

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, "Boro Boro", "Arash" and "Tike Tike" for Arash, " Henna", " Roma", "Barooneh", "Ne Na Nai", "

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", "Bia Nazdiktar", "Sheytoonaki" for his brother

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, "Miss Blue" for

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. He also produced Cameron Cartio's album '' Borderless''.'

Film directing

Alec Cartio has directed long feature films in addition to his directing of music videos in particular ''Convincing Cloony'' in 2011. Since 2017, he is also a classic car historian/filmmaker and BMW 8-series super specialist.

''Convincing Cloony''

He also directed a long film feature ''Convincing Clooney'', a situation comedy based on ''Convincing Clooney'' and released in 2011. The film was credited to Alexander Cartio.IMDb.com: Alexander Cartio page
/ref> The story line was It was written by Cartio's longtime collaborator, actor and screenwriter Sulo Williams and produced and directed by Cartio. It was filmed in the studios of AtlantisPic Pictures / Synkronized. It was released on November 8, 2011 on DVD. The cast included Sulo Williams as Jackson,

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as Amy, Kelly Perine as Disco,

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as Chris,

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as Joaquin,

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as JC,

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as HW,

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as Jason, Jennifer Alden as Amanda, Alexis Carra as Kristen,

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as Head Honcho. Additional roles are by Neely Gurman as Paramount Casting Director, Amy Chaffee as Commercial Casting Director, Lawrence B. Adisa as Lawrence, Josh Roman as Marcus, Darren Capozzi as Frankie, Julie Johnson as Ashley, Sarah Lieving as Christine. Stephon Stewart plays the role as George Clooney.

Personal life

Alec Cartio is the brother of Swedish Iranian singer

Music production

*2005:

album '' Borderless''

Filmography

*2011: ''Convincing Clooney''

References

External links

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''Convincing Clooney'' trailer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cartio, Alec Swedish record producers Swedish music video directors Swedish film directors Swedish people of Iranian descent 1976 births Living people