Christian Breslauer

Christian Breslauer is an American music video director.^[1][2][3] He is known for his work with Lil Nas X, Doja Cat, Lizzo, SZA and Ariana Grande.^[4][5][6] Breslauer's music video for "Industry Baby" was nominated for Video of the Year at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to Taylor Swift's All Too Well: The Short Film.^[7]

Christian Breslauer
Born	Christian Kurt Breslauer Davie, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Music video director, Commercial director
Years active	2013–present

Filmography

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Roles	Notes
2017	"Can't Help Myself"	Jake Miller	Director	Co-directed with Edgar Esteves.
2018	"Issues"	PnB Rock featuring Russ	Producer
	"X-Files"	Jordan Hollywood	Director
	"Fellings Aside"	BamSavage	Director, producer, cinematographer, editor
	"Cars and Boys"	Avonlea	Cinematographer
	"Don't Know Why"	Youngeen Ace
	"Wanted"	Youngeen Ace featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again
	"Let Me Find Out"	Jordan Hollywood featuring Lil Baby	Director, cinematographer
	"Bra Fie"	Fuse ODG featuring Damian Marley	Cinematographer
	"Leave Me"	Jordan Hollywood	Director
	"Finally"		Director, cinematographer
	"Opera"	D. Savage
	"Missin You Crazy"	Russ	Creative director
2019	"Explosion"	Jordan Hollywood	Director
	"Getcha Roll On"	T-Pain featuring Tory Lanez	Cinematographer
	"Tic Boom"	Leikeli47
	"G.O.D. (Grind or Die)"	Flosstradamus and Blvk Jvck featuring Leat'eq	Director, cinematographer
	"Stranger"	Avonlea	Cinematographer
	"A Million Times"	T-Pain featuring O.T. Genasis
	"Wait for You"	Jake Miller
	"Pure Cocaine"	Lil Baby
	"Freaky"	Tory Lanez	Director, cinematographer
	"All I Want"	T-Pain featuring Flipp Dinero	Cinematographer
	"Aint Goin Back"	Russ
	"So Long"	Yungeen Ace	Director, cinematographer
	"Fallin"	Derez De'Shon featuring Russ	Cinematographer
	"All I Want"	Russ featuring Davido
	"Civil War"	Russ
	"Under Enemy Arms"	Trippie Redd	Director, cinematographer
	"Broke Leg"	Tory Lanez, Quavo and Tyga		Co-directed with Tory Lanez.
	"Woah"	Rich the Kid featuring Miguel and Ty Dolla Sign	Executive production	Executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"Taking Over"	JayDaYoungan	Cinematographer
	"Blow My Mind"	Davido featuring Chris Brown
	"Forever"	Tory Lanez	Cinematographer, executive producer	Executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"Slide"	Le'Veon Bell	Director, executive producer
	"All Night Long"	YFN Lucci featuring Trey Songz	Cinematorgrapher
	"Heat"	Chris Brown featuring Gunna
	"Jerry Sprunger	Tory Lanez and T-Pain	Director, executive producer, cinematographer	Co-directed with MidJordan, executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"Step Harder"	Yungeen Ace	Director, cinematographer
	"Tounge Tied"	Marshmello, Yungblud and Blackbear
	"Tip Toe"	Roddy Ricch featuring A Boogie wit da Hoodie	Director
2020	"Boom Boom Room"	Roddy Rich	Director, cinematographer
	"The Box"		Director, executive producer	Co-directed with Roddy Rich, executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"Stupid Again"	Tory Lanez		Executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"Strawberry Lipstick"	Yungblud	Director, executive producer, cinematographer
	"Nightrider"	Arizona Zervas	Director
	"Bang Bang"	Chief Keef and Mike Will Made It	Director, cinematographer	Co-directed with Edgar Esteves.
	"Take You Dancing"	Jason Derulo	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Edgar Esteves.
	"The Business"	Tiësto	Director
	"Too Much"	Marshmello and Imanbek featuring Usher	Director, cinematographer, cameo appearance
	"Errbody"	Lil Baby	Director	Co-directed with Edgar Esteves and Daps.
	"Dreamland"	Morray	Director, cinematographer
2021	"Skat"	Tory Lanez and DaBaby	Director, cinematographer, cameo appearance
	"Big Tipper"	Tory Lanez featuring Melii and Lil Wayne	Director, executive producer	Co-directed with MidJordan, executive production handled with Michael Breslauer.
	"F.E.E.L.S."	Tory Lanez and Chris Brown	Director, executive producer, cinematographer
	"Sacrifice"	Bebe Rexha	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Luga Podesta.
	"Streets"	Doja Cat	Director, executive producer, writer
	"Sabotage"	Bebe Rexha	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Luga Podesta.
	"Break My Heart Myself"	Bebe Rexha featuring Travis Barker
	"Leave Before You Love Me"	Marshmello and Jonas Brothers		Executive production handled with Luga Podesta, Andrew Lerios, and Brandon Bonfiglio.
	"I Like Dat"	T-Pain and Kehlani	Director
	"Run Run"	Shenseea	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Luga Podesta, Andrew Lerios, and Brandon Bonfiglio.
	"Better Believe"	Belly, the Weeknd, and Young Thug
	"Industry Baby"	Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow
	"I Like That"	Bazzi		Executive production handled with Luga Podesta.
	"Don't Be Shy"	Tiësto and Karol G
	"Who's in Your Head"	Jonas Brothers	Director
	"The Motto"	Tiësto and Ava Max	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Luga Podesta.
	"Die for You"	The Weeknd
2022	"Light Switch"	Charlie Puth		Executive production handled with Luga Podesta, Andrew Lerios, and Brandon Bonfiglio.
	"Boys Don't Cry"	Anitta	Director	Co-directed with Anitta.[8]
	"Freaky Deaky"	Tyga and Doja Cat	Director, executive producer	Executive production handled with Luga Podesta, Andrew Lerios, and Brandon Bonfiglio.
	"The Funeral"	Yungblud	Director
	"About Damn Time"	Lizzo
	"Thousand Miles"	The Kid Laroi
	"Distraction"	Polo G
	"Numb"	Marshmello and Khalid
	"Dope"	John Legend featuring JID
	"Tropa"	Anitta featuring Luck Muzik
	"Honey"	John Legend featuring Muni Long
	"2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)"	Lizzo		Co-directed with Lizzo.[9]
	"All She Wanna Do"	John Legend featuring Saweetie
2023	"Kill Bill"	SZA
	"Special"	Lizzo
	"Creepin' (Remix)"	Metro Boomin, the Weeknd, Diddy and 21 Savage
	"All Nighter"	Tiësto
	"Fell in Love"	Marshmello and Brent Faiyaz
	How We Roll	Ciara featuring Chris Brown
	"Summer Too Hot"	Chris Brown
	"Demons"	Doja Cat		Co-directed with Doja Cat.[10]
	"Money Come"	Iggy Azalea		[11]
	"Chasing That Feeling"	Tomorrow X Together
2024	"Yes, And?"	Ariana Grande
	"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"
	"The Boy Is Mine"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	UK Music Video Awards	Best Pop Video - International	"Industry Baby"	Won	[12]
2022	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Direction		Nominated	[13]
	Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity	Excellence in music video		Silver	[14]
2023	BET Awards	Video of the Year	"Kill Bill"	Won	[15]
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Direction		Nominated	[16]
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Video		Nominated	[17]
2024	Clio Awards	Music Videos		Silver	[18]
		Direction		Silver	[19]
		Music Videos	"Demons"	Bronze	[20]
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Direction	"We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)"	Nominated	[21]

References

1. "How Christian Breslauer Became a Go-To Director For SZA, Lizzo & Doja Cat". billboard.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
2. "Interview with Christian Breslauer". berlinmva.com. April 23, 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
3. "SZA Releases Christian Breslauer-Directed Music Video for "Kill Bill"". v13.net. January 17, 2023. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
4. "Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow Break Out of Prison in New 'Industry Baby' Video". rollingstone.com. July 23, 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
5. "Doja Cat teams up with Tyga for racy new single 'Freaky Deaky'". nme.com. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on March 1, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
6. "Behind the Scenes of SZA's 'Kill Bill' Music Video: The 'Perfect Storm' That Brought Tarantino's Films Back to Life". variety.com. January 13, 2023. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
7. "Nominees for 2022 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
8. Kenneally, Cerys (January 28, 2022). "Anitta shares new anthem 'Boys Don't Cry'". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
9. "Lizzo Shares New Video for '2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)': Watch". Pitchfork. August 15, 2022. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
10. "Watch Doja Cat Video for New Song Demons: Watch". Pitchfork. September 1, 2023. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
11. "Iggy Azalea Returns with her New Powerful Single 'Money Come'". PopTimes.
12. "Sony Music wins at the 2021 UK Music Video Awards". sonymusic.co.uk. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
13. "MTV Video Music Awards". mtv.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
14. "Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity". imdb.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
15. "BET Awards 2023". BET. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
16. "The 2023 MTV Video Music Award Winners". vulture.com. September 12, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
17. "The 2023 MTV EMA Nominations are here!". mtvema.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
18. "SZA "Kill Bill"". clios.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
19. "SZA "Kill Bill"". clios.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
20. "Doja Cat "Demons"". clios.com. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
21. "2024 MTV VMA nominations: See the full list". abcnews.go.com. August 10, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.

External links

• Christian Breslauer at IMDb
• Official website