4/27/2009

DIRECTOR MARTIN DE THURAH

Today,it is a privilege to feature one of the most amazing artists today, director Martin De Thurah.His work has captivate me from the minute i first laid my eyes on it.His poetry of images,movements,sounds go deep into our hearts, staying there...
Welcome to the world of Martin De Thurah!

Martin started out life as a painter. In 2002 he graduated from the National Film School of Denmark where he studied direction. Following film school he worked across various visual media, including film, documentary and print. Martin signed to Academy in 2005 directing several music videos. His video for Carpark North ‘Human’ won the audience award 2005 at RESFEST and went on to win a Grammy at the Danish Music Awards in 2006 and a Grand Prix in the Festival International des art du clip/ province 2006.
That same year Martin won ‘Best New Director’ at the CADS in London and was selected for the Res10.

In 2007 he directed the 25min short “We who stayed behind” and the 45min “Young man Falling” which was selected for the 2008 Critics Week in Cannes and won a Robert (Danish Oscar equivalent) for best long short.

In 2008 Martin’s commercial “Home” for IKEA won “best direction” at the Creative Circle awards in Copenhagen and a Golden Plague / Institutional / Corporate Identity at the Hugo Television Awards in Chicago.

He has since directed music videos for major artists like Will Young,Royksopp,Fever Ray,..
















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