Trey Fanjoy is an American
music video director
A music video director is the head, overseer or facilitator of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or ...
.
Fanjoy has directed over 150 major label music videos. Her videos have appeared on
CMT,
VH1
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,
GAC
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,
The Nashville Network
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,
CMT Canada, and
MTV
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. She is the first woman to win the
Country Music Association Award for Video of the Year and to date, the only woman to win the award twice and one of two people to win the award three times.
Biography
Fanjoy was born in
South Carolina
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. She studied acting with Sanford Meisner and was part of the Neighborhood Playhouse. Picture Vision Productions and director Jon Small, hired Fanjoy as a producer. From there, she went on to direct videos for
Lonestar
Lonestar (formerly known as Texassee) is an American country music band from Nashville, Tennessee. The band consists of Drew Womack (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Michael Britt (lead guitar, background vocals), Dean Sams (key ...
,
Keith Urban
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, and
Reba McEntire
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among others.
Awards
Videos directed
224 music videos are currently listed here.
References
External links
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American advertising directors
American music video directors
Grammy Award winners
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Female music video directors