ARTchitects: the architects of ART
Go inside the minds of the world’s best directors, musicians, actors, and more. The architects of art — visionaries who shape the world around us with their art. Learn what inspires and challenges some of the most creative artistic minds on the planet.
Currently hosting WDMV's The Directors Series.
Episodes
21 episodes
Mark Romanek | The Directors Series
The Directors Series returns with the legendary Mark Romanek. Watch his music videos here.Since the late 1980s, Romanek has...
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Floria Sigismondi | The Directors Series
Volume 6 of The Directors Series is here, featuring the iconic Floria Sigismondi. Watch her work here. Floria’s audacious music-video imagery an...
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51:43
Marc Webb | The Directors Series
Marc Webb might be most famous now for his work in the world of feature films (500 Days of Summer, The Amazing Spider-Man) not to mention his prolific work in television. However his work in music videos has made no small impact either. Marc is...
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1:04:15
Director X | The Directors Series
The Directors Series returns with the legendary Director X. Since the late 1990s, Director X has been a force behind some of the most iconic videos of the era for artists like Drake, Riha...
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1:22:20
Hiro Murai | The Directors Series
We're back for episode 2 of The Directors Series. This time Emma and Jason are honored to be joined by filmmaker Hiro Murai. Over the last 15 years, Hiro has been the mastermind behind vi...
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1:34:17
Warren Fu | The Directors Series
We're excited to be hosting The Directors Series on the ARTchitects feed! The Directors Series is a new music video screening and conversation event created by We Direct Music Videos. Ta...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:01:05
ARTchitects Will Be Back Soon
What up world! Thank you tuning into Season 1 of ARTchitects. We’ll be back with Season 2 in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:45
R.T. Thorne & Jordan Oram
Taj sits down with award-winning director R.T. Thorne and author and cinematographer Jordan Oram.R.T. is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Producing Director of UTOPIA FALLS, a genre-bending, Afrofuturistic young adult science fiction series, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:09:21
TOBi and Kit Weyman
This week Taj welcomes Toronto-based artists TOBi and Kit Weyman. TOBi is a Nigerian-Canadian rapper and singer artist signed to RCA Records. His most recent album, Elements Vol. 1 won the 2021 Juno Award for Rap Recording of The Year. Kit is a di...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:08:39
Daps: On His Rapid Rise To Hip-Hop Heavyweight
This week Taj and Dean welcome Daps, a director who has quickly become one of the hottest hip-hop filmmakers around. His breakthrough moment came when he got the opportunity to direct a music video for "Bad And Boujee" for the Atlanta rap-trio Mig...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:11:39
Kajal: On Working With Megan Thee Stallion & Bollywood's Influence
Taj and Dean welcome Kajal — an exciting new voice in filmmaking. Growing up being influenced by Bollywood and her grandfather (an aspiring filmmaker himself) Kajal got her start working at Complex where she quickly found success directing a docum...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:09:07
Joseph Kahn: Pop Video Mastermind
Taj and Director X welcome filmmaker Joseph Kahn — the man behind some of the most iconic pop music videos of all time. The two-time Grammy winner has created one of the most prolific and distinctive bodies of work in the art of music video, worki...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:40:01
Benny Boom (With Director X): On Coming Up In The Golden Era of Music Videos
This week, Taj and Director X welcome esteemed director and long time friend Benny Boom. Benny has had a storied career, making music videos for the likes of Nicki Minaj, Nas, Lil Wayne, Keyshia Cole, 50 Cent and Meek Mill, and notably directing t...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:40:52
Floria Sigismondi on Working With David Bowie, Alessandro Michele and more
World-renowned director and photographer Floria Sigismondi joins Taj and Dean for a career-spanning discussion of her work. Floria recounts her early years growing up in small-town Ontario to Italian opera singers and the mistake that led her to f...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:13:49
Nabil Elderkin on His Years Working With Kanye West and His Debut Film 'Gully'
Taj and Karena Evans welcome legendary photographer and music video director Nabil Elderkin to the podcast. Nabil discusses growing up surfing in Australia, his famous story of purchasing Kanye West’s domain name, working as Kanye’s photographer a...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:28:10
Daniela Andrade on Making Art from Her Family's Immigrant Story
Canadian recording artist and singer/songwriter Daniela Andrade joins Taj Critchlow and Dean Rosen to talk about how she got her start posting Nirvana and Radiohead covers on Youtube, to now amassing nearly 2 million subscribers. Daniela talks abo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:14:04
Kid. Studio with Director X: Toronto's Music Video Luminaries
Director X, Taj Critchlow and Dean Rosen introduce one of the most exciting names in the music video game right now: Kid. Studio.Directing duo Glenn Michael and Christo Anesti have worked with everyone from Vince Staples, French Montana, Future, P...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:24:05
Tanisha Scott
Taj and Karena Evans sit down with a longtime friend and collaborator, choreographer Tanisha Scott. Working with some of the biggest names in music and film like George Clooney, Jodie Foster, Spike Jonze & Jay-Z, Tanisha talks about her experience...
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Episode 3
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1:17:49
Dave Meyers - Part 2, on Sicko Mode, Photography and Mentoring Kanye West (With Director X)
Our conversation with Dave Meyers was so good we added a second episode. In Part 2 of our conversation with Dave Meyers, Taj, Director X, and Dave talk about everything from the making of Sicko Mode, venturing into photography and mentoring Kanye ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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44:40
Dave Meyers, Legendary Music Video Director, on Working With Kendrick Lamar, Missy Elliott and Outkast (With Director X)
Taj and Director X take you inside the groundbreaking world of Dave Meyers and the inspiration behind some of the biggest and most inventive music videos ever made. From Missy Elliott and Outkast to Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, and K...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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