Jean-Baptiste Mondino (born Aubervilliers, France on 21 July 1949) is a French fashion photographer[1] and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Björk, Don Henley, Neneh Cherry, Axel Bauer and Les Rita Mitsouko. Mondino has also photographed the covers and album packaging for the Marianne Faithfull albums Before The Poison (2005) and Easy Come, Easy Go (2008), Shakespear's Sister's Hormonally Yours (1992), Alain Bashung's Osez Joséphine (1991), Chatterton (1994), Mylène Farmer's Désobéissance (2018), J.'s We Are the Majority (1992) and Prince's Lovesexy (1988). He also designed the titles for the Anglo-French TV music show Rapido.[2] [3] [4] [5]
The video for Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer", which Mondino directed,[6] swept the MTV Video Music Awards in 1985, winning "Best Video", "Best Direction", "Best Art Direction" and "Best Cinematography". This video paired him with compatriot cinematographer, Pascal Lebègue, with whom he would later shoot several other notable music videos in black and white, such as "Russians" for Sting and "Justify My Love" for Madonna.
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Paradis" | Alain Chamfort | |
| "Little Darlin'" | Sheila | ||
| 1983 | "Quelqu'un comme toi" | Taxi Girl | |
| "Soleil, soleil" | Ahmed Fakroun | ||
| "La danse des mots" | Mon Dino | aka Jean-Baptiste Mondino | |
| 1984 | "Cargo" | Axel Bauer | |
| "Un autre monde" | Téléphone | ||
| "The Boys of Summer" | Don Henley | Won Video of the Year, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards. | |
| 1985 | "Slave to Love" & "Don't Stop the Dance" | Bryan Ferry | |
| "Downtown Train" | Tom Waits | ||
| "Russians" | Sting | ||
| 1986 | "Each Time You Break My Heart" | Nick Kamen | |
| "Open Your Heart" | Madonna | ||
| "Wood Beez" (US Version) | Scritti Politti | ||
| 1987 | "C'est comme ça" | Les Rita Mitsouko | |
| "You Owe Me Some Kind of Love" | Chris Isaak | ||
| "Never Let Me Down" | David Bowie | ||
| "To Be Reborn" | Boy George | ||
| "Mia Bocca" | Jill Jones | ||
| 1988 | "Qu'est-ce que t'es belle" | Catherine Ringer & Marc Lavoine | |
| "I Wish U Heaven" | Prince | ||
| "How to Do That" | Jean-Paul Gaultier | ||
| 1989 | "Be" | Lenny Kravitz | |
| "Manchild" | Neneh Cherry | ||
| 1990 | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | Neneh Cherry | |
| "Justify My Love" | Madonna | ||
| "Tandem" | Vanessa Paradis | ||
| 1991 | "Sorry About the Weather" | Mark Curry | |
| "Osez Joséphine" | Alain Bashung | ||
| "Step On" (US Version) | Happy Mondays | ||
| 1992 | "Volutes" | Alain Bashung | |
| "Born on the Wrong Side of Town" | J. (Jaye Muller) | ||
| "Rhythm Is Love" | |||
| 1993 | "L'ennemi dans la glace" | Alain Chamfort | |
| "Buddy X" | Neneh Cherry | ||
| "Natural High" | Vanessa Paradis | ||
| 1994 | "Ma petite entreprise" | Alain Bashung | |
| "Violently Happy" | Björk | ||
| "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" | Meshell Ndegeocello | ||
| "Les amants" | Les Rita Mitsouko | ||
| "Séquelles" | MC Solaar | ||
| 1995 | "Wonderful Shadow" | Tanita Tikaram | |
| "Human Nature" | Madonna | ||
| 1996 | "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" | Madonna | |
| "Time" | China Moses | ||
| "Kootchi" | Neneh Cherry | ||
| 1998 | "Tout le monde" | Zazie | |
| 2000 | "Naive Song" | Mirwais Ahmadzaï | |
| "Don't Tell Me" | Madonna | Nominated for Grammy Award for Best Music Video. Two nominations at 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. | |
| 2003 | "Hollywood" | Madonna | |
| 2007 | "Sing Sing" | Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle | |
| "The Operation" | Charlotte Gainsbourg | ||
| 2008 | "Beauty Mark" | Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
| "Dancin' Til Dawn" | Lenny Kravitz | ||
| "Sur un trapèze" | Alain Bashung | ||
| 2013 | "L'amour naissant" | Sébastien Tellier | [7] |
| 2014 | "Everything" | Neneh Cherry | [8] |
| "The Great Elements" | Mahaut | ||
| 2015 | "The Long Game" | Mahaut | |
| "Lie to Me" | Mahaut | [9] | |
| "In Love with a Boy" | Kaya Stewart | ||
| 2017 | "Miss You" | Carla Bruni | |