Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953) is an English

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and filmmaker. Originally from Catterick, North Yorkshire, he is based in

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, California. He has directed music videos for artists such as Britney Spears, Toto, Band Aid and

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before pursuing a career in the record business. He has studied

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and is also a graduate of Judith Weston's ''Acting for Directors'' class.

Career

Before success in the music and film industries, Dick worked as an architectural draughtsman, a clerk, a busker, a cab driver, a construction worker, a farm labourer, a motorcycle messenger, a salesman, a waiter, and served a spell in the Sewage Division of the Anglian Water Authority. He began his career in the record business working at Stiff Records, where he stayed for five years working as a Press Officer with Madness,

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, Lene Lovich, and the Plasmatics. In the early 1980s he moved to Phonogram Records, and while there directed the original Band Aid video " Do They Know It's Christmas?". In 1986, Dick moved to Los Angeles to direct his first feature film, '' P.I. Private Investigations'' (1987), starring Ray Sharkey and Martin Balsam. Since then, he has directed more than twenty documentaries and feature films and over three hundred music videos. In 1986, he co-founded Propaganda Films, which became a major production company for commercials and music videos. Dick directed the Britney Spears videos " ...Baby One More Time", " (You Drive Me) Crazy", " Sometimes", and " Oops!... I Did It Again",Alix Strauss, ''Britney Spears: An Unauthorized Biography'' (St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2014)
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/ref> the Band Aid video " Do They Know It's Christmas?", and over 500 other music videos. Other groups whose videos he has directed include Backstreet Boys and Guns N' Roses. In 1999, Dick directed MTV's first made-for-TV feature 2gether. The film spawned a TV series and two albums. Dick co-wrote a number of songs on the first album which reached the US Top-40 chart. In 2003, he directed '' Seeing Double'' for

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's 19 Entertainment, which starred British pop act S Club 7. In 2008, E! Television announced that Dick would be co-exec producing an observational documentary TV series starring Pamela Anderson titled: ''Pam: Girl On The Loose''. The artists and bands Dick has directed to date include The Offspring, Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Jessica Simpson,

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, Steve Lukather, Nickelback,

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, Good Charlotte,

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Awards

Dick's film work has won three MTV awards, two Billboard Awards and three MVPA awards. His videos have won a BRIT Award and been nominated for more than twenty MTV Video Music Awards, sixteen MuchMusic Video Awards and a

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. His personal nominations include a Cable Ace Award. In 2000, Dick was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in the MPVA Awards.Carla Hay, "Chemical Bros. video wins 3 MPVA Awards", '' Billboard'', April 29, 2000, p. 94

Musician

Dick was a founding member of pub-rock act and Stiff Records house band The Stiff All Stars. The band was briefly signed to Stiff Records competitor Chiswick Records in 1980 and subsequently released four singles. Band line-up was Andy Murray (guitar, vocals), Nigel Dick (bass, vocals), Pete Glenister (guitar), Nicky Graham (keys), Nick Garnett (drums) Hugh Attwooll (drums). Despite the band's name, only Murray and Dick actually worked at Stiff Records; Glenister went on to write and produce for Alison Moyet, Kirsty MacColl, Darius; Graham went on to write and produce Bros. The band appeared on TV, toured frequently and supported Jools Holland, Any Trouble, Madness amongst others. Jamie West-Oram featured in an early line-up but left to join The Fixx. Thirty years after the release of their first single The Stiff All Stars released their first album '12.5 on a 10 Point Scale' which featured new tracks and previously unreleased songs featuring Jeff Porcaro ( Toto) and Carl Verheyen ( Supertramp). Dick also appeared four times as a backing musician on BBC's famous 'Top of the Pops': three times with Jona Lewie ('Kitchen at Parties', 'Stop The Cavalry') and once with ''The Snowmen'' ('Hokey Cokey'). As a guitarist, he has released three albums: * ''Flesh, Blood, Wood, Steel'' * ''All Stars And All Sorts'' * ''Weird Stain''

Traveller

Dick travels by bicycle and has made cycle tours in fourteen countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, and various European countries, including the United Kingdom.

Selected music video credits (as director)

Credits as director (feature films)

* '' Berlin Calling'' (2014
''Berlin Calling''
* '' Pam: Girl on the Loose'' (2008) * '' In Search of the Lanterne Rouge'' (currently in production
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* '' Callback'' (2005
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* '' Seeing Double'' (2003) * '' 2gether'' (2000) * ''The Elevator'' (1996) (co-director, one segment) * '' Dead Connection'' (1993) * '' Deadly Intent'' (1988) * '' P.I. Private Investigations'' (1987)

Credits as screenwriter (feature films)

* '' Berlin Calling'' (2014) (co-writer
Berlin Calling
* '' Stella Roxx and The Killer Bats From Hell'' (2006) * '' Sidewalking'' (2004) * '' Callback'' (1999) * '' Everlasting'' (1995) * '' Country Lyfe'' (1994) * '' Hangman'' (1994) * '' Introducing Eric'' (1993) (story by Nigel Dick) * '' One Week in April'' (1990) * '' Deadly Intent'' (1988) (uncredited) * '' P.I. Private Investigations'' (1987) (story by Nigel Dick)