Cameron Thomas Duddy (born December 6, 1985) is an American

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director and musician with over 9 billion views across his work. As a director, he is known for his work with

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. Most notably, Cameron directed the video for "Uptown Funk", winning an EMA, VMA, and topping charts as the 3rd most viewed video on YouTube. He is the bass guitarist in the band Midland.

Career

Music video director

Duddy has directed over 20 music videos, that include

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's " Worth It". In 2017, Cameron also directed Bruno Mars' " 24K Magic" which earned him a BET award and three VMA nominations for "Best Video," "Best Director," and "Best Art Direction". He has also worked with

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, One Republic and most recently received an MTV Award for “Best Rock Video” for

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's single, " Last Train Home". Duddy also received a CMT nomination for "Best Group Video" for directing the debut single/video from his country trio, Midland.

Musician/songwriter

Duddy is one of the founding members of the country music trio Midland. Formed in 2016 in

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, it consists of Mark Wystrach (lead vocals), himself as bass guitarist and background vocalist, and Jess Carson (electric guitar, background vocals). Midland's musical styles are defined by

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influences. Through

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, Midland has released four full-length LPs; the first, ''

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'', achieved gold status and produced their triple-platinum hit, " Drinkin Problem", as well as a platinum hit, " Burn Out". The album earned them two

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nominations and several CMA, ACM and CMT nominations as well as a win for ‘Best New Group’ at the ACM Awards. The band most recently released their fourth album, titled '' The Last Resort: Greetings From'', leading Midland on a world tour with several sold out performances in Australia, Europe, and the US.

Personal life

Duddy is the son of cinematographer Christopher Duddy and Renee Axotis. He is the stepson of actress

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, and also stepgrandson of actress

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. He is married to photographer Harper Smith. They have a son and a daughter.

Nominations and awards

*2013: MTV Video Music Awards, Best Direction (''Locked Out of Heaven'') *2015/2017: MTV Video Music Awards, Best Direction (nominee) *2018: Grammy, Best Country Song (nominee)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duddy, Cameron 1985 births American music video directors American country singer-songwriters American country bass guitarists Country musicians from Texas Living people Singer-songwriters from Texas Midland (band) members