Martin de Thurah (born 29 April 1974 in

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) is a Danish film director, screenwriter,

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and music video director. De Thurah graduated from

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in 2002.

Awards

* The music video for

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's "Human" won

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("Danish Grammy") for Danish Music Video of the Year in 2006. It also won Best Music Video at 2005

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, Los Angeles and a "Grand Prix" at the Festival International des Art du Clip in Provence. * He was nominated for

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(2006) in the category Best Special Effects/Lighting for ''

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''. * In 2008, he won the

for Best Animation for his short film ''Ung mand falder''. * At the 2008

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, his short film ''Vi der blev tilbage'' received the Children's Jury Award for a Live-Action Short Film or Video. * In 2008, de Thurah's IKEA commercial "Home" won Best Direction at the Creative Circle Awards in Copenhagen and was awarded at the Hugo Television Awards in Chicago. * At

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2009, de Thurah won the Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects awards for his video for

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", and Best Pop Video award for

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’s "

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". He was also nominated in several other categories. * The music video for the single " When I Grow Up" by Fever Ray, as well as videos for two Mew singles, " Introducing Palace Players" and "Repeaterbeater", were nominated at 2010 Bergen International Film Festival in the Scandinavias Best Music Video category. * At

2012, the music video for Feist's "The Bad In Each Other" won Best Cinematography in A Video.

Filmography

Director

Short films

Documentaries

* ''På danske læber live'' (2004) - music documentary

Music videos

Other filmography

References

External links

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