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Name
  
Isaac Rentz


Role
  
Music Video Director

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Isaac Rentz (born August 21, 1982 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a feature film, music video, and commercial director.

Contents

Isaac Rentz: Music Videos (2008–2017)


Biography

Rentz was born in Japan, and was raised in Tempe, Arizona. He was signed to Draw Pictures for UK and US music video representation until 2010. He is currently signed to Hound Content.

Rentz's work has been featured in Pitchfork Media, Spin Magazine, Boards, and TV Guide. Rentz's body of work includes music videos for groups such as Cage The Elephant, Paramore, Tegan and Sara, Eminem and Linkin Park, as well as promotional campaigns for Red Stripe, Xbox, and Nintendo.

His video for Pistol Youth's "In My Eyes" was included in the Los Angeles Film Festival's 2009 music video showcase. His video for Manchester Orchestra's "Shake It Out" was included in Spin Magazine's list of the top videos of 2009.

In 2011, Rentz directed a promotional music video for the feature film Take Me Home Tonight. The video featured actors Topher Grace, Anna Faris, and Demetri Martin reenacting iconic scenes from classic 80s films. Huffington Post described the video as "like IMDB at a rave".

On July 20, 2011, Rentz's Cage The Elephant video for Shake Me Down was nominated for a 2011 MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rock Video category. On May 21, 2013, Rentz's Tegan and Sara video for Closer was nominated for a 2013 Much Music Video Award. In 2015, Rentz's video for She's Kinda Hot won an MTV video music award for Song of The Summer.

In 2015, Rentz was attached to direct Opening Night, an independent musical comedy starring Topher Grace, Taye Diggs, Anne Heche, Rob Riggle, Alona Tal, and Lauren Lapkus. It debuted at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival and is slated for a 2017 release.

Music videos

  • Nick Jonas ft. Anne Marie & Mike Posner - Remember I Told You (2017)
  • Linkin Park ft. Pusha T & Stormzy - Good Goodbye (2017)
  • Wrabel - Bloodstain (2017)
  • Michael Buble ft. Black Thought - Nobody But Me (2016)
  • Leann Rimes - The Story (2016)
  • Wrabel - 11 Blocks (2016)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - Girls Talk Boys (2016)
  • Walk the Moon - Work This Body (2016)
  • Echosmith - Let's Love (2015)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - Hey Everybody! (2015)
  • Jazmine Sullivan ft. Meek Mill - Dumb (2015)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot (2015)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - Good Girls (2014)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia (2014)
  • 5 Seconds of Summer - Don't Stop (2014)
  • A Great Big World - Already Home (2014)
  • Cage The Elephant - Take It or Leave It (2014)
  • Skylar Grey - Wear Me Out (2013)
  • Family of the Year - Hero (2013)
  • Paramore - Still Into You (2013)
  • Chris Cornell - The Keeper (2013)
  • Skylar Grey ft. Eminem - C'mon Let Me Ride (2012)
  • Tegan and Sara - Closer (2012)
  • MGK ft. Ester Dean - Invincible (2012)
  • The All-American Rejects - Beekeeper's Daughter (2012)
  • Blink 182 - After Midnight (2012)
  • Cage The Elephant - Aberdeen (2011)
  • Blink 182 - Up All Night (2011)
  • Cage the Elephant - Shake Me Down (2011)
  • Lissie - When I'm Alone (2010)
  • Motion City Soundtrack - Her Words Destroyed My Planet (2010)
  • Cage The Elephant - In One Ear (2010)
  • Pistol Youth - In My Eyes (2009)
  • Manchester Orchestra - Shake It Out (2009)
  • fun. - All the Pretty Girls (2009)
  • Cage The Elephant - Back Against The Wall (2009)
  • Great Lake Swimmers - Pulling On A Line (2009)
  • Rosie And The Gold Bug - You've Changed (2008)
  • Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song (2008)
  • Hot Rod Circuit - Stateside (2008)
  • Portugal The Man - AKA M80 the Wolf (2008)

    • Filmography

    • Opening Night (2017)

    References

    Isaac Rentz Wikipedia
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