Michael Haussman Explained

Michael Haussman
Birth Name:	Michael Haussman
Nationality:	American

Michael Haussman is an American director, writer, and artist, living in Rome, Italy.

Career

Michael Haussman's music videos have won several awards, including six MTV Video Music Awards and a Museum of Modern Art Award.

Past films include: Rhinoceros Hunting In Budapest, starring Nick Cave, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; Blind Horizon, starring Sam Shepard; The Unsinkable Henry Morgan, which also premiered at Sundance Film Festival; and The Audition, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.

In 2012 Michael Haussman's most art exhibition, Gravity, premiered at Los Angeles Pacific Design Center.^[1] Gravity was presented at Berlin Art Week, courtesy of Iconoclast Galleries. It was featured in 2018 at Cannes, InOut Art Exhibition. As a painter, Haussman's solo art show Naturales, featuring large-scale matador and bull paintings (ink on paper), premiered at the Desoto gallery in Los Angeles and New York Scope Art Fair.

Awards

• Best Short Film, "The Audition", Byron Bay International Film Festival^[2]
• Best Foreign Film, "The Audition", NYC Downtown Short Film Festival^[3]
• Best Dance Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MTV Video Music Award Japan
• Best Electronic Video, "Do It Again" by The Chemical Brothers at the MVPA Awards
• Best Music Video, "La Tortura" (Alejandro Sanz and Shakira), MTV Latin America Video Music Awards (see La Tortura#Accolades)
• Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Verás" (Madonna), MTV Latino Award^[4]
• Best Music Video by Female Artist, "Take a Bow" by Madonna, MTV Video Music Awards^[5]
• Excellence in Music Video "Take a Bow" by Madonna, AICP Awards Museum of Modern Art
• Best Short Film, "Abandoned 58", Berlin International Film Festival

Filmography

Films – Director

• Abandoned '58
• Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
• The Last Serious Thing
• Blind Horizon
• The Unsinkable Henry Morgan
• The Audition
• Edge of the World

Films – Writer

• Abandoned '58
• Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
• The Last Serious Thing
• The Audition

Films – Producer

• The Last Serious Thing
• Jack Taylor of Beverly Hills
• The Audition

Television series

• Do Not Disturb (2019) – creator, writer, showrunner, director, producer^[6]

Art film

• Gravity

Music videos

• "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (Martika)
• "Night Calls" (Joe Cocker)
• "Hazard (chapter 2)" (Richard Marx)
• "Hazard (chapter 1)" (Richard Marx)
• "Can't Do a Thing (To Stop Me)" (Chris Isaak)
• "Not the Only One" (Bonnie Raitt)
• "Take a Bow" (Madonna)
• "You'll See"/"Verás" (Madonna)
• "My Love Is for Real" (Paula Abdul)
• "Riding with the King" (Eric Clapton & B. B. King)
• "Optimistique-moi" (Mylène Farmer)

• "Jesus Walks" (Kanye West)
• "Someday (I Will Understand)" (Britney Spears)
• "La Tortura" (Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz)
• "You Know My Name" (Chris Cornell)
• "SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland)
• "Do It Again" (The Chemical Brothers)
• "Qué Hiciste" (Jennifer Lopez)
• "Singin' in the Rain" (Usher) (For CBS' "Movies Rock" TV special)
• "Brave" (Jennifer Lopez) (Unreleased)
• "Same Old Love" (Selena Gomez)
• "Your Song" (Rita Ora)

Making the video TV series

• Madonna

• Chris Cornell – "You Know My Name"
• Jennifer Lopez – "Qué Hiciste"
• Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland – "SexyBack"
• Britney Spears – "Someday (I Will Understand)" – Mini Behind The Scenes
• Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz – "La Tortura"

Notes and References

1. News: 10 Great Artworks at Art Platform Los Angeles Art Fair. Dambrot. Shana Nys. October 2, 2012. L.A. Weekly. May 3, 2018.
2. Web site: Amanda. Blennerhasset. Byron Bay Film Festival. bbff.com.au. Byron Bay Film Festival. July 1, 2014. March 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318225731/http://www.bbff.com.au/uncategorized/its-a-wrap-closing-weekend-and-2014-winners-announced/. dead.
3. Web site: Alasa. Michelangelo. 10th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival (see 2014 awards). duotheater.org. Dup Theatre New York. July 1, 2014. August 4, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804122348/http://duotheater.org/film.php. dead.
4. Book: Billboard. 1996. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 42.
5. Web site: Video Music Awards . MTV . 1995 Video Music Award Winners . MTV . July 1, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160510091655/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1995/ . May 10, 2016 .
6. Lang . Jamie . April 6, 2019 . Canneseries: Watch Pulse Films' Star-Studded But Unseen 'Do Not Disturb' (Exclusive) . live . . https://archive.today/20230718164205/https://variety.com/2019/tv/festivals/canneseries-watch-pulse-films-star-studded-unseen-do-not-disturb-1203182338/ . July 18, 2023 . July 18, 2023.