Jamie Caliri (born February 22, 1970, in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of ...

) is an American

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, known primarily for

music videos A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

television commercials A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea. ...

and

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s. Between 1988 and 1992, he studied film, design, and animation at the

California Institute of the Arts The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a Private university, private art school in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for ...

. He is also a self-taught still photographer. He has been signed to production companies Acme Filmworks (ca. 1992–ca. 1994), Duck Soup Studios (1994–1995) and its division The Front (1995–1997), MJZ and its satellite Stimmung (1997–ca. 1999), and Windmill Lane and its subsidiary Pusher (2003–ca. 2005). He has directed commercials for Children's Medical Center (Dallas) (2010),

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(1997),

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(1996),

Pier 1 Imports Pier 1 Imports, Inc., is an online retailer and former Fort Worth, Texas-based retail chain specializing in imported home furnishings and decor, particularly furniture, table-top items, decorative accessories, and seasonal decor. It was Public ...

, and

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(2006 and 2008), among others. In 2006, he was asked to explore animation concepts for a feature film adaptation of ''

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon. A historical fiction novel, it follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Josef "Joe" Kavalier, a Czech artist and magician who escapes Nazi-occupied ...

''. The project fell through, but Caliri posted two and a half minutes of concept footage he directed, titled'' The Escapist v.s. The Iron Gauntlet'', on his

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channel. As a still photographer, he has worked for clients such as

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and Helios Dance Theater. In addition to this, he also DPed a number of short films, music videos and commercials and taught experimental animation at CalArts. Since 1993, he and his software engineer brother Dyami Caliri have collaborated to create

stop motion animation Stop-motion (also known as stop frame animation) is an animation, animated filmmaking and special effects technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appe ...

software. In 2005, they developed Dragonframe.

Personal life

Caliri has two younger brothers, drummer

Mario Calire Mario Calire is an American drummer, based in Los Angeles, known for his affiliations with The Wallflowers and Ozomatli and his wide-ranging freelance work. A native of Buffalo, New York, Calire moved to California when his father, the keyboard ...

and Dyami Caliri. He and his youngest brother Dyami legally changed the spelling of their last names from "Calire" to "Caliri" to reflect the original Italian spelling.

Filmography

Music videos

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, "Super Bon Bon", released December 1996 *

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, "Early to Bed", March 1997, nominated for a

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music, hip hop group formed in South Gate, California in 1988. One of the first Latin groups to gain mainstream recognition in hip hop, they have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and have obtained multi ...

, "Boom Biddy Bye Bye (

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Remix)", August 1996, co-directed by Dante Ariola *

Marcy Playground Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (lead vocals, guitar), Dylan Keefe (bass), and Shlomi Lavie (drums). The band is best known for their 1997 hit " Sex and Candy". History Early ...

, " Sex and Candy", October 1997 *

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, "

Your Lucky Day in Hell "Your Lucky Day in Hell" is a song by American rock band Eels, released on August 27, 1997, as the fourth single from their debut album, ''Beautiful Freak'' (1996). Music video Around the same time, a video was released to promote the single, ...

", December 1997 * Black Lab, "Time Ago", May 1998 *

Cherry Poppin' Daddies The Cherry Poppin' Daddies are an American swing music, swing and ska band established in Eugene, Oregon, in 1989. Formed by singer-songwriter Steve Perry (Oregon musician), Steve Perry and bassist Dan Schmid, the band has experienced numerous ...

, "Brown Derby Jump", July 1998 * Marcy Playground, "Comin' Up from Behind", March 1999 *

The Shins The Shins are an American indie rock band formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1996. The band is the project of singer-songwriter James Mercer, who has served as the band's sole constant member throughout numerous line-up changes. The band's c ...

, "The Rifle's Spiral", April 2012, co-directed by Alexander Juhasz

Title sequences

* ''

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'', 2001,

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* ''

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'' (also simply known as ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'') is a 2004 American black comedy adventure film directed by Brad Silberling from a screenplay by Robert Gordon, based on the first th ...

'', 2004,

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* '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'', 2008, end titles * ''

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'', 2009, opening credits, won the

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Short films

* ''The Escapist v.s. The Iron Gauntlet'', 2006 * ''The Sun and the Seed'', 2008

Album art

* Cypress Hill, '' Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom'', 1995, photography * Marcy Playground, ''Shapeshifter'', 1999, photography *

The Wallflowers The Wallflowers are an American rock music, rock solo project of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jakob Dylan. The Wallflowers were originally a roots rock band formed in Los Angeles by Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. It ha ...

, ''

Red Letter Days Red Letter Days is a UK company which was an early adopter of the concept of giving experiential gifts, experience day vouchers as gifts and corporate rewards. It is based in Farringdon, London, in the offices of its parent company, Moonpig Gro ...

'', 2002, art direction / packaging / photography

References

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